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

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