General Skills Flashcards
Information about questions and what they are asking.
What do you need to include when a question asks you to ‘explain your answer’ (or ‘give a reason’)?
The difference between or listing the two numbers and a comparing word
When a question asks you to round your answer, what do you have to remember?
Write the unrounded answer as well as the rounded one
If the answer to a question is a fraction, what do you have to remember?
You must simplify the fraction
If a question uses the word “hence”, what does this tell you?
Your last answer can help you somehow
If a question uses the word “show that”, what does this tell you?
The question is telling you the answer and you have to show all the working to get that answer
If a question uses the words “state” or “write down”, what does this tell you?
You should be able to get the answer easily without working
