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100

A school has 625 students and 25 teachers.  What is the unit ratio of teachers to students?

1 : 25

100

Shannon is planning a surprise birthday party.  She has to rent tables and chairs, and each table costs $25.00 and each chair costs $3.00.  The other costs of the party are $315.00.  Write an equation to represent the total cost of the party.

25t+3c+315=

100

Define coefficient.

A number that is being multiplied with an unknown

100

When a line on the coordinate plane is vertical, the ___ axis number is the same for every point on the line.

X axis

200

Victor baked 480 cookies. He put 70% of them on a plate to serve at a wedding. The rest of the cookies he placed in a box to take to his soccer team. How many cookies did he have for his soccer team?

144 cookies

200

Yvette read a word problem that used the phrase “eight less than the product of six and a number.”

Write an expression to represent this. 

6n - 8

200

Define variable.

An unknown value in an expression or equation.

200

At 6:00 a.m., the temperature outside was 3 degrees below zero. By 10:00 a.m., the temperature had risen 6 degrees. Over the next four hours, the temperature fell 8 degrees. At 2:00 pm, it was ___. 

-5 degrees

300

Julie spends $15.08 on school supplies, including $2.14 for a notebook that her brother needs. Write an equation that can be used to determine the amount Julie spends on her own supplies, x.

x + 2.14 = 15.08

300

There are 26 players on a volleyball team. The coach is ordering a sweatshirt for each player that costs $20 plus an additional $2 for each letter of the team's name on the back of the sweatshirt.

She uses the expression 26(20+2x) to calculate the total cost for all of the sweatshirts. What is another way to write that expression?

520 + 52x

300

Define mode.

Define range.

Define median.

The value that occurs the most often in a data set.

The difference between the largest and smallest numbers.

The middle number OR the average of the two central numbers.

300

The _____ _____ of negative 7 > 2

absolute value

400

The coordinates of △XYZ are X(−4,3) , Y(6,3) and Z(1,8) . What is the area of △XYZ ?

25 units squared

400

Trisha packs x boxes with 16 bottles in each box. The total number of bottles she packs is 96.

How many boxes does she have?

6 boxes

400

What is the difference between a tranSLation, reFLection, and roTation?

A tranSLation is when a figure slides on a two dimensional plane.  A reFLection is when a figure is flipped over a center line.  A roTation is when a shape is turned around a central point.

400

.3 to the _____ power is .0081

fourth