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,Describe the result of adding a large positive number and a smaller negative number -
Answers:result is smaller positive number, same as ignoring the signs and subtracting smaller
number
How do you convert a fraction into a decimal? - Answers:Divide the top number by bottom
number
What is the key step in order to add or subtract unlike fractions - Answers:finding the lowest
common denominator
How do you divide one fraction by another - Answers:Invert divisor (flip over the second
fraction) and multiply both numerators and denominators (top and bottom numbers)
How can you convert a decimal into a percent - Answers:Multiply decimal by 100 and add %
sign, or move decimal TWO places to the RIGHT and add %
How do you convert a fraction to a percent - Answers:Convert to decimal, move decimal two
places to the right, add %
How do you change a decimal to nearest equivalent fraction - Answers:Multiply decimal by
desired denominator, result becomes numerator of fraction (try to get closest to whole number)
Two different ways a ratio can be expressed? - Answers:1- as a fraction
2- placing a colon between the numbers (5:54)
3- using the word "to" between the numbers
What is a proportion? - Answers:a statement of equality (=) between two or more ratios: 1/2 =
4/8, 45/90 = x/100
What is meant by the root of a number? - Answers:A root is two or more equal smaller numbers
that when multiplied equal the specified number: the second (square) root of 9 is 3, the fifth root
of 32 is 2
, How do you find the square of a number? Give an example. - Answers:multiply the number
times itself- 4 X 4=16, 10 X 10= 100
What is a common method of making computations involving very large or very small numbers
more manageable? - Answers:Convert the numbers into scientific notation by using powers of
10. (7,234,000= 7.234 X 10^6)
How is 100,000 expressed as a power of 10? - Answers:10 to the fifth
what formula is used to find the area of a rectangle? - Answers:A=L(length) X W(width)
Area of a triangle? - Answers:1/2 X B (base) X H (height)
Define Pi - Answers:A constant that expresses the relationship between circumference and
diameter of a circle, approximately 3.14159 (number of times the diameter goes into the
circumference)
Describe a trapezoid - Answers:A trapezoid is a closed, four-sided figure having two parallel
sides and two sides that are not parallel.
What is the formula for the area of a circle? - Answers:A = Pi X Radius squared (radius is half
diameter)
Define matter - Answers:Any substance that occupies space and has mass
Name three states of matter - Answers:Solid, Liquid, gas
Define kinetic energy - Answers:the energy of motion
Work is the product of what two factors? - Answers:Force and distance moved (W = F X D)
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