Problem Set #1

Bard High School Early College Queens

9th

Grade Algebra

Do NOT use a calculator!

Directions: Solve the following problems on loose leaf paper. Make sure to give credit to

anyone who helped you. Your loose leaf paper should have the following header:

Your Name

Problem Set #1

Collaborators:

1. Write each of the following as a product of primes numbers and then write in lowest terms.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

2. Add each of the following and write in lowest terms.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

3. Write

as a fraction with 20 in the denominator.

4. Write in order from smallest to largest:

,

,

,

,

, , ,

, ,

5. What fraction does the shaded region represent.

(a) (b)