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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
Provide an appropriate response.
What is the rule for multiplying a decimal number by 100,000?
A
What is the rule for dividing a decimal number by 0.0001?
What is wrong with the following addition?
25 + .43 = 0.68
A student wanted to estimate 21.5 × 0.0079 by first rounding each number. He solved the
problem as follows.
21.5 × 0.0079 is approximately equal to 20 × 0.008, which is equal to 0.016. So he estimated
the answer as 0.016. Do you agree with the answer? If not, explain where the student went
wrong and give the correct answer.
Explain how you would convert 3
8 to decimal notation.
Jan’s teacher asked her which number was larger, 11.679 or 11.681. Jan said that the first
number was larger because it had 9 thousandths while the second number had only 1
thousandth. What is wrong with Jan’s reasoning?
Explain the difference between saying “Subtract 3.7 from 5.4” and saying “3.7 minus 5.4.”
Explain what happens when you round 0.49 to the ones place.
Daniel wanted to convert 0.357 and 1.357 to fractional notation and he wrote
0.357 =357
1000 1.357 =1357
10000
Do you agree with either of these answers? If not, where did Daniel go wrong? Explain
your thinking and give the correct answers.
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Estimate by rounding as directed.
0.06 +50 + 0.73; nearest one
BT&T charges $0.45 for the first minute and $0.29 for each additional minute for a long–distance
call. How much will a 15 minute long–distance call cost?
Find the missing measurement in the figure below.
a=1.41 in. b=1.41 in. c=6.38 in.
The following table gives the electricity usage (in kilowatt hours) for the Peters family for six
months.
Month Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun.
# of kwh 948.5 1172.4 814.5 926.4 867.1 1003.9
What is the average electricity usage for the months January through April?
Convert from cents to dollars.
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest hundred: 653.638
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
C
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
Estimate the product by first rounding each number so that there is one nonzero digit.
Jude bought a CD set consisting of a compilation of hits from the 1990s. The CD set cost $34.99 plus
$2.97 sales tax. She paid for it with a $100 bill. How much change did she receive?
78.309 + 40.9 + 7.46 + 38.81
A gardener is paid $17.50 per hour for the first 40 hours of work in a week, and time and a half, or
$26.25 per hour for any overtime exceeding 40 hours per week. Last week she worked 49 hours.
How much did she earn?
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
Below are entries in a checkbook. Find the errors in the balance calculations and report the correct final balance for your
answer.
NUMBER DATE DESCRIPTION OF
TRANSACTION PAYMENT/
DEBIT DEPOSIT/
CREDIT BALANCE
8468.92
507 11/2 At Home Shopping Club 86.07 8382.85
11/15 Deposit <Paycheck>1100.00 9532.85
508 11/16 Mathematical Assoc. 170.47 9362.38
509 11/18 Dave’s Patio Store 108.63 9471.01
11/20 Deposit <My University>300.00 9771.01
A person burns 9.5 calories per minute while walking. One must burn about 3500 calories in order
to lose 1 lb. How many pounds would the person lose by walking for 3 hours? Round your answer
to the nearest hundredth.
Convert from cents to dollars.
Estimate by rounding as directed.
5.2 +2.7415 +7.5197; nearest one
Estimate by rounding as directed.
32.462 –19.4344; nearest tenth
B
The distance from the downtown station to the last stop on a commuter railroad line is 18 miles.
The distance between stops is about 1.8 miles. How many stops are there?
Fred has taken four exams so far in his Chemistry course. His scores are 70, 92, 76, and 92. What is
the average of these scores?
A stockbroker bought 30 shares of stock for $30.05 each. What was the total amount of the
purchase?
Sixty–five and thirty-seven tenths
Sixty–five and thirty-seven millionths
Sixty–five and thirty-seven hundredths
Sixty–five and thirty-seven thousandths
A bakery sold 56 pies for $1.12 each. What was the total amount of the sale?
Dave bought 12 packets of cookies for $37.20. Each packet of cookies contains 10 cookies. Find the
cost of each cookie to the nearest tenth of a cent.
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
9
11; Round to the nearest hundredth.
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest thousandth: 20.66766
Alan’s yard is rectangular and measures 16.1 meters by 16.3 meters. Maria’s yard is rectangular and
measures 26.3 meters by 38.1 meters. What is the total area of the two yards?
