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Numeric Entry & Fraction Boxes

A Numeric Entry question hands you an empty box instead of choices. That changes strategy fundamentally: you cannot eliminate wrong options or plug the choices back in, so you must actually solve and be precise. Two entry forms exist. A single box takes an integer or decimal, and it accepts a minus sign for negatives and a decimal point — if the answer is negative or a decimal, enter it as such. A fraction box gives you a numerator field and a denominator field; a helpful quirk is that you do not have to reduce — 6/8 is scored the same as 3/4 — so skip the simplification step to save time and avoid slips. Read the units and rounding instruction carefully: if the prompt says "to the nearest integer" or "in dollars", answer in exactly that form. Because there is no safety net of answer choices, a quick sanity check on the magnitude of your answer is worth the few seconds it takes.

✅ Solved examples

1. Numeric Entry. If 3x − 7 = 20, enter the value of x.
3x = 27, so x = 9. Enter 9 in the box.
2. Numeric Entry (fraction box). A recipe uses 2 cups of flour for every 3 cups of water. Enter the ratio of flour to water as a fraction.
The ratio is 2 to 3, so enter 2 in the numerator and 3 in the denominator: 2/3. (No need to reduce anything here.)
3. Numeric Entry. A jacket originally $120 is discounted 35%. Enter the sale price in dollars.
Discount = 0.35 × 120 = 42. Sale price = 120 − 42 = 78. Enter 78.
4. Numeric Entry, round to the nearest integer. The average of 47, 52, 48 and 55 is what?
Sum = 47 + 52 + 48 + 55 = 202. Average = 202/4 = 50.5, which rounds to 51. Enter 51.

✏️ Practice — try these, take hints as needed

1. Numeric Entry. If 5x + 4 = 39, enter x.
Isolate the x-term.
5x = 35.
Divide by 5.
7
2. Numeric Entry (fraction box). Of 20 students, 12 passed. Enter the fraction who passed (you need not reduce).
Passed over total.
12 in the numerator, 20 in the denominator.
12/20 scores like 3/5.
12/20 (= 3/5)
3. Numeric Entry. What is 15% of 240?
0.15 × 240.
10% is 24, 5% is 12.
Add them.
36
4. Numeric Entry. If 2x − 9 = −5, enter x (the box accepts negatives if needed).
2x = 4.
Divide by 2.
Check the sign.
2
5. Numeric Entry, nearest integer. The average of 30, 33, 34 and 36 is?
Add the four values.
Sum = 133.
133/4 = 33.25, then round.
33

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