CAHSEE Prep - 2008 Released Test Questions: Number Sense

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Number Sense
Read, write, and compare rational numbers in scientific notation (positive and negative powers of 10) with approximate numbers using scientific notation. 7NS1.1
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Lessons Example Tutorials Games and Activities
Examples - Convert Normal Numbers to Scientific Notation 1 2 3         Convert decimal numbers to scientific notation - AAAMath
Examples - Convert Scientific Notation to Normal Numbers 1 2 3 4       Convert scientific notation to decimal numbers - AAAmath
Examples - Compare Numbers in Scientific Notation 1 2 3         Convert large numbers to scientific notation
- 321Know.com
Mathematics Concepts and Skills Course 2
6.9 Scientific Notation p.311
15 19 23 25 39 45 51 Convert scientific notation to large numbers
- 321Know.com
Prentice/Hall Pre-Algebra
4.9 Scientific Notation p.208
15 17 23 25 29 33   Compare numbers in scientific notation - 321Know.com
Algebra 1- Concepts and Skills
8.5 Scientific Notation p. 469
21 23 29            
Algebra 1 - Structure and Method
7.10 Scientific Notation p.336
                     
Add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers (integers, fractions, and terminating decimals) and take positive rational numbers to whole-number powers. 7NS1.2
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Integers
Practice, Examples and Games
Fractions
Practice, Examples and Games
Decimals
Practice, Examples and Games
Exponents
Practice, Examples and Games
 
Convert fractions to decimals and percents and use these representations in estimations, computations, and applications. 7NS1.3
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Lessons Example Tutorials Games and Activities
Example - Convert Fractions to Decimals 1 2 3         Fraction to Decimal - 321Know.com
Example - Convert Decimals to Fractions 1 2 3 4       Matching Common Decimals and Fractions - 321Know.com
Example - Convert Percents to Decimals 1 2           Percent to Decimal - 321Know.com
Example - Convert Decimals to Percents 1 2 3 4       Decimal to Percent - 321Know.com
Example - Convert Percents to Fractions 1 2 3 4       Percent to Fraction - 321Know.com
Example - Convert Fractions to Percents 1 2 3         Fraction to Percent - 321Know.com
Mathematics Concepts and Skills Course 1
2.8 Connecting Decimals and Fractions p.95
21 25 29 33 35            
Mathematics Concepts and Skills Course 2
5.5 Rational Numbers and Decimals p.239
27 29 31 33 37 39 47 49      
Mathematics Concepts and Skills Course 2
5.6 Writing Percents p.244
13 17 19 23 29            
Mathematics Concepts and Skills Course 2
5.7 Percents, Decimals and Fractions p.248
19 21 25 27 41 43 45 51      
Prentice/Hall Pre-Algebra
5.2 Fractions and Decimals p.229
17 33 39                
Prentice/Hall Pre-Algebra
6.5 Fractions, Decimals and Percents p.300
15 21 23 31 37            
Prentice/Hall Pre-Algebra
6.6 Proportions and Percents p.305
11 15 21 25 33            
Algebra 1- Concepts and Skills
Skills Review Handbook -Writing Fractions and Decimals p.767
                     
Algebra 1- Concepts and Skills
Skills Review Handbook -Fractions, Decimals and Percents p.767
 
Calculate the percentage of increases and decreases of a quantity. 7NS1.6
Released Test Questions
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Lessons Example Tutorials Games and Activities
Mathematics Concepts and Skills Course 2
7.7 Percent of Increase or Decrease p.361
7 11 13 15       I haven't seen any good ones. Please email me with suggestions at webmaster@hstutorials.net
Prentice/Hall Pre-Algebra
6.8 Percent of Change p.314
9 15 29        
Algebra 1- Concepts and Skills
3.8 Ratios and Rates p.177
15 17 19 21 23            
Algebra 1- Concepts and Skills
3.9 Percents p.183
13 15 17 19 21 23 25 29
 
