Number section Flashcards
To remember everything covered on this section
BIDMAS
Brackets, Indices, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.
Use for order of operations.
Multiply by 10
Move decimal point one space to the right. E.g. 23.6=236.
Or add a zero on the end if no decimal point E.g. 45x 10=450
Divide by 100
Move decimal point two places to the left e.g 34.5/100=0.345
Divide by 20
Divide by 2 first then divide by 10
Multiply by 300
Times by 3 then times by 100
Negative number multiplied by negative number =
Positive number
Positive number multiplied by negative number =
Negative number
5 - -4=
5+4=9
Divide a decimal by a whole number
Use bus stop method. Put decimal point on top of bus stop.
Divide a number by a decimal
Write as fraction. Then times by 10, 100 etc to get rid of decimal point.
The first prime number is
- It is NOT 1!!!!!
The only even prime number is
2.
How to find a prime number from a list of numbers.
Get rid of all the even numbers and anything ending in a 5. Then divide by 3 and 7, if it doesn’t divide by either it is prime.
First 4 prime numbers
2,3,5,7
What is a multiple?
Just the times table of a number. Eg first 4 multiples of 2 are 2,4,6,8