Rational Numbers
Powers and Exponents
Scientific Notation
Roots
Comparing Rational Numbers
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This is the decimal equivalent for 2 and 16/25.
What is 2.64? How? Leave the 2. Divide the numerator by denominator.
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Rewrite 8 x 8 x 8 x 8 using exponents.
What is 8 to the fourth power (8 with a small four)?
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This is why we use scientific notation?
What is to make it easier to write REALLY LARGE OR REALLY SMALL NUMBERS.
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Find the square root of 49.
What is 7? Why? 7 x 7 = 49. A square root is the inverse of the square.
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What number sets does the square root of 2 belong too? Choices: natural, Whole, integers, rational, irrational, real
What is Irrational and Real? Why? The square root of 2 equals a non-terminating decimal point making it irrational versus a rational number. It is not a counting (natural), whole, or integer.
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This is the decimal equivalent for -2/3.
What is .6666666......? How? Divide numerator by denominator.
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Simplify: 4 to the negative 2nd power x 4 to the third power
What is 16? How? 4 x 4 = 16 and when you multiply exponents, ou add them, so -2 plus 3 = 1 So the answer is 16 to the first power which is just 16.
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Write in standard notation: 9.2478 x 10 to the fifth power
What is 924,780? How? Multiply 9.2778 by (10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10), or realize that this moves the decimal to the right five times.
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What is the cube root of 64?
What is 4? Why? 4 cubed is 4 x 4 = 16 x 4 = 64
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What numbers sets does -19 belong to? Choices: natural, Whole, integers, rational, irrational, real
What is Integers, Rational and Real?
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Find the fraction equivalent for 0.8. Make sure it is simplest form.
What is 4/5? How? 0.8 = 8/10 = divide by the GCF (2) = 4/5
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Simplify . Express using positive exponents. h to the negative 2nd power divided by h to the 4th power.
What is 1/h to the 6th power? How? h/h = h and when you divided exponent you subtract the denominator FROM the numerator. This would be -2 - 4 which equals -6. Now we have h to the negative 6th power so we have to rewrite it as 1/h to the 6th power (so it is positive)
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Write in scientific notation: 0.0000581
What is 5.81 x 10 to the negative 5th power? Why? A number in Scientific Notation must be within 1 and 10, so the decimal must move over to the right of 5. THis caused the decimal to move 5 times to the right making the number appear 500, 000 time bigger (or 10 to the fifth). The negative represents that the number is actually worth 500,000 less. A negative exponent moves the decimal to the left.
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Find the square root of -25.
What is "not possible"? You cannot find a square root of a negative number.
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Which is greater? 4 and 1/6 or the square root of 17?
What is 4 and 1/6? Why? 4 and 1/6 = 4.16 Sq root of 17 = 4. 12
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Write 1.77777 .... as a mixed number in simplest form.
What is 1 and 7/9? How? A. First think how many digits repeat? Just the 7 so 1 digit.B. Multiply by 10 (1 zero) on both sides. 10N = 10 (1.7777) C. So this equals 10N = 17.7777 D. Subtract 1N which is 1.777 So now you have 9N = 16. E. Divide by 9: so N=16/9
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Evaluate the expression 5 to the negative 1st power
What is 1/5 which equals .20? (One over 5 to the 1st power) Why? Any nonzero number to the negative n power is the multiplicative inverse of the number to the nth power.
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Evaluate: 5.46 x 10^5 divided by 8.4 x 10^3
What is How: A. Divide the Decimal Numbers (5.46/8.4) = 0.65 B. Recall Exponent rules: When dividing exponents, you subtract (5-3) = 2 C. Now we have 0.65 x 10^2. D. We must move the decimal over one place to the right. That would make it 6.5 x 10
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Solve the equation x^2 = 3,600
What is 60? Why? To undo a square you find the square root. So we need to find the square root of 3,600. I know 6x6 = 36. So I try 60x 60.
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Which is greater? 3.31 or square root of 11
What is the square root of 11? WHy? square root of 11 = 3.316 which is 6 thousandths greater than 3.31
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This is a Scientific Notation Problem.... Recently in the US, there were about 300,000,000 cell phone users. That same year, there were 5.7 x 10^9 cell phone users worldwide. About how many times larger was the number of cell phone users worldwide than in the US?
What is 19 times larger? How? This is a division problem. Set it up how the problem asks: Worldwide users/US users. 5.7 x 10^9 divided by 300,000,000 (3 x 10^8) Now follow the rules. (5.7 / 3) and Subtract Exponent (9-8) = 1.9 x 10 (to the first power). = 19
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Write the expression using a positive exponent: 10 to the negative 3rd power
What is 1/10 to the third (one over ten to the third) Why? Any nonzero number to the negative n power is the multiplicative inverse of the number to the nth power.
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Evaluate (4.3 x 10^4) + (5.21 x 10^5)
What is 5.64 x 10^5? How? A. Make sure exponents are equal. If not, change one. I will change the power of 4 to a power of 5. I have to move the decimal accordingly. So 4.3 x 10^4 becomes .43 x 10^5. B. Add the decimal numbers. Exponents stay the same. .43 + 5.21 = 5.64
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Estimate the square root to the nearest integer. Square root of 41
What is 6? How? I think of what I know around 41. I know that 6 squared is 36 and 7 squared is 49, so the square root of 41 is between 6 and 7. Now which is closest? 41 is 5 more than 36 and 8 less than 49. We are closer to 41.
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Order from least to greatest: (square root of 7, negative square root of 8, 4 and 1/7, -4
What is -4, negative square root of 8, sq root of 7, 4 and 1/7? Why? -4 square root of 7 = 2.645 neg sq root of 8 = -2.828 4 and 1/7 = 4.142
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