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EDU 340 Final Review Chapters 20 - 23

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Final part for the EDU 340 final review
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Question 1

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The study of geometry includes all of the following EXCEPT:
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  • Reasoning skills about space and properties.
  • Visualization
  • Transformation.
  • Time.

Question 2

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Identify what a student operating at van Hiele's geometric thought level one would likely be doing.
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  • Making and testing hypothesis.
  • Classifying shapes based on properties.
  • Looking at counter examples.
  • Generating property lists.

Question 3

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What statement below applies to the geometric strand of location?
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  • Study of shapes in the environment
  • Study of the relationships built on properties
  • Study of translations
  • Study of coordinate geometry.

Question 4

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Identify what a student product of thought at van Hiele level zero visualization would be.
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  • Shapes are alike
  • Grouping shapes that are alike
  • Classifying shapes that are alike
  • Identifying attributes of shapes that are alike

Question 5

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The following are appropriate activities for van Hiele level one analysis EXCEPT:
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  • Classifying quadrilaterals into special categories according to certain characteristics
  • Discovering pi by measuring the circumference and diameter of various circular objects and calculating their quotient.
  • Sorting pattern blocks by their number of sides
  • Determining which shapes will create tessellations.

Question 6

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What would be a signature characteristic of a van Hiele level 2 activity?
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  • Students can use dot or line grids to construct tessellations
  • Students can classify properties of quadrilaterals
  • Students can use logical reasoning about properties of shapes.
  • Students can prepare informal arguments about properties of shapes

Question 7

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The following are all elements of effective early elementary geometry instruction EXCEPT:
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  • Opportunities for students to examine an array of shape classes.
  • Opportunities for students to discuss the properties of shapes.
  • Opportunities for students to use physical materials
  • Opportunities for students to learn the vocabulary

Question 8

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Tangrams and pentominoes are examples of physical materials that can be used to do all of the following EXCEPT:
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  • Create tessellations
  • Sort and classify
  • Compose and decompose
  • Explore two-dimensional models

Question 9

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Categories of two-dimensional shapes include the following EXCEPT:
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  • Triangles
  • Cylinders
  • Simple closed curves
  • Convex quadrilaterals

Question 10

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The study of transformations includes all of the categories below EXCEPT:
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  • Line symmetry
  • Translations
  • Compositions
  • Dilations

Question 11

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The activities listed below would guide students in exploring the geometric content of location. Identify the one that can also be used with transformations
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  • Pentomino positions
  • Paths
  • Coordinate reflections
  • Coordinate slides

Question 12

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What statement would be the description of Visualization?
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  • Positional descriptions- above, below, beside.
  • Changes in position or size of a shape.
  • Intuitive idea of how shapes fit together.
  • Geometry in the minds eye

Question 13

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What would be an advantage of dynamic geometry programs over the use of paper pencil and geoboards?
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  • Shapes can be stretched and more examples of the class of that shape
  • Construct visual model of shapes.
  • Construction of points, lines and figures
  • Shapes can be moved about and manipulated

Question 14

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What is the purpose of the activity “Minimal Defining Lists”?
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  • To list the many properties of shapes.
  • To list the classes of shapes.
  • To list the subset of the properties of a shape
  • To list the relationships between the properties of shapes

Question 15

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Movements that do not change the size or shape of the object are called ‘rigid motions. Identify the movement below that would NOT be considered as rigid.
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  • Reflections
  • Translations.
  • Tessellations.
  • Rotations.

Question 16

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What is the name given to a set of completely regular polyhedrons?
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  • Polyhedron solid.
  • Platonic solids.
  • Polyominoid figures
  • Polydron shape.

Question 17

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What do statistics and mathematics have in common?
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  • About numbers and operations
  • About numbers.
  • About generalizations and abstractions
  • About variables and cases

Question 18

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Which statistical literacy activity below is appropriate for early elementary students?
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  • How data can be categorized and displayed
  • How data can be collected and represented.
  • How data can be represented in frequency tables and bar graphs
  • How data can be analyzed with measure of center.

Question 19

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The following are categorical data EXCEPT:
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  • Food groups served for lunch.
  • The students’ favorite things.
  • Count of boys and girls in the fifth grade.
  • Different color cars in the parking lot.

Question 20

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Complete this statement, “When students create data displays themselves...”
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  • They become less familiar with the structure of different graphs
  • They are usually more invested and, therefore, interested in the data analysis.
  • They have less time to discuss how to interpret the data.
  • They are usually required to construct them with paper pencil

Question 21

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Which of these options is the best way to display continuous data?
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  • Stem-and-leaf plot
  • Circle graph
  • Line graph
  • Venn diagram

Question 22

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These are true statements about the measures of center EXCEPT:
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  • The median is easier for students to compute and not affected by extreme values like the mean is.
  • The context of a situation determines which measure would be most appropriate.
  • When one hears the word “average,” he or she can assume that the mean is being referred to.
  • The mode is the value in a data set that occurs most frequently.

