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#1 CORRECT ANSWER IS 5 3/4

When comparing fractions always look at the whole number first.

To compare two fractions the simplest way is to cross multiply.

If more than two fractions the best way is to turn the fractions into decimals by dividing the denominator into the numerator

#2 CORRECT ANSWER IS 7 9/10

Find common denominators

Write equivalent fractions

Add

Reduce

#3 CORRECT ANSWER IS 166 7/10

Find a common denominator.

Write equivalent fractions.

Borrow if necessary.

Subtract.

Reduce if necessary.

#4 CORRECT ANSWER IS 17 33/40

Make mixed numbers improper.

Multiply the numerators.

Multiply the denominators.

Reduce if necessary.

#5 CORRECT ANSWER IS 14 1/5

Make mixed numbers improper.

Keep the first fraction.

Change the division sign to multiplication

Flip the second fraction

Multiply

Reduce if necessary

#6 CORRECT ANSWER IS -15

Parenthesis

Exponents

Multiply or Divide

Add or Subtract

#7 CORRECT ANSWER IS 58.433

Do NOT line up decimals

Multiply

Count how many numbers are to the right of the decimal in the problem.

Your answer should that many numbers to the right of the decimal

#8 CORRECT ANSWERS IS 42

Move the decimal in the divisor (the outside number) to the end

Move the decimal in the dividend (the inside number) the same number of places

Divide

#9 CORRECT ANSWER IS 4/5 120% 1.89Turn everything into a decimal

#10 CORRECT ANSWER IS

If there are 100 blocks and I ask you to graph 73% color in 73 blocks

If I ask you to graph 158% there will be 200 blocks because 100 would not be enough. You still color in 158 blocks

#11 CORRECT ANSWER IS 1296

Six to the fourth power means you should have four 6’s.

6 x 6 x 6 x 6 = 1296

The answer is not 24

#12 CORRECT ANSWER IS 7.4839814963 X 10^6

The first number must be greater than or equal to one but less than 10.

If the decimal must be moved to the right to get it back to the correct location the exponent is positive.

If the decimal must be moved to the left to get it back to the correct location the exponent is negative

#13 CORRECT ANSWER IS

(4 x 10^4) + (5 x 10 ^3) + (8 x 10 ^1) + (4 x 10^-1) + (2 x 10 ^-2) + (9 x 10 ^-3)

#14 CORRECT ANSWER IS 7

Absolute value is neither positive nor negative. It is just the number.

The definition of absolute value is the distance from zero.

#15 CORRECT ANSWER IS -5

When adding

• If the signs are the same you add

• If the signs are different you subtract

• Take the signs of the number with the largest absolute value

#16 CORRECT ANSWER IS 13

When subtracting

• Keep the first number

• Change the subtraction sign to addition

• Change the sign of the second number

• Follow addition rules

1. If the signs are the same add

2. If the signs are different subtract

3. Take the sign of the number with the largest absolute value

#17 CORRECT ANSWER IS 91

When multiplying

• If the signs are the same the answer is postitve

• If the signs are different the answer is negative

#18 CORRECT ANSWER IS -4

When dividing

• if the signs are the same the answer is positive

• If the signs are different the answer is negative

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#21 CORRECT ANSWER IS 63

The pattern is x 2 + 1

#22 CORRECT ANSWER IS B = 428

In algebra we always do the opposite.

The opposite of multiplication is division