Are the following statements sometimes, always, or never true?
  1. Max gets a pay raise of 30%.  Jim gets a pay raise of 25%.  So Max gets the bigger pay raise.
  2. When you cut a piece off a shape, you reduce its area and perimeter.
  3. If you add the same number to the top and bottom of a fraction, the fraction gets bigger in value.
  4. In a sale, every price was reduced by 25%.  After the sale, every price was increased by 25%.  So the prices went back to where they started
  5. If you add a number to 12, you get a number greater than 12.
  6. The square root of a number is less than the number.
  7. If you divide 12 by a number, the answer will be less than 12.
  8. The square of a number is greater than the number.
  9. (n + 5) is less than 20
  10. 2(x + 3) = 2x + 3
  11. 3 + 2y = 5y
  12. 4p is greater than 9 + p
  13. 2(3 + s) = 6 + 2s
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