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| What does the term ABOUT mean? |
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| ABOUT means to estimate or find the closest answer. You do NOT have to find the exact answer for this type of problem. |
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What is the average of the following numbers:
4 5 1 2 8 ?
Remember - add all of the numbers - then divide by the total number |
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4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 8 = 20
Divide this by 5 and the average would be 5. |
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| On a bar graph, which is the X and Y axis? Think about coordinates ( 4, 6) |
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( 4, 6)
The first number goes on the X axis and the second number goes on the Y axis...
So, go across 4 and then go UP 6. |
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Can you fill in the conversions?
1 Foot = ____ inches
1 Yard = ____ feet
1 meter = ____ inches
1 meter = ______ centimeters
1 centimeter = _____ millimeters |
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1 Foot = __12_ inches
1 Yard = _3_ feet
1 meter = _39__ inches
1 meter = __100___ centimeters
1 centimeter = _10_ millimeters |
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| Capacity is the amount a container can hold. |
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1 Gallon = _____ quarts
1 Quart = _____ pints
1 Pint = ______ cups
1 Cup = _______ ounces |
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1 Gallon = _4_ quarts
1 Quart = __2__ pints
1 Pint = __2__ cups
1 Cup = __8_ ounces |
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| If you have a box that is 5 feet by 5 feet - what would the area and perimeter be? |
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Definition
To get the area = multiply 5 * 5 to get an area of 25 SQUARE FEET.
To get the perimeter, add all 4 sides, to get a perimeter of 20 feet. |
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What is an equilateral triangle?
Hint: What word do you hear in equilateral? |
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| Do you hear the word equal? Well an equilateral triangle has all of the angles that have the same measurment. |
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| What is the difference between a triangle and a pentagon? |
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| A triangle has only 3 sides and a pentagon has 5 sides. Remember penta- means five. |
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| What is the difference between a nonagon and a hexagon? |
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| A NONAgon has 9 sides and a HEXAgon has 6 sides. |
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| What is the difference between an ocatagon and a decagon? |
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| An Octagon has 8 sides and a decagon has 10 sides. |
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| What is the difference between a heptagon and a quadrangle? |
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| A heptagon has 7 sides and a quadrangle has 4 sides. Remember hepta- means 7 and quad- means 4. |
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| For a shape to be a polygon, you need 4 things to be true... do you know what they are? |
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1. It must be flat and 2 dimensional
2. It must have all straight lines
3. The shape must be closed
4. There can be no intersecting lines. |
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When you hear the word probability, which of the following words are you likely to be using?
a- exact b- most likely c - can't be |
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| Probability will give you the most likely choice - However, you can't be exact when finding probability. |
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| If 1 Pound has how 16 ounces, how many ounces in 2.5 pounds? |
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1 pound has 16 ounces, 2 pounds has 32 ounces and half of a pound is 8 ounces ...
so 32+8 = 40 ounces. |
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Make up a story problem for the following number sentence:
5*3 = 15 |
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I have 5 frinds that will be coming to my house. They will each bring 3 books to read. How many books will be brought to my house?
5*3=15 |
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| When you find the SUM - are you adding or subtracting? |
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| What does it mean to find the difference? |
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| You are subtracting when you find the difference. |
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A geometric figure that has 2 Pairs of parallel sides.
Remember - Parallel sides will NEVER intersect. |
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The value of 493 would change by how much if the 4 were replaced by an 8?
100, 200, 300, 400 |
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| 493 would become 893 so the difference would be 400. |
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What number means the same as 2 tens, 4 thousands and 8 ones?
248, 8420, 4028, 2048 |
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| 2 tens, 4 thousands and 8 ones must equal 4,028. Don't forget there was NO value in the hundreds column. |
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What is an equivalent fraction?
What word do you hear in equivalent? |
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| Remember the word equal? So an equivalent fraction is a fraction that has different numbers BUT they mean the same thing. Example 1/2 and 5/10 are equivalent because they represent the same number - which is half. |
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| How do you make an equivalent fraction? |
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Definition
This is simple - just Multiply the top and bottom number by the SAME number.
For example the fraction 3/5. Multiply the top and bottom by the same number and you will have an equivalent fraction. To multiply it by 4 would give you 12/20. |
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| If you left Wethersfield at 9:20 and returned home at 11:45 - How long were you gone for? |
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2 Hours and 25 minutes
Remember 9:20-->10:00--->11:00-->11:45 |
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