Algebra 1 - Structure and Method
7.6 Percent Problems p.315
                     
Solve problems that involve discounts, markups, commissions, and profit, and compute simple and compound interest. 7NS1.7
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Lessons Example Tutorials Games and Activities
Mathematics Concepts and Skills Course 2
7.6 Markup and Discount p. 356
9 13 15 17     Discount - 321Know.com
Mathematics Concepts and Skills Course 2
7.8 Simple Interest p.365
9 13 15 21       Markup - 321Know.com
Mathematics Concepts and Skills Course 2
7.9 Compound Interest p.369
              Commissions - 321Know.com
Prentice/Hall Pre-Algebra
6.9 Markup and Discount p.318
7 11 19         Total Price with Tax - 321Know.com
Algebra 1- Concepts and Skills
3.8 Ratios and Rates p.177
15 17 19 21 23     Simple Interest - 321Know.com
Algebra 1- Concepts and Skills
3.9 Percents p.183
13 15 17 19 21 23 25 29  
Algebra 1 - Structure and Method
3.7 Cost, Income, and Value Problems
               
Understand negative whole-number exponents. Multiply and divide expressions involving exponents with a common base. 7NS2.1
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Lessons Example Tutorials Games and Activities
Examples - When to Add Exponents 1 2 3 4       I haven't seen any good ones. Please email me with suggestions at webmaster@hstutorials.net
Examples - When to Subtract Exponents 1 2 3    
Examples - When to Multiply Exponents 1 2 3        
Examples - Complex Expressions with Exponents 1 2 3        
Mathematics Concepts and Skills Course 2
6.8 Negative and Zero Exponents p.305
15 17 19 23 25 29 31        
Prentice/Hall Pre-Algebra
4.8 Exponents and Division p.203
23 25 41 49              
Algebra 1- Concepts and Skills
8.2 Zero and Negative Exponents p.449
 
Algebra 1 - Structure and Method
4.1 Exponents p.141
               
Add and subtract fractions by using factoring to find common denominators. 7NS2.2
Released Test Questions      23 24 25          
Fractions Practice, Examples and Games
Multiply, divide, and simplify rational numbers by using exponent rules. 7NS2.3
Released Test Questions             26 27 28 29  
Lessons Example Tutorials Games and Activities
Examples - When to Add Exponents 1 2 3 4       I haven't seen any good ones. Please email me with suggestions at webmaster@hstutorials.net
Examples - When to Subtract Exponents 1 2 3    
Examples - When to Multiply Exponents 1 2 3        
Examples - Complex Expressions with Exponents 1 2 3        
Mathematics Concepts and Skills Course 2
6.7 Multiplying and Dividing Powers p.299
11 13 15 19 25 27          
Prentice/Hall Pre-Algebra
4.7 Exponents and Multiplication
11 23 27 37              
Prentice/Hall Pre-Algebra
4.8 Exponents and Division
23 25 41 49
 
Algebra 1- Concepts and Skills
8.1 Multiplication Properties of Exponents p.443
13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 33  
Algebra 1- Concepts and Skills
8.4 Division Properties of Exponents p.462
27 31                
Use the inverse relationship between raising to a power and extracting the root of a perfect square integer; for an integer that is not square, determine without a calculator the two integers between which its square root lies and explain why. 7NS2.4
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Lessons Example Tutorials Games and Activities
Examples - Square Root of a Number 1 2 3 4       Matching Perfect Square Roots - Quia.com
Examples - Estimating the Square Root of a Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Find Square Root Practice - SoftSchools.com
Mathematics Concepts and Skills Course 2
9.1 Square Roots p.449
              Square Root Flashcards - Aplusmath.com
Prentice/Hall Pre-Algebra
11.1 Square Roots and Irrational Numbers p.560
17 21 27                
Algebra 1- Concepts and Skills
9.1 Square Roots p.499
29 51      
 
Algebra 1 - Structure and Method
11.3 Rational Square Roots
                     
Understand the meaning of the absolute value of a number; interpret the absolute value as the distance of the number from zero on a number line; and determine the absolute value of real numbers. 7NS2.5
Released Test Questions       33 34 35          
Lessons Example Tutorials Games and Activities
Mathematics Concepts and Skills Course 2
3.1 Integers and Absolute Value p.105
15 19 21 27 29 33 35 37 41 47 Absolute Value - AAAMath.com
Prentice/Hall Pre-Algebra
1.4 Integers and Absolute Value p.17
11 13 15 21 35 37 41      
Algebra 1- Concepts and Skills
2.2 Absolute Value p.71
17 19 25 27 29 33 35 37 41 43
Algebra 1 - Structure and Method
1.9 Opposites and Absolute Value
                     

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