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A patients age is thirteen more than half of 60. how old is the patient?
- CORRECT ANSWER>>>>43 years old
1 /2(60) + 13 = 43
Sarah is 5 years younger than her brother john, but she is 10 years
older than her sister
Cameron. If the sum of all three of their ages is 65 how old is Sarah. -
CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>Sarah is 22 years old
x + x + 5 + x - 5 = 65
3 x - 1 = 65 3 x = 64 x = 22 six less than fives times a number is nine
- CORRECT ANSWER>>>>5x - 6 = 9
four more than a number, x, is less than 1/3 of another number, y. -
CORRECT ANSWER>>>>x + 4 = 1/3y- 2
Converting Percent's, Fractions, and Decimals
1 5 % as a fraction - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>15/100
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1 5/100 as a percent - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>15%
2 4.36% as a fraction - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>24.36/100
Simplify by starting off with the smallest numbers
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3 2/5 as a percent and decimal - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>3 2/5
2 /5 --> 0.4 + 3 = 3.4
3 .4 x 100 = 340%
3 40% --> 3.4
Graphing Inequalities
-2x + 5 ≥ 19 - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>x ≤ - 7
if you multiply or divide by a negative you flip the inequality sign
Graphing inequalities - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>Open dot is for <,
> Closed dot is for≤, ≥
5 y − 8 > 32 - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>y > 8
Mathew has to earn more than 96 points on his high school entrance
exam in order to be eligible for varsity sports. each question is worth
3 points, and the test has a total of 4 0 questions. Let x represent the
number of test questions.
How many questions can Matthew answer incorrectly and still qualify
for varsity sports? - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>0 ≤ X < 8
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, 3 x > 96 3 x/3 > 96/ 3 x > 32
Rational Numbers from greatest to least
0 .3, 27%, √100, 72/9, 1/9, 4.5 - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>√100,
72/9, 4.5, 0.3, 27%, 1/9
-2, -3/4, -0.45, 0.36, 3% - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>-2, -3/4, -0.45,
3%, 0.36
Solve equations in one variable
Ray earns $10 an hour. Ray makes $360. How many hours did he
work to make $360? - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>X = 36
360/10
Simple division
Non word Proportion Problems
4 5%/ 12% = 15%/ x
Solve for x - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>x = 4%
0 .45/ 0.12 = 0.15/ x = 0.04 x 100 = 4%
0. = 11.50/ x - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>x = 6
Translating word problems
Jeremey put a heavy chalk mark on the tire of his bicycle. His bike
tire is 27 inches from the ground across the center to the top of the
tire. When eh rolled the bike, the chalk left marks on the sidewalk.
which expression can be used to best determine the distance, in
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