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2.8: Proficiency Exam

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    Exercise \(\PageIndex{1}\)

    In the multiplication of \(8 \times 7 = 56\), what are the names given to the 8 and 7 and the 56?

    Answer

    8 and 7 are factors; 56 is the product

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{2}\)

    Multiplication is a description of what repeated process?

    Answer

    Addition

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{3}\)

    In the division \(12 \div 3 = 4\), what are the names given to the 3 and the 4?

    Answer

    3 is the divisor; 4 is the quotient

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{4}\)

    Name the digits that a number must end in to be divisible by 2.

    Answer

    0, 2, 4, 6, or 8

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{5}\)

    Name the property of multiplication that states that the order of the factors in a multiplication can be changed without changing the product.

    Answer

    commutative

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{6}\)

    Which number is called the multiplicative identity?

    Answer

    1

    For problems 7-17, find the product or quotient.

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{7}\)

    \(14 \times 6\)

    Answer

    84

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{8}\)

    \(37 \times 0\)

    Answer

    0

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{9}\)

    \(352 \times 1000\)

    Answer

    352,000

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{10}\)

    \(5986 \times 70\)

    Answer

    419,020

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{11}\)

    \(12 \times 12\)

    Answer

    144

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{12}\)

    \(856 \div 0\)

    Answer

    not defined

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{13}\)

    \(0 \div 8\)

    Answer

    0

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{14}\)

    \(136 \div 8\)

    Answer

    17

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{15}\)

    \(432 \div 24\)

    Answer

    18

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{16}\)

    \(5286 \div 37\)

    Answer

    142 remainder 32

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{17}\)

    \(211 \times 1\)

    Answer

    211

    For problems 18-20, use the numbers 216, 1,005, and 640.

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{18}\)

    Which numbers are divisible by 3?

    Answer

    216; 1,005

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{19}\)

    Which number is divisible by 4?

    Answer

    216; 640

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{20}\)

    Which number(s) is divisible by 5?

    Answer

    1,005; 640


    This page titled 2.8: Proficiency Exam is shared under a CC BY license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Denny Burzynski & Wade Ellis, Jr. (OpenStax CNX) .

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