Question 23

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In statistics, _________ is essential to analyzing and interpreting the data
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  • Type of graphical representation
  • Context
  • Range
  • Mean absolute deviation

Question 24

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The full process of doing meaningful statistics involves all of these EXCEPT:
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  • Clarify the problem at hand.
  • Employ a plan to collect the data.
  • Interpret the analysis.
  • Randomly sample.

Question 25

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What are Box plots most suited for displaying?
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  • The mean of a data set.
  • The mean and mode of a data set.
  • The median of a data set
  • The median and range of a data set

Question 26

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Analyzing or interpreting data is a function of organizing and representing data. Identify the question that would NOT foster a meaningful discussion about the data.
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  • What does the graph not tell us?
  • What other graphical representations could we use?
  • What kinds of variability do we need to consider?
  • What is the maker of the graph trying to tell us?

Question 27

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Identify the graphical representation that works well for comparisons.
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  • Dot plot
  • Scatter Plot
  • Object graph
  • Stem and leaf plot

Question 28

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Data collection should be for a purpose and to answer a question. Identify the question below that would NOT generate data.
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  • How much change do you have in your pocket?
  • How much loose change does a person typically carry in their pocket?
  • How do people choose gum?
  • How long does a piece of gum keep its flavor?

Question 29

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What type of graphical representation can help make sense of proportion by having students convert between degrees and percents?
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  • Histogram
  • Pie Chart
  • Box Plot
  • Stem and Leaf

Question 30

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The graphical representations listed can be used to display continuous data EXCEPT:
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  • Bar graph.
  • Stem and Leaf.
  • Line Plot.
  • Histogram

Question 31

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What do bivariate data representations show?
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  • Spreading and bunching of each quarter of data.
  • Number of data elements falling into an interval
  • Covariation of two data.
  • Two sets of data extending in opposite directions

Question 32

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These are components of creating a box plot graphical representation EXCEPT:
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  • Data located on one-fourth to the left and right of the median
  • A line inside at the median of the data
  • A line to show the lower extreme and upper extreme
  • A line with Xs or dots to correspond with the data.

Question 33

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Scatter plots can indicate a relationship. Complete this statement, “The value of this statistic is to create a model that will..."
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  • Predict what has not been observed
  • Define the quartiles.
  • Represent rational number data
  • Convert between percents and degrees

Question 34

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Existing data can be found in print and web resources. All of the activities below would be reasons to use and discuss them in a classroom EXCEPT:
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  • Difference between facts and inference.
  • Message intended by the person who made the graph.
  • Effectiveness of the graph in communicating the findings
  • Process of gathering data to answer questions.

Question 35

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Assessing young students on probability knowledge, what would the expectation be that they would be able to do?
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  • Explain their confidence in a theory result
  • Determine the probability of an experiment.
  • Tell whether an event is likely or not.
  • Write reports about the probability of a real situation.

Question 36

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Tools that could be used by young students to model probability experiments include all of the following EXCEPT:
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  • Spinners (virtual and manual).
  • Weather forecasts.
  • Coin tosses
  • Marbles pulled out of bag

Question 37

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Identify the term that is used to for the measure of the probability of an event occurring
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  • Experimental probability.
  • Theoretical probability.
  • Relative frequency
  • An observed occurrence.

Question 38

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This phenomenon refers to a probability experiment being carried out more and more times so that the recorded results get close to theoretical probability.
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  • The law of averages.
  • The law of likelihood
  • The law of large numbers.
  • A law of small numbers.

Question 39

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Conducting experiments and examining outcomes in teaching is important. All of these help address student misconceptions EXCEPT:
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  • Provide a connection to counting strategies
  • Helps students learn more than students who do not engage in doing experiments.
  • Model real-world problems
  • It is significantly more intuitive and fun

Question 40

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All of the following can be used to model and record the results of two independent events EXCEPT:
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  • Tree diagram
  • Table
  • Pair of Dice
  • Stem and Leaf Plot

Question 41

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Identify the description of an experiment of dependent events.
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  • The probability of drawing a certain marble out of a bag on two different tries, replacing the first marble before drawing out a second.
  • Drawing two cards from a deck, if, when you draw the first, you leave it out, then draw the second.
  • The probability of getting an even number after rolling a die, then rolling it again
  • The probability of obtaining heads after flipping a coin once, then a second time.

Question 42

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What is the mathematical term that describes probability as the comparison of desired outcomes to the total possible outcomes?
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  • Fraction
  • Ratio.
  • Relative frequency
  • Experimental probability.

