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Example Questions
Example Question #11 : Understanding Fractions
Casius has of a liter of water. Olivar has of the amount Casius has. How many liters of water does Olivar have?
This question tests your ability to read word problems and multiply fractions. Because we know that Olivar has of what Casius has, we can see that we need to multiply. Perform the following operation to find the answer.
Example Question #15 : Understanding Fractions
Define an operation as follows:
For all real numbers ,
Evaluate , and round to the nearest whole number.
This rounds to 3.
Example Question #11 : Fractions
Seven thirds of eighteen seventieths is what?
Seven fifths
Five thirds
Three fifths
Seven sixths
Three sevenths
Three fifths
Seven thirds of eighteen seventieths is
Example Question #12 : Fractions
One orange yields cup of juice; one gallon is equal to 16 cups. How many oranges are needed to yield one half gallon of orange juice?
One half gallon comprises 8 cups. To find the number of oranges needed, divide:
Example Question #11 : Fractions
Raise to the fourth power and express the result in lowest terms.
reduces to . Raise this to the fourth power:
Example Question #15 : Understanding Fractions
Evaluate:
Example Question #18 : Understanding Fractions
Evaluate:
This can actually be solved without any calculation.
A negative number raised to an even power is equal to its absolute value raised to that power, so
Therefore, we can replace:
Example Question #21 : Understanding Fractions
Simplify the following into a single fraction:
Not enough information provided.
In order to simplify , combine the terms by finding the common denominator:
Example Question #372 : Arithmetic
Simplify the following expression:
In order to simplify the expression, we start by finding the common denominator of each term in :
In this case the common denominator is 66.
Example Question #373 : Arithmetic
Clara wants to make sixteen batches of her world famous Icky Sticky Ooey Gooey Chocolate Bomb Brownies. Each batch of brownies requires cups of flour, cups of sugar, and cups of bittersweet chocolate.
She has 14 cups of flour, 22 cups of sugar, and 25 cups of bittersweet chocolate on hand; assuming other ingredients are not an issue, can Clara make sixteen batches of brownies?
Yes
No, because she does not have enough sugar or flour
No, because she does not have enough sugar or chocolate
No, because she does not have enough flour or chocolate
No, because she does not have enough flour, sugar, or chocolate
No, because she does not have enough sugar or chocolate
To make sixteen batches of brownies, Clara will require:
cups of flour; since Clara has 14 cups on hand, she has sufficient flour.
cups of sugar; since Clara has 22 cups on hand, she needs more sugar.
cups of bittersweet chocolate; since Clara has 25 cups on hand, she needs more bittersweet chocolate.
The correct choice is that she cannot make them, since she does not have enough sugar or chocolate.