True or false

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The sale price is always less than the original price.

2. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The list price is the original cost plus the mark-up.

3. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Rate multiplied by time gives the distance travelled.

4. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   The hypotenuse is one of the legs of a right triangle.

5. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Compound interest is the kind worked out by this formula.

6. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   The area of a triangle needs only its base to be known.

Instructions

Decide whether each statement is true or false.

Explanation