6th Grade Math Textbook, Fundamentals

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Simplify:

Add.

Rename 0.5 as.

Multiply.

Simplify.

 Rewrite in horizontal form.

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Simplify.

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Multiply by the reciprocal to divide.

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Lesson 5-13 for exercise sets.
Simplify:
Simplify the power.
Simplify the power.
Add.
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 Rename as fractions.

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Compute

within parentheses.

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(^895)  (^15) Multiply by the reciprocal to divide.
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Rewrite in
horizontal form.
Subtract and rewrite the
difference in simplest form.
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Remember that the division bar is a grouping symbol. To simplify

an expression with a division bar, first simplify above the bar, next

simplify below the bar, and finally divide.

Simplify.

1.(0.2)^4 • (0.3)^2 2.()

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3.(0.5)^3 • ( )

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4.3(4.6 0.3) (3)^2 5.  21  7  4 6.[ 24 (16)]  22 0.5

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10.Discuss and Write For the expression , is it easier to solve it

the way it is, to rename the decimals as fractions, or to rename the fractions

as decimals? Show examples to justify your answer.

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