Standardized Achievement Problem Solving Flashcards
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A box contains 5 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 2 green marbles. What is the probability of randomly selecting a blue marble?
Answer: 3/10
There are 3 blue marbles out of 10 total, so the probability is 3/10.
What is the area of a triangle with a base of 12 cm and a height of 5 cm?
Answer: 30 cm²
Area = ½ × base × height = ½ × 12 × 5 = 30 cm².
Which of the following is the greatest common factor (GCF) of 24 and 36?
Answer: 12
The factors of 24 and 36 both include 12, which is the largest shared factor.
A recipe calls for 2¼ cups of flour. If you want to make 2 batches, how much flour do you need?
Answer: 4½ cups
2¼ × 2 = 4½ cups of flour.
A store buys an item for $60 and sells it for $90. What is the percent markup?
Answer: 50%
Markup = (90 − 60) / 60 × 100 = 30/60 × 100 = 50%.
What is the value of the expression 2³ × (5 − 2)?
Answer: 24
2³ = 8; (5 − 2) = 3; 8 × 3 = 24.
A number is multiplied by 4 and then 9 is subtracted. The result is 23. What is the number?
Answer: 8
4n − 9 = 23 → 4n = 32 → n = 8.