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) (d)

(b) (e)

(c)

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

(a) (c)
3. Write

(b) (d)
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)