Question 43

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Students can often determine the number of outcomes on some random devices than others. Identify the random device that is challenging and students need more experience
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  • Coin toss
  • 8- sided die
  • Spinners
  • Two color counters

Question 44

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Probability has two distinct types. Identify the event below that the probability would be known
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  • What is the possibility of Luke H. making all his free throws?
  • What is the chance of a snowstorm in Minnesota in January?
  • What is the probability of rolling a 4 with a fair die?
  • What is the probability of dropping a rock in water and it will sink?

Question 45

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A number line with 0 (impossible) to 1(possible) is purposeful when students are learning about probability. All of the statements would be examples of benefits of a number line EXCEPT:
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  • Provides a visual representation.
  • Connects to the likelihood of an event occurring.
  • Reference for talking about probability.
  • Experimental random device.

Question 46

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Truly random events occur in unexpected groups, a fair coin may turn up heads five times in a row; a 100-year flood may hit a town twice in 10 years. This imperfect probability is called:
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  • Distribution of randomness.
  • Probability inequality
  • Sampling size error
  • Measure of chance

Question 47

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The following experiments are examples of probabilities with independent events EXCEPT:
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  • Rolling two dice and getting a difference that is not more than 3
  • Having a tack or cup land up when each is tossed once
  • Drawing a certain marble out of a bag on two different tries, replacing the first marble before drawing out a second.
  • Spinning blue twice on a spinner

Question 48

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The process for helping students connect sample space to probability includes all of the steps EXCEPT:
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  • Conduct an experiment with a large number of trials.
  • Create a comparison experiment.
  • Predict the results of the experiment
  • Compare the prediction with the experiment.

Question 49

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What type of probability recording method is less abstract and accessible to a larger range of learners?
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  • Tree diagram
  • Dot plot
  • Area representation
  • Equation

Question 50

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What is the probability misconception called when students think that an event that has already happened will influence the outcome of the next event?
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  • Law of small numbers
  • Possibility counting
  • Commutativity confusion
  • Gambler’s fallacy

Question 51

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When students begin to work with exponents they often lack conceptual understanding. Identify the method that supports conceptual versus procedural understanding.
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  • Explore growing patterns with physical models
  • Explore with whole numbers before exponents with variables
  • Instruction on the order of operations
  • Instruction should focus on exponents as a shortcut for repeated multiplication

Question 52

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Order of operations extends working with exponents. What part of the order of operations is a convention?
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  • The meaning of the operation
  • Multiplying before computing the exponent changes the meaning of the problem
  • Working from left to right, using parenthesis
  • PEMDAS

Question 53

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The ideas below would guide student understanding of the concept behind scientific notation EXCEPT:
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  • Examining patterns that arise when inputting very large and small numbers into a calculator.
  • Researching real-life examples of very large and small numbers.
  • Asking them to perform computation on very large and small numbers that are not in scientific notation, so they can see how difficult it is
  • Instructing them only on the movement of the decimal point “the exponent with the 10 tells how many places to move the decimal point”

Question 54

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Real-world contexts with negative numbers provide opportunities for discussion of integer operations. What statement below would represent a quantity?
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  • Timeline of Roman Empire rule.
  • Altitude above sea level
  • Golf scores.
  • Gains and lost football yardage.

Question 55

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When using the number line method for the addition of integers, the following statements relate to the number line method EXCEPT:
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  • Each addend's magnitude needs to be presented on the number line
  • The position of the arrow indicates positive or negative integers.
  • A line segment pointing to the right could indicate a positive or negative number.
  • A line segment pointing to the left would indicate a negative number.

Question 56

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Identify the example of an irrational number
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  • 3.5
  • -2
  • π
  • 1/2

Question 57

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Learning about exponents can be problematic. These are common misconceptions EXCEPT:
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  • Think of the two values as factors
  • Hear “five three times” and think multiplication
  • Write the equation as 5 x 3 rather than 5 x 5 x 5
  • Use repeated addition versus multiplication.

Question 58

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What is the primary reason to teach and use Scientific Notation?
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  • Convenient way to represent very large or small numbers.
  • A number is changed to be the product of a number greater or equal to 1 or less than 10 multiplied by a power of 10.
  • Easiest way to convey the value of numbers in different contexts
  • To determined by the level of precision appropriate for that situation.

Question 59

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The contexts below would support learning about very, very large numbers EXCEPT:
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  • Distance from the planet Mercury to Mars.
  • Number of cells in the human body.
  • The estimated life span of a Bengal tiger.
  • Population of the European countries in 2011.

Question 60

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When students are learning and creating contexts for integer operations. Ask them to consider the following questions EXCEPT:
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  • Where am I now?
  • Where am I going?
  • Where did you start?
  • How far did you go?

Question 61

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For students to be successful in the division of integers they should competence in the following concept?
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  • Whole number division
  • Division of fractions
  • Relationship between multiplication and division
  • Rules for dividing negative numbers

Question 62

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The term rational numbers relates to all of the examples below EXCEPT:
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  • Fractions
  • Decimals and percents
  • Square roots
  • Positive and negative integers
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