Practice PIEAS Science General questions with answers and explanations.
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Percent means per hundred.
Thus, 3.5% = 3.5 ÷ 100 = 0.035.
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The required percentage is 45/250 × 100.
This equals 18%.
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The score fraction is 42/50.
Multiplying by 100 gives 84%.
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Starting from 100, a 10% increase gives 110.
A 10% decrease from 110 gives 99, which is 1% lower.
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The units digits of powers of 7 cycle as 7, 9, 3, 1.
The fourth power therefore ends in 1.
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Multiplication is performed before addition.
Thus, 3 × 4 = 12 and 5 + 12 = 17.
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The operation inside parentheses is completed first.
Then 12 ÷ 3 = 4.
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The multiplicative inverse of a nonzero fraction is its reciprocal.
Interchanging numerator and denominator gives 7/5.
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A composite number has more than two positive factors.
The number 4 has factors 1, 2, and 4.
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The positive factors of 16 are 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16.
Therefore, it has 5 positive factors.
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Dividing 84 by primes gives 84 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 7.
This is 2² × 3 × 7.
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An irrational number cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers.
The number √2 has a nonterminating, nonrepeating decimal expansion.
