Elementary Education: Math Content Knowledge Flashcards
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A rectangular garden measures 12 feet by 8 feet. What is its perimeter?
Answer: 40 feet
Perimeter = 2(length + width) = 2(12 + 8) = 40 feet.
Which fraction is equivalent to 0.75?
Answer: 3/4
0.75 equals 75/100, which simplifies to 3/4.
What is the value of 6 in the number 4,652?
Answer: 600
The 6 is in the hundreds place, giving it a value of 600.
If a triangle has angles measuring 50° and 60°, what is the third angle?
Answer: 70°
Angles in a triangle sum to 180°, so 180 − 50 − 60 = 70°.
What is 3/8 + 1/8?
Answer: 1/2
With like denominators, 3/8 + 1/8 = 4/8 = 1/2.
A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9. Which number is divisible by 9?
Answer: 234
The digits of 234 sum to 9, which is divisible by 9.
What is the median of the data set 4, 8, 6, 10, 2?
Answer: 6
Ordered (2,4,6,8,10), the middle value is 6.