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A sports card collection contains football, baseball, and basketball cards. If the ratio of football to baseball cards is 9 to 2 and the ratio of baseball to basketball cards is 9 to 1, what is the ratio of football to basketball cards?
| 3:4 | |
| 1:6 | |
| 9:4 | |
| 81:2 |
The ratio of football cards to baseball cards is 9:2 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards is 9:1. To solve this problem, we need the baseball card side of each ratio to be equal so we need to rewrite the ratios in terms of a common number of baseball cards. (Think of this like finding the common denominator when adding fractions.) The ratio of football to baseball cards can also be written as 81:18 and the ratio of baseball cards to basketball cards as 18:2. So, the ratio of football cards to basketball cards is football:baseball, baseball:basketball or 81:18, 18:2 which reduces to 81:2.
What is \( \frac{2}{5} \) ÷ \( \frac{2}{8} \)?
| \(\frac{6}{35}\) | |
| 1\(\frac{3}{5}\) | |
| \(\frac{6}{25}\) | |
| \(\frac{1}{27}\) |
To divide fractions, invert the second fraction and then multiply:
\( \frac{2}{5} \) ÷ \( \frac{2}{8} \) = \( \frac{2}{5} \) x \( \frac{8}{2} \)
To multiply fractions, multiply the numerators together and then multiply the denominators together:
\( \frac{2}{5} \) x \( \frac{8}{2} \) = \( \frac{2 x 8}{5 x 2} \) = \( \frac{16}{10} \) = 1\(\frac{3}{5}\)
Cooks are needed to prepare for a large party. Each cook can bake either 5 large cakes or 19 small cakes per hour. The kitchen is available for 3 hours and 31 large cakes and 330 small cakes need to be baked.
How many cooks are required to bake the required number of cakes during the time the kitchen is available?
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| 7 | |
| 11 | |
| 9 |
If a single cook can bake 5 large cakes per hour and the kitchen is available for 3 hours, a single cook can bake 5 x 3 = 15 large cakes during that time. 31 large cakes are needed for the party so \( \frac{31}{15} \) = 2\(\frac{1}{15}\) cooks are needed to bake the required number of large cakes.
If a single cook can bake 19 small cakes per hour and the kitchen is available for 3 hours, a single cook can bake 19 x 3 = 57 small cakes during that time. 330 small cakes are needed for the party so \( \frac{330}{57} \) = 5\(\frac{15}{19}\) cooks are needed to bake the required number of small cakes.
Because you can't employ a fractional cook, round the number of cooks needed for each type of cake up to the next whole number resulting in 3 + 6 = 9 cooks.
Convert 0.0002643 to scientific notation.
| 2.643 x 10-3 | |
| 2.643 x 104 | |
| 2.643 x 10-4 | |
| 2.643 x 105 |
A number in scientific notation has the format 0.000 x 10exponent. To convert to scientific notation, move the decimal point to the right or the left until the number is a decimal between 1 and 10. The exponent of the 10 is the number of places you moved the decimal point and is positive if you moved the decimal point to the left and negative if you moved it to the right:
0.0002643 in scientific notation is 2.643 x 10-4