Chapter 7: Basic Math Skills Questions
And Answers
A=mL×Wm-mCORRECTmmANSWER-A:mArea
L:mLenght
W:mWidth
BarmGraphm-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
Amdrawingmmademupmofmamparallelmbarsmwhosemlenghtsmcorrespondmtomwhatmismbeingmmea
sured.
CalculatingmSurfacem-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
Businessmskillmthatmretailersmusemtomfiguremoutmthemfloormspacemtheymneedmormhowmthemspa
cemcanmbemarranged.
CirclemGraphm-mCORRECTmmANSWER-Ampie-
shapedmfiguremthatmshowsmthemrelativemsizesmofmthempartsmofmamwhole.
DecimalmNumberm-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
Anothermwaymtomwritemamfractionmormmixedmnumbermwhosemdenominatormismampowermofm10.
Denominatorm-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
Thembottommpartmofmamfraction,mwhichmrepresentsmhowmmanympartsminmamwhole.
Digitsm-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
Themtenmbasicmsymbolsminmourmnumberingmsystem:m0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,mandm9.mEachmnumb
ermismamrepresentationmofmamlargermnumber.
Estimatem-mCORRECTmmANSWER-Judgemtentativelymormjudgemtombemprobable.
Fivemstepsmtomsolvingmpercentagemproblems:m-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
1).mEstimatemthemanswer.
2).mTranslatemthemproblemmintomammathmstatement.
, 3).mDomthemcalculations
4).mIfmnecessary,mroundmmoneymamountsmtomthemnearcestmcent
5).mCheckmyoumanswer
FivemStepsmwhenmyoumreadmwholemnumbersmormwritingminmwordsmare:m-
mCORRECTmmANSWER-
1).mSeparatemthemnumbermintomgroupsmofmthreemdigits:munits,mthousands,mandmmillions.mVe
rymlargemnumbersmmaymincludemgroupsmofmdigitsmformbillions,mtrillions,mandmevenmhighermgr
oups.
2).mSeparatemthemgroupsmwithmcommas.
3).mWhenmwritingmthemnamesmofmwholemnumbers,mnevermusemthemwordmAND.!
4).mUsemhyphensminmnumbersmlessmthanm100mthatmaremwrittenmasmtwomwords.
5).mWhenmamthreemdigitsmgroupmismmademupmofmonlymzeros,mdomnotmwritemthemnamemofmthem
group.
Formulamformthemareamofmamrectanglemis:m-mCORRECTmmANSWER-A=ml×w
Fractionm-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
Numbersmusedmtomdescribemormcomparempartsmofmamwhole.
Groupmofmsymbolsmthatmseeksmtommakemamprofitmfrommitsmoperations.m-
mCORRECTmmANSWER-Formula
Howmaremthemusesmofmdifferentmtypesmofmgraphsmconnectedmtomdifferentmmeasuresmofmcent
ralmtendency?m-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
Thesemchartsmandmgraphsmpresentsmdataminmamwaymthatmismeasiermtomunderstandmthanmseri
esmofmnumbers.
Howmcanmyoumshareminformationmaboutmamchangingmmarketmsharemtomanmaudiencemthatmha
smdifficultymthatmhasmdifficultymwithmfractions,mpercentages,mandmdecimals?m-
mCORRECTmmANSWER-
Creatingmgraphsmandmchartsmwouldmbemamgoodmwaymtomexplainmwhatmthemfractions,percent
ages,mandmdecimals.mThismwouldmbemameasiermwaymtomexplainmthemcause.
Howmtomdividemdecimalmnumbers?m-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
1).mSetmupmthemdivisionmproblemmasmyoumwouldmwithmwholemnumbers.
