A FIRST COURSE IN MATHEMATICAL MODELING COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED APLUS

A FIRST COURSE IN MATHEMATICAL
MODELING COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
SCRIPT VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED APLUS

●● Geometric sequence
Answer: a list of numbers in which consecutive numbers share a
common ratio


●● Fibonacci sequence
Answer: a list of numbers in which consecutive numbers are added to
get the next number


●● Inductive resoning
Answer: arrives at a general conclusion from specific examples


●● Deductive reasoning
Answer: uses laws and properties to prove/disprove conjectures


●● Formula
Answer: an equation involving letters as variables

, ●● ratio
Answer: comparisons using quotients


●● Cross Multiplication
Answer: multiplying the numerator of one ratio by the denominator of
the other ratio


●● proportion
Answer: two ratios set equal to each other


●● percent
Answer: a number divided by 100


●● equivalent
Answer: numbers having the same numerical or decimal value


●● proportional reasoning
Answer: ability to recognize when two ratios are equivalent


●● rate
Answer: a comparison, expressed as a quotient of two quantities that
have different units of measure