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Example Question #4 : Arithmetic
Eight more than four is an unknown number less than a quarter of the same unknown number. What is the value of the unknown number?
12
–9
4
–16
0
–16
Let x be the unknown number.
4 + 8 = 0.25x – x.
12 = –0.75x
x = 12/–0.75
x = –16
Example Question #3 : How To Find Order Of Operations
Let a * b be defined as the following:
a * b = b2 – a2 + ab
Find the value of 4 * (3 * (2 * 1)).
11
101
–237
–11
61
61
We are told that a * b = b2 – a2 + ab, and we need to calculate 4 * (3 * (2 * 1)).
We need to start at the innermost set of parantheses, which requires us to find 2 * 1.
2 * 1 = 12 – 22 + 2(1) = 1 – 4 + 2 = –1
We can replace 2 * 1 with negative one. Then our expression becomes.
4 * (3 * (–1))
Now, we must find 3 * (–1)
3 * (–1) = (–1)2 – 32 + (3)(–1) = 1 – 9 – 3 = –11
So we can replace 3 * (–1) with –11.
Lastly, we must find 4 * (–11)
4 * (–11) = (–11)2 –42 + 4(–11) = 121 – 16 – 44 = 61
The answer is 61.
Example Question #891 : Sat Mathematics
Evaluate (√4 + √4)2
16
6
4
8
40
16
The square root of 4 is 2. 2 + 2 = 4. Four squared is 16.
Example Question #892 : Sat Mathematics
(11)(4 – 3)2 – (22 + 6) = ?
1
111
2
24
–53
1
The answer is 1.
The correct order of operations is parenthesis, exponents, multiplication and division, then addition and subraction.
(11) * (4 – 3)2 – (22 + 6)
(11) * (1)2 – (4 + 6)
(11) * (1) – (10)
(11) – (10) = 1
Example Question #893 : Sat Mathematics
If (x – 7)2 = 64, what is x?
–15
15
–1
1
15
Solving for x yields 15.
√64 = 8, so we want x – 7 = 8; add 7 to both sides of the equation, so that x = 15
Example Question #894 : Sat Mathematics
7 more than a number squared is 71. What is the number?
9
7
8
64
8
Subtracting the 7 yields 64, and the square root of 64 is equal to 8.
Example Question #15 : How To Find Order Of Operations
Evaluate if .
Example Question #895 : Sat Mathematics
Consider the function:
What is the value of ?
It is impossible to square a negative number.
–17
–49
–33
17
–17
Example Question #896 : Sat Mathematics
Solve:
To solve the above expression we must follow PEMDAS.
So the parentheses are first. .
Then we need to divide 4 by 2 before subtracting because division comes before subtraction.
Example Question #897 : Sat Mathematics
Order of operations: "PEMDAS”, or "Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, and Addition and Subtraction".
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