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Describe the result of adding a large positive number and a smaller negative number. - Answer-The result is a smaller positive number. How do you convert a fraction into a decimal? - Answer-Divide the numerator by the denominator. What is the key step that must be performed in order to add or subtract unlike fractions? - Answer-Find the lowest common denominator. How do you divide one fraction by another? - Answer-Invert the divisor and multiply. How can you convert a decimal into a percent? - Answer-Multiply by 100 and add the % sign. How do you convert a fraction into a percent? - Answer-Convert into a decimal and then multiply by 100 and adding the % sign. How do you change a decimal into the nearest equivalent fraction? - Answer-Multiply by the desired denominator to get the numerator. What are two different ways that a ratio may be expressed? - Answer-1. As a fraction 2. By placing a colon (:) between the two numbers 3. Use the word "to" between the two numbers. What is a proportion? - Answer-A statement of equality between two or more ratios. What is meant by the root of the number? - Answer-A smaller number that when multiplied by itself two or more times results in the specified number. How do you find the square of a number? - Answer-Multiply the number by itself.What is the common method of making computations involving very large or very small numbers more manageable? - Answer-Convert into scientific notation using powers of 10. How is 100,000 expressed as a power of 10? - Answer-10 to the 5th power. What formula is used to find the area of a rectangle and a triangle? - Answer-Rectangle = L x W Triangle = 1/2 (B x H) Define Pi. - Answer-Pi is a constant that defines the relationship between the circumference and the diameter of a circle. Approximately equal to 3.1416 Describe a trapezoid. - Answer-A trapezoid is a closed, four sided figure with two parallel sides. What is the formula for computing the area of a circle? - Answer-Pi (r x r). Pi R squared! Define matter. - Answer-Anything that occupies space and has mass.