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Example Questions
Example Question #5 : How To Do Other Word Problems
How many inches are in a foot?
This is a conversion question.
There are 12 inches in a foot.
Example Question #6 : How To Do Other Word Problems
What is
When multiplying monomials with the same base, you add the powers of each monomial together.
So in this case
Yielding an answer of
Example Question #7 : How To Do Other Word Problems
This tests your knowledge of scientific notation.
To solve you must move the decimal places to the right to the power of the ten.
In this case you must move the decimal place to the right 7 spaces from its original spot.
The solution is
Example Question #8 : How To Do Other Word Problems
You have 5 types of meat, 3 different types of vegetables, and 8 different types of bread. How many different sandwiches can you make using only one of each ingredient?
This is a combination question.
To find the total number of sandwiches using only one ingredient we create three spaces for each ingredient and place each number of possible ingredients into each space.
We then multiply each number in each space together to find the answer
Example Question #9 : How To Do Other Word Problems
The square of what number is 75 divided by 3?
To answer this question we must first divide the original number by the number following it to get
Once we have this number we then square root it to find the answer
Example Question #10 : How To Do Other Word Problems
What is the absolute value of -57?
Absolute values are always positive so the absolute value of a negative number is just the number without the minus sign.
In this case the answer is
Example Question #481 : Problem Solving
What is the next number in this progression?
35,28,21,...
This is an arithmetic progression. Therefore you must add or subtract a number to the number before it to arrive at the next number.
We must first find the difference between each number.
To start, take the second number and subtract the first number
In this case it yields .
Then take the third number and subtract the second number which results in
If the resulting number is the same you now know the difference between each number in the sequence and can apply the difference to each break in the arithmetic sequence.
Again the difference is .
So we take the final number and add the difference to it resulting with
Example Question #482 : Problem Solving
1 quart equals how many pints?
"2 pints in a quart, 4 quarts in a gallon"
Example Question #483 : Problem Solving
What is the prime factorization of 63?
To get the prime factorization of a number we must factor it in the most reduced version of prime numbers that multiplied together produce the number.
Prime numbers are numbers that are only divisible by themselves and 1. 1,2,3,5,7. . .
In this example we first divide the number by because its 3 and odd number which gives us
We now know that 3 is at least one of the prime factors.
Then we divide the result by 3 again to get
We then combine all of the prime numbers to get the answer of .
Example Question #484 : Problem Solving
What is the hypotenuse of a triangle with side lengths 3 and 4?
If we have a right angle triangle and a value for two of the three side lengths use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for the length of the third side.
The two side lengths that meet to form the right angle are labeled and which are interchangeable for each side length. The long side connecting them is labeled and is known as the hypotenuse.
The Pythagorean Theorem states .
Take 3 and 4 and plug them into the equation as and to yield
First square the numbers .
After squaring the numbers add them together
Once you have the sum, take the square root of both sides
After calculating our answer is .
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