Chapter 1
Prealgebra · 502 exercises
Problem 1
In the following exercises, determine which of the following numbers are a counting numbers b whole numbers. $$0, \frac{2}{3}, 5,8.1,125$$
4 step solution
Problem 2
In the following exercises, determine which of the following numbers are a counting numbers b whole numbers. $$0, \frac{7}{10}, 3,20.5,300$$
5 step solution
Problem 3
In the following exercises, determine which of the following numbers are a counting numbers b whole numbers. $$0, \frac{4}{9}, 3.9,50,221$$
2 step solution
Problem 9
In the following exercises, find the place value of the given digits. 579,601 (a) 9\(\quad\) (b) 6\(\quad\) (c) 0\(\quad\) (d) 7\(\quad\) (e) 5\(\quad\)
7 step solution
Problem 10
In the following exercises, find the place value of the given digits. 398,127 (a) 9\(\quad\) (b) 3\(\quad\) (c) 2\(\quad\) (d) 8\(\quad\) (e) 7\(\quad\)
6 step solution
Problem 11
In the following exercises, find the place value of the given digits. 56,804,379 (a) 8\(\quad\) (b) 6\(\quad\) (c) 4\(\quad\) (d) 7\(\quad\) (e) 0\(\quad\)
6 step solution
Problem 12
In the following exercises, find the place value of the given digits. 78,320,465 (a) 8\(\quad\) (b) 4\(\quad\) (c) 2\(\quad\) (d) 6\(\quad\) (e) 7\(\quad\)
6 step solution
Problem 13
In the following exercises, name each number in words. $$1,078$$
3 step solution
Problem 14
In the following exercises, name each number in words. $$5,902$$
4 step solution
Problem 15
In the following exercises, name each number in words. $$364,510$$
5 step solution
Problem 16
In the following exercises, name each number in words. $$146,023$$
5 step solution
Problem 17
In the following exercises, name each number in words. $$5,846,103$$
4 step solution
Problem 18
In the following exercises, name each number in words. $$1,458,398$$
4 step solution
Problem 19
In the following exercises, name each number in words. $$37,889,005$$
5 step solution
Problem 20
In the following exercises, name each number in words. $$62,008,465$$
5 step solution
Problem 21
In the following exercises, name each number in words. The height of Mount Ranier is14,410 feet.
6 step solution
Problem 22
In the following exercises, name each number in words. The height of Mount Adams is 12,276 feet.
4 step solution
Problem 23
In the following exercises, name each number in words. Seventy years is 613,200 hours.
2 step solution
Problem 24
In the following exercises, name each number in words. One year is 525,600 minutes.
5 step solution
Problem 25
In the following exercises, name each number in words. The U.S. Census estimate of the population of Miami-Dade county was 2,617,176.
4 step solution
Problem 26
In the following exercises, name each number in words. The population of Chicago was 2,718,782.
4 step solution
Problem 27
In the following exercises, name each number in words. There are projected to be 23,867,000 college and university students in the US in five years.
3 step solution
Problem 29
In the following exercises, name each number in words. The population of China is expected to reach 1,377,583,156 in 2016.
4 step solution
Problem 30
In the following exercises, name each number in words. The population of India is estimated at 1,267,401,849 as of July 1, 2014.
5 step solution
Problem 31
In the following exercises, write each number as a whole number using digits. four hundred twelve
3 step solution
Problem 32
In the following exercises, write each number as a whole number using digits. two hundred fifty-three
5 step solution
Problem 33
In the following exercises, write each number as a whole number using digits. thirty-five thousand, nine hundred seventy-five
4 step solution
Problem 34
In the following exercises, write each number as a whole number using digits. sixty-one thousand, four hundred fifteen
4 step solution
Problem 35
In the following exercises, write each number as a whole number using digits. eleven million, forty-four thousand, one hundred sixty-seven
5 step solution
Problem 36
In the following exercises, write each number as a whole number using digits. eighteen million, one hundred two thousand, seven hundred eighty-three
4 step solution
Problem 37
In the following exercises, write each number as a whole number using digits. three billion, two hundred twenty-six million, five hundred twelve thousand, seventeen
5 step solution
Problem 38
In the following exercises, write each number as a whole number using digits. eleven billion, four hundred seventy-one million, thirty-six thousand, one hundred six
4 step solution
Problem 39
In the following exercises, write each number as a whole number using digits. The population of the world was estimated to be seven billion, one hundred seventy-three million people.
