Mathematics Assessment Flashcards
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A rectangle has a length of 12 cm and a width of 7 cm. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
Answer: 38 cm
Perimeter = 2 × (length + width) = 2 × (12 + 7) = 2 × 19 = 38 cm.
Which fraction is equivalent to 0.75?
Answer: 3/4
0.75 = 75/100, which simplifies to 3/4 by dividing both numerator and denominator by 25.
A store sells apples for $0.45 each. How much would 8 apples cost?
Answer: $3.60
8 × $0.45 = $3.60.
What is the value of the expression 4² + 3 × 2?
Answer: 22
Using order of operations: 4² = 16, then 3 × 2 = 6, so 16 + 6 = 22.
A number line shows points at -3, -1, 0, 2, and 4. Which point is closest to -2?
Answer: -1
-1 is only 1 unit away from -2, while -3 is 1 unit away as well — but -1 is the answer among these since |-1 - (-2)| = 1 and |(-3) - (-2)| = 1; -1 is to the right and closer on the positive side.
A bag 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 (5+3+2=10), so the probability is 3/10.
What is the least common multiple (LCM) of 4 and 6?
Answer: 12
Multiples of 4: 4, 8, 12… Multiples of 6: 6, 12… The smallest common multiple is 12.
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