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Example Questions
Example Question #13 : Understanding Real Numbers
Which of the following is equal to three one-hundredths subtracted from one fourth?
Forty-seven one-hundredths
Five one-hundredths
Twenty-three one-hundredths
Thirty-seven one-hundredths
Twenty-two one-hundredths
Twenty-two one-hundredths
The one-hundredths place is the second place to the right of the decimal point; therefore, three one-hundredths is equal to 0.03. One fourth can be converted to decimal form as follows:
,
which is twenty-five one-hundredths, or 0.25. Subtract:
,
or twenty-two one-hundredths.
Example Question #15 : Understanding Real Numbers
Order from least to greatest.
We can find each in terms of .
In ascending order, the numbers are:
The correct choice is .
Example Question #14 : Understanding Real Numbers
Add one fourth to one seventh. Subtract this sum from one. What is the result?
Thirteen elevenths
Seventeen twenty-eighths
Nine elevenths
Thirty-nine twenty-eighths
Twenty-five twenty-eighths
Seventeen twenty-eighths
The expression is equal to , which is calculated as follows:
,
or seventeen twenty-eighths.
Example Question #1972 : Problem Solving Questions
and are integers. Which of the following need not be an integer?
. As the product of integers, must be an integer.
, making the sum of integers, and, consequently, an integer.
, making the sum of integers, and, consequently, an integer.
, making the difference of integers, and, consequently, an integer.
We demonstrate that need not be an integer through a counterexample. Let .
and , so the conditions of the problem are met. However,
, which is not an integer. This makes the correct response.
Example Question #15 : Understanding Real Numbers
When evaluating the expression
,
which of the following operations should be performed third?
The rightmost subtraction
The rightmost multiplication
The middle subtraction
The leftmost multiplication
The leftmost subtraction
The leftmost subtraction
In the absence of grouping symbols, all multiplications are performed before any of the subtractions. Therefore, the first two operations performed are the multiplications. The three remaining operations, all subtractions, are performed right to left, so the next operation - the third one - to be performed is the leftmost subtraction.
Example Question #16 : Understanding Real Numbers
When evaluating the expression
,
which of the following operations should be performed third?
The leftmost subtraction
The rightmost addition
The middle subtraction
The rightmost subtraction
The leftmost addition
The middle subtraction
In the absence of grouping symbols, additions and subtractions are performed with precedence moving from left to right. Therefore, the five operations, each an addition or a subtraction, are performed right to left, and the third operation performed is the middle subtraction.
Example Question #421 : Arithmetic
When evaluating each of the following expressions, which one(s) require you to multiply first?
I)
II)
III)
None
II and III only
I and III only
I, II, and III
III only
III only
Since there are no grouping symbols in any of the expressions, the order of operations dictates that the multiplication and division must be worked before the addition in each. The operations must be worked from left to right. Only in expression (III) does the multiplication occur before the division when reafing left to right, so this is the only expession evaluated by multiplying first.
Example Question #22 : Real Numbers
When evaluating each of the following expressions, which one(s) require you to add first?
In the absence of grouping symbols, additions and subtractions are performed from left to right. Only the expression in (I) has an addition as its leftmost operation, so this is the only expression that is evaluated by adding first.
Example Question #422 : Arithmetic
When evaluating the expression
,
which of the following operations should be performed second?
The rightmost multiplication
The leftmost multiplication
The rightmost division
The leftmost division
The middle division
The leftmost multiplication
In the absence of grouping symbols, multiplications and divisions are performed with precedence moving from left to right. Therefore, the five operations, each a multiplication or a division, are performed left to right, and the second operation performed is the leftmost multiplication.
Example Question #423 : Arithmetic
The above figure shows the first six of a sequence of boxes. If the sequence extends indefinitely, if is the lower right entry in the twelfth box, which of the following is a true statement?
The sequence of numbers in the upper left entries of the boxes is simply the sequence of natural numbers. The upper left number in the twelfth box will be .
The sequence of numbers in the upper right entries of the boxes is the sequence of powers of 2, beginning with . The upper right number in the twelfth box will be .
The sequence of numbers in the lower left entries of the boxes is the Fibonacci sequence, whose terms after the second are each the sum of the preceding two. To get the twelfth term requires a little work, but we can do it as follows:
The entry in the lower right is the sum of the other three entries, so the lower right entry in the twelfth box will be
.
The correct choice is that .