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100
6/2(1+2)
9
100
What can you put between 7 and 8, so that the result is greater than 7, but less than 8?
7.8, or any decimal
100
Find the area of the shaded region.
- area of shaded region = 208 square cm
100
What is equivalent to 7^(1/2)
The square root of 7
100
I add five to nine and get two. The answer is correct, but how?
When it is 9 p.m., add 5 hours to it and you will get 2 p.m.
200
Solve for x.
(x - 4) / (- 6) = 3
x = -14
200
If you take 4 years, how many days will be there altogether?
- (365*4)+1= 1461
200
Find the measure of angle A in the figure below. 
87 degrees
200
What quadrant in an x-y plane has negative x numbers coordinates but positive y coordinates?
Quadrant 4
200
When Josh was 8, his brother was half his age. Now that Josh is 14, how old is his brother?
10
300
Which number is equivalent to
34/32
9
300
If the cost of a bat and a baseball combined is $1.10 and the bat costs $1.00 more than the ball, how much is the ball?
5 cents
300
Kelsey got a 74% on her Social Studies test. The test had 50 questions. How many questions did she NOT answer correctly?
13
300
What is the slope of the line through (−1,8) and (3,-4)?
-3
300
You are given 3 positive numbers. You can add these numbers and multiply them together. The result you get will be the same. Which are the numbers?
1,2, and 3
400
What number must be added to each of the numerator and the denominator of the fraction 7/11 to make it equal to 3/4
5
400
Juan has forty dollars in his jacket. Every day he spends half of the money that is in the jacket. On the first day (Monday), he spends $20 leaving him with twenty dollars. On what day will he start with less than $3.00 in his jacket?
Thursday
400
What is another way you can write 11^-2?
1/11^2, 1/121
400
Cos A =?
Adjacent/Hypotenuse
400
How many times can you subtract the number 10 from 100?
Only once
500
FACTOR: 81p^8−100
(9p^4-10)(9p^4+10)
500
Mr. Smith is 81 years older than his grandson, Victor. In 3 years, Mr. Smith will be four times as old as Victor. How old is Victor now?
24
500
Remove all perfect squares from inside the square root. Square root of 20x^8
2x^4 square root 5
500
The circumference of a circle is 44 cm. Find its area (use pi=22/7)
154 cm squared
500
A group of students were standing in the blazing sun facing due west on a march past event. The leader shouted at them: Right turn! About turn (180 degrees)! Left turn! At the end of these commands, in which direction is the students facing now?
East.