Mathematics Quiz

What is mathematics concerned with?

• The study of planets and their movements

• The study of historical events and their significance

• The field of study concerned with numbers, quantity, shapes, and the relationships among them

• The study of living organisms and life processes

What does the '+' symbol represent in mathematics?

• Subtraction

• Division

• Multiplication

• Addition

What is the process of changing from one form to another called?

• Fraction

• Percentage

• Conversion

• Decimal

What is a fraction?

• A whole number expressed as digits placed to the right of a decimal point

• Part of a whole number expressed as a numerator over a line or slash with a denominator below

• A process of changing from one form to another

• A part of a whole number expressed in hundredths and followed by a percent symbol

What is the numerator in a fraction?

• The line or slash in a fraction

• The bottom number in a fraction

• The top number in a fraction

• The smallest number which is a multiple of all of a set of fractions' denominators

What is the denominator in a fraction?

• The smallest number which is a multiple of all of a set of fractions' denominators

• The top number in a fraction

• The line or slash in a fraction

• The bottom number in a fraction

What is the Lowest Common Denominator (LCD)?

• The highest number which is a multiple of all of a set of fractions' numerators

• The smallest number which is a multiple of all of a set of fractions' denominators

• The bottom number in a fraction

• The top number in a fraction

What is a decimal?

• A whole number expressed as digits placed to the left of a decimal point

• A process of changing from one form to another

• Part of a whole number expressed as a numerator over a line or slash with a denominator below

• Part of a whole number expressed as digits placed to the right of a decimal point

What is a percentage?

• A whole number expressed as digits placed to the right of a decimal point

• Part of a whole number expressed as a numerator over a line or slash with a denominator below

• Part of a whole number expressed in hundredths and followed by a percent symbol

• The process of changing from one form to another

What is a ratio?

• Method for solving a two variable simultaneous equation

• Comparison of numbers; expression showing the relationship between two quantities

• Formula used for baked goods when flour is the primary ingredient

• Process of determining the quantitative size or amount of an item