Chapter 3 Flashcards

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A Ton Is Equal To 2,000 Lb. What Fractional Part Of A Ton Is 250 Lb?

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The Fractional Part of a ton that is 250 lb. is 1/8

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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 9 and 15?

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The Greatest Common Factor of 9 and 15 is 3.

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What Are The Common Factors Of 24 and 36?

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The Common Factors of 24 and 36 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12.

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If A History Class Lasts 50 Min., What Fractional Part Of An Hour Is The History Class?

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The Fractional part of a hour that is 50 min. is 5/6.

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17/24 & 11/16, Which Is Greater?

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17/24 Is Greater

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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 24 and 36?

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The Greatest Common Factor of 24 and 36 is 3

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1 3/8 + 5 2/4 - 3 4/2

How do you Solve the problem?

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First, Convert the mixed numbers to improper fractions, then find the LCM of the Denominators then multiply the numerators to match up with the denominators, Add and Subtract and then factorize the answer down to it’s simplest terms.

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If you needed to perform another special operation to solve the expression 4/3 + 5/15 X 6/26, What operation would that be?

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You would have to find the LCM of each of the denominators, then multiply the numerators by the numbers the denominators were multiplied by to reach their LCM, then perform the necessary calculations leaving the denominator unaltered.

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Three-fifths times a number is nine-tenths, Find the number.

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The number is three-halves (3/2), In order to get this number you must divide across the top and bottom of the product and fraction used to find it, to find the definition of the variable (or number) in the expression.

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9/20 - 1/30, Subtract by changing to addition of the opposite.

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9/20 + (-1/30) = 3x9/60 - 2/60 = 27/60 - 2/60 = 27-2/60 = 25/60, Find the GCD of 25 and 60 which is 5, so therefore the answer is 5/12.

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What is the difference between -1/6 and -8/9 as a subtraction problem?

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-1/6 - (-8/9)

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