5 step solution
Problem 40
In the following exercises, write each number as a whole number using digits. The age of the solar system is estimated to be four billion, five hundred sixty-eight million years.
3 step solution
Problem 41
In the following exercises, write each number as a whole number using digits. Lake Tahoe has a capacity of thirty-nine trillion gallons of water.
4 step solution
Problem 42
In the following exercises, write each number as a whole number using digits. The federal government budget was three trillion, five hundred billion dollars.
4 step solution
Problem 43
In the following exercises, round to the indicated place value. $$\begin{array}{l}{\text {Round to the nearest ten: }} \\ {\text { (a) } 386 \quad \text { (b) } 2,931}\end{array}$$
4 step solution
Problem 44
In the following exercises, round to the indicated place value. $$\begin{array}{l}{\text { Round to the nearest ten: }} \\ {\text { (a) } 792 \quad \text { ( b) } 5,647}\end{array}$$
3 step solution
Problem 45
In the following exercises, round to the indicated place value. $$\begin{array}{l}{\text { Round to the nearest }} \\ {\text { hundred: }} \\\ {\text { (a) } 13,748 \quad \text { (b) } 391,794}\end{array}$$
4 step solution
Problem 46
In the following exercises, round to the indicated place value. $$\begin{array}{l}{\text { Round to the nearest hundred: }} \\ {\text { (a) } 28,166 \quad \text { (} {b) } 481,628}\end{array}$$
6 step solution
Problem 47
In the following exercises, round to the indicated place value. $$\begin{array}{l}{\text { Round to the nearest ten: }} \\ {\text { (a) } 1,492 \quad \text { (b) } 1,497}\end{array}$$
5 step solution
Problem 48
In the following exercises, round to the indicated place value. $$\begin{array}{l}{\text { Round to the nearest }} \\ {\text { thousand: }} \\\ {\text { (a) } 2,391 \text { (b) } 2,795}\end{array}$$
7 step solution
Problem 49
In the following exercises, round to the indicated place value. $$\begin{array}{l}{\text { Round to the nearest }} \\ {\text { hundred: }} \\\ {\text { (a) } 63,994 \quad \text { (b) } 63,949}\end{array}$$
4 step solution
Problem 50
In the following exercises, round to the indicated place value. $$ \begin{array}{l}{\text { Round to the nearest }} \\ {\text { thousand: }} \\\ {\begin{array}{lll}{\text { (a) } 163,584} & {\text { (b) } 163,246}\end{array}}\end{array} $$
5 step solution
Problem 53
Buying a Car Jorge bought a car for $24,493. Round the price to the nearest: a. ten dollars b. hundred dollars c. thousand dollars d. ten-thousand dollars
4 step solution
Problem 54
Remodeling a Kitchen Marissa’s kitchen remodeling cost $18,549. Round the cost to the nearest: a. ten dollars b. hundred dollars c. thousand dollars d. ten-thousand dollars
4 step solution
Problem 55
Population The population of China was 1,355,692,544 in 2014. Round the population to the nearest: a. billion people b. hundred-million people c. million people
3 step solution
Problem 56
Astronomy The average distance between Earth and the sun is 149,597,888 kilometers. Round the distance to the nearest: a. hundred-million kilometers b. ten-million kilometers c. million kilometers
6 step solution
Problem 57
In your own words, explain the difference between the counting numbers and the whole numbers.
3 step solution
Problem 59
In the following exercises, translate the following from math expressions to words. $$5+2$$
3 step solution