Algebra 1 : Algebra 1

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Example Questions

Example Question #3231 : Algebra 1

What is three percent of three?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Rewrite three percent as a fraction.

Multiply this fraction with three.

The answer is: 

Example Question #70 : Whole And Part

What is four percent of twelve?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Write four percent as a fraction.  A percent is a number out of 100 parts.

Multiply this fraction with twelve.

Reduce this fraction.

Cancel the common terms of this fraction.

The answer is:  

Example Question #42 : How To Find The Part From The Whole With Percentage

What is thirty percent of sixty eight?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Write the expression for this question.

Rewrite the percentage as a fraction.

Multiply the numerator with the integer.

Write the fraction using common factors.  Both the numerator and denominator are divisible by two.

Simplify by cancelling the like terms.

The answer is:  

Example Question #43 : How To Find The Part From The Whole With Percentage

What is half a percent of sixty?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Write the expression for half a percent.

Rewrite this as a decimal.

Multiply this number with sixty.

This number is equivalent to .

The answer is:  

Example Question #1 : Number Lines And Absolute Value

Plot the fraction  on the number line.

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Correct answer:

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Explanation:

The fraction  is less than  and greater than , so it must fall between those points on the number line. Negative numbers are to the left of  while positive numbers are to the right.

Because  is less than , the point must be closer to  than .

Example Question #2 : Number Lines And Absolute Value

What number or numbers have absolute value  ?

Possible Answers:

No such numbers exist.

Correct answer:

No such numbers exist.

Explanation:

The absolute value of every real number is nonnegative, so no number with absolute value  can exist.

Example Question #2 : How To Find Absolute Value

What number or numbers have absolute value  ?

Possible Answers:

No such numbers exist.

Correct answer:

No such numbers exist.

Explanation:

The absolute value of every real number is nonnegative, so no number with absolute value  can exist.

Example Question #3 : Number Lines And Absolute Value

What number or numbers have absolute value 29?

Possible Answers:

No such number exists.

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The absolute value of any positive number is the number itself, so 29 has 29 as an absolute value. Also, the absolute value of a negative number is its (positive) opposite, so  also has 29 as an absolute value.

Example Question #4 : How To Find Absolute Value

What number or numbers have absolute value 11?

Possible Answers:

No such numbers exist.

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The absolute value of any positive number is the number itself, so 11 has 11 as an absolute value. Also, the absolute value of a negative number is its (positive) opposite, so  also has 11 as an absolute value.

Example Question #1 : How To Find Absolute Value

Evaluate the expression.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

First, simplify the terms in parentheses and absolute value.

Remember that the absolute value of a negative term is positive.

Multiply and simplify.

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