paraprofessional praxis (math, reading, writing) Study Guide, Exams of Nursing

Download paraprofessional praxis (math, reading, writing) Study Guide and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! paraprofessional praxis (math, reading, writing) Study Guide whole numbers - ✔counting numbers (1, 2, 3, 4) integers - ✔whole numbers and their negatives rational numbers - ✔any number that can be written as a fraction irrational numbers - ✔numbers that cannot be written as fraction (3.14, negative square roots) radical numbers - ✔square roots prime numbers - ✔numbers that are divisible by 1 and itself ex. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17 composite numbers - ✔whole number greater than 1 and has more than 2 factors ex. 4, 6, 8, 9 place value - ✔ex. 8,765.432 (8=thousands, 7=hundreds, 6=tens, 5=ones, 4=tenths, 3=hundredths, 2=thousandths) order of operations - ✔PEMDAS improper fraction -- mixed number - ✔ex. 21/5 = 4 1/5 mixed number -- improper fraction - ✔ex. 4 1/5 to 21/5 multiple whole number (4) with denominator (5) and add numerator (1), put over denominator kilo - ✔thousand ex. 1 kilometer = 1000 meters deci - ✔tenth ex. 10 deciliters = 1 liter centi - ✔hundredth ex. 100 centimeters = 1 meter milli - ✔thousandth ex. 1000 milligrams = 1 gram miles -- feet - ✔1 mile = 5280 feet yard -- feet - ✔1 yard = 3 feet feet -- inches - ✔1 ft = 12 in gallon - ✔1 gallon = 4 quarts = 8 pints = 16 cups = 128 fluid oz pounds -- ounces - ✔1 pound = 16 ounces tons -- pounds - ✔1 ton = 2000 pounds inches -- cm - ✔1 inch = 2.54 cm miles -- kilometers - ✔1 mi = 1.61 km gallon -- liters - ✔1 gallon = 3.8 L liters -- cups - ✔1 liter = 4.2 cups kilogram -- pounds - ✔1 kg = 2.2 lbs scalene triangle - ✔a triangle with no congruent sides isosceles triangle - ✔a triangle with at least two congruent sides equilateral triangle - ✔a triangle with 3 congruent sides acute triangle - ✔a triangle with three acute angles (less than 90) obtuse triangle - ✔a triangle with one obtuse angle (greater than 90) right triangle - ✔a triangle with one right angle topic - ✔subject that the author writes about main idea - ✔the author's position w/regard to the topic supporting ideas - ✔pieces of info that clarify, describe, explain the main idea of the text theme - ✔underlying meaning point of view - ✔first- I, me