Chapter 1 Terms/ Relationships
What is unrelated?
2 items are not associated
What is related (proportional)
2 items are associated; directly or inversely
What is directly related?
1 increases, the other increases
What is inversely related?
1 increases, the other decreases
What is a reciprocal relationship?
Type of inverse relationship
In a reciprocal relationship, which are reciprocals?
2 and 1/2
In a reciprocal relationship, when 2 numbers are reciprocals, they are___
multiplied together and equal 1
Which of the following are units of length?
cm and feet
Which of the following are units of area?
cm squared and feet squared
Which of the following are units of volume?
cm cubed and feet cubed
What do you do when you see
"increase by a factor"?
Multiply
What do you do when you see
"decrease by a factor"?
Divide
Bill has 2 pieces of candy. The amount is increased by a factor of 5.
How many pieces of candy does Bill have now?
10
Someone stole Bill's candy. He had 20 M&Ms, but that value decreased by a factor of 4. How many M&Ms does Bill have now?
5
What is 1.0 x 10 to the 6th power?
1,000,000
What is 1.24 x 10 to the - 7th power?
0.00000124
What is a complementary unit?
Pairs that belong together
What does macro- mean?
Bigger
What does micro- mean?
Smaller