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Entry checkpoint: choose a starting point

Entry checkpoint: choose a starting point: original cases with explanations after your first response.

Paper packet. Every task here also exists on screen, where it is checked automatically; answers written on paper are not assessed by Nydus. When you are back at a device, enter your answers there.

1. What you will learn

Before arithmetic study, try the negative-integer, combined-work and geometric-sequence tasks without notes. Use the pattern of errors to choose number properties, rates or powers as a starting point.

2. Practice

What is the greatest integer less than -17/4?

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3. Practice

Two pumps separately fill a tank in 6 hours and 12 hours. Together, how many hours do they need?

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4. Practice

A geometric sequence begins 96,48,24. What is its seventh term?

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5. What you can do now

Use this arithmetic starting sample to choose the next worked lesson; repeated exposure is review and does not predict an official score.