2).mShiftmthemdecimalmpointminmthemdivisormsomthatmthemdivisormbecomesmamwholemnumber.m
Themdivisormismthemnumbermyoumaremdividedmby.mThenmshiftmthemdecimalmpointminmthemdivid
And Answers
A=mL×Wm-mCORRECTmmANSWER-A:mArea
L:mLenght
W:mWidth
BarmGraphm-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
Amdrawingmmademupmofmamparallelmbarsmwhosemlenghtsmcorrespondmtomwhatmismbeingmmea
sured.
CalculatingmSurfacem-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
Businessmskillmthatmretailersmusemtomfiguremoutmthemfloormspacemtheymneedmormhowmthemspa
cemcanmbemarranged.
CirclemGraphm-mCORRECTmmANSWER-Ampie-
shapedmfiguremthatmshowsmthemrelativemsizesmofmthempartsmofmamwhole.
DecimalmNumberm-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
Anothermwaymtomwritemamfractionmormmixedmnumbermwhosemdenominatormismampowermofm10.
Denominatorm-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
Thembottommpartmofmamfraction,mwhichmrepresentsmhowmmanympartsminmamwhole.
Digitsm-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
Themtenmbasicmsymbolsminmourmnumberingmsystem:m0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,mandm9.mEachmnumb
ermismamrepresentationmofmamlargermnumber.
Estimatem-mCORRECTmmANSWER-Judgemtentativelymormjudgemtombemprobable.
Fivemstepsmtomsolvingmpercentagemproblems:m-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
1).mEstimatemthemanswer.
2).mTranslatemthemproblemmintomammathmstatement.
, 3).mDomthemcalculations
4).mIfmnecessary,mroundmmoneymamountsmtomthemnearcestmcent
5).mCheckmyoumanswer
FivemStepsmwhenmyoumreadmwholemnumbersmormwritingminmwordsmare:m-
mCORRECTmmANSWER-
1).mSeparatemthemnumbermintomgroupsmofmthreemdigits:munits,mthousands,mandmmillions.mVe
rymlargemnumbersmmaymincludemgroupsmofmdigitsmformbillions,mtrillions,mandmevenmhighermgr
oups.
2).mSeparatemthemgroupsmwithmcommas.
3).mWhenmwritingmthemnamesmofmwholemnumbers,mnevermusemthemwordmAND.!
4).mUsemhyphensminmnumbersmlessmthanm100mthatmaremwrittenmasmtwomwords.
5).mWhenmamthreemdigitsmgroupmismmademupmofmonlymzeros,mdomnotmwritemthemnamemofmthem
group.
Formulamformthemareamofmamrectanglemis:m-mCORRECTmmANSWER-A=ml×w
Fractionm-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
Numbersmusedmtomdescribemormcomparempartsmofmamwhole.
Groupmofmsymbolsmthatmseeksmtommakemamprofitmfrommitsmoperations.m-
mCORRECTmmANSWER-Formula
Howmaremthemusesmofmdifferentmtypesmofmgraphsmconnectedmtomdifferentmmeasuresmofmcent
ralmtendency?m-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
Thesemchartsmandmgraphsmpresentsmdataminmamwaymthatmismeasiermtomunderstandmthanmseri
esmofmnumbers.
Howmcanmyoumshareminformationmaboutmamchangingmmarketmsharemtomanmaudiencemthatmha
smdifficultymthatmhasmdifficultymwithmfractions,mpercentages,mandmdecimals?m-
mCORRECTmmANSWER-
Creatingmgraphsmandmchartsmwouldmbemamgoodmwaymtomexplainmwhatmthemfractions,percent
ages,mandmdecimals.mThismwouldmbemameasiermwaymtomexplainmthemcause.
Howmtomdividemdecimalmnumbers?m-mCORRECTmmANSWER-
1).mSetmupmthemdivisionmproblemmasmyoumwouldmwithmwholemnumbers.
2).mShiftmthemdecimalmpointminmthemdivisormsomthatmthemdivisormbecomesmamwholemnumber.m
Themdivisormismthemnumbermyoumaremdividedmby.mThenmshiftmthemdecimalmpointminmthemdivid
