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To: Innovative

And if you are a masochist, you can try some of the Common Core test questions here:

http://www.testprepreview.com/common-core-test-prep.htm


23 posted on 12/12/2013 9:09:51 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Innovative
Found the following questions at that site:

1. Convert 0.2 into a fraction.
a. 1/5
b. 11/50
c. 2/9
d. 2/7

2. What is the decimal expansion of 5/6?
a. 0.(56)
b. 0.83
c. 0.56
d. 1.2

Answers and Explanations
1. C: When converting a decimal whose value repeats itself indefinitely, write the repeating digit or digits in the numerator. In this problem, the repeating digit is 2. In the denominator, place 9 for every repeating digit, then reduce the fraction to lowest terms. In this problem a single 9 is in the denominator, so the answer is 2/9. Another example is 0.‾24= 24/99=8/33

2. B: 5/6 can be rewritten as 5÷6=0.83 ?

As you can see, the answer to question 1 is nonsense (real answer is, of course, a). The answer to 2 although mathematically accurate is in the form of a question.

61 posted on 12/12/2013 9:53:30 PM PST by stormhill
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