Arithmetic and Number Sense Flashcards
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What is 2³ × 2⁴?
Answer: 2⁷
When multiplying powers with the same base, add exponents: 2³ × 2⁴ = 2⁷.
A car travels 240 miles in 4 hours. What is its average speed in miles per hour?
Answer: 60 mph
Average speed = total distance ÷ total time = 240 ÷ 4 = 60 mph.
Which is the scientific notation for 0.00047?
Answer: 4.7 × 10⁻⁴
Moving the decimal 4 places right: 0.00047 = 4.7 × 10⁻⁴.
If a bag contains 5 red, 3 blue, and 2 green marbles, what fraction of marbles are blue?
Answer: 3/10
Total marbles = 10; fraction blue = 3/10.
What is the prime factorization of 60?
Answer: 2² × 3 × 5
60 = 2 × 30 = 2 × 2 × 15 = 4 × 15 = 2² × 3 × 5.
Which expression represents the number of seconds in 2.5 hours?
Answer: 2.5 × 60 × 60
1 hour = 60 minutes = 3600 seconds, so 2.5 hours = 2.5 × 60 × 60 = 9000 seconds.
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