6.32× [(7 – 3.6) ÷ 0.04 +0.7]
Estimate by rounding as directed.
532.432 –25.2; nearest tenth
A house has an assessed value of $163,500. For each $1000 of assessed value, the owner must pay
$11.94 in taxes. How much must the owner pay in taxes?
Write a word name for the number in the sentence.
One gallon is equal to 3.7853 liters.
Three and seven thousand eight hundred fifty–three ten–thousandths
Three and seven thousand eight hundred fifty–three thousandths
Thirty seven thousand and eight hundred fifty–three ten–thousandths
Thirty seven thousand and eight hundred fifty–three hundredths
C
Write in decimal notation.
Round to the nearest tenth: 12.937
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
Find the requested average, and round your answer as indicated.
Listed in the table below are the total scores for the students in Dr. Crandall’s geometry class. Find
the average of these scores and round to the nearest hundredth.
Student Total Score
Joe 89.0
Sue 61.1
Ava 86.8
Jillian 86.8
Carol 81.5
Marty 80.3
How long would it take to drive a distance of 19 miles if you drive at a constant speed of 47 miles
per hour? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth if necessary.
(Distance = Speed × Time)
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
0.78; Round to the nearest hundredth.
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
10.36 +30.5 ÷ (7.35 –4.3) –1.3
The following table gives the electricity usage (in kilowatt hours) for the Peters family for the first
six months of this year.
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
# of kwh 948.5 1172.4 863.5 926.4 867.1 1003.9
What is the average electricity usage for the months January through April?
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
13
15; Round to the nearest thousandth.
Convert the stock price to decimal notation and to decimal notation rounded to the nearest hundredth.
The stock price of a company specializing in renewable forms of energy rose last year to $69 1
16 per
share.
Write in decimal notation.
C
A restaurant bill of $68.09 was shared equally by 4 people. How much was each person’s share?
Round your answer to the nearest cent.
62÷ (16 – 14.2) – [(3 – 1.8) ÷ 2.5]
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest one: 710.782
Write fraction notation for the given decimal notation. Do not simplify.
The water in a tank weighs 642.03 lb. One cubic foot of water weighs 62.5 lb. How many cubic feet
of water are in the tank?
Estimate an answer to the problem.
An advertisement states that television sets are on sale at B&G Electronics. The sale prices are:
13–inch set, $147.99; 19–inch set, $208.95; 21–inch set, $231.99; 27–inch set, $289.97; 50–inch set,
$519.97. Estimate to the nearest ten the total cost of one 27–inch set and one 13–inch set.
Find the requested ratio in decimal notation rounded to the nearest thousandth.
At the opening night of a theater production, there are 314 women and 472 men in the audience.
For this set of people, what is the ratio of men to the total number of people?
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest hundredth: 0.3103
Multiply.
Find the missing measurement in the figure below.
a=0.82 b=0.1 cm c=1 cm
Estimate the product by first rounding each number so that there is one nonzero digit.
Convert from cents to dollars.
Write a word name for the number in the sentence.
The average amount of rain in Seedwood, Iowa is 14.058 inches per year.
Fourteen and fifty–eight thousandths
Fourteen and fifty–eight tenths
Fourteen and fifty–eight ten–thousandths
Fourteen and fifty–eight hundredths
Write a word name for the given decimal notation.
Four hundred nineteen and seventy-five thousandths
Four hundred nine and seventy-five hundredths
Four hundred nineteen and seventy-five tenths
Four hundred nineteen and seventy-five hundredths
Write a word name for the given decimal notation.
Nine and ninety-eight hundredths
Nine and ninety-eight millionths
Nine and ninety-eight tenths
Nine and ninety-eight thousandths
John earns $9.63/hour. If he works 17 hours, how much will he earn?
A
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest hundred: 19,944.86
Write a word name for the number in the sentence.
When Sam joined his software company, their stock sold for $37.87 per share.
Thirty–seven and eighty-seven millionths
Thirty–seven and eighty-seven thousandths
Thirty–seven and eighty-seven hundredths
Thirty–seven and eighty-seven tenths
878÷0.221; Estimate by first rounding each number to one nonzero digit.
Find the gasoline mileage rounded to the nearest tenth.
282.2 miles; 19.3 gallons
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
Convert the number in the sentence to standard notation.
The total sales of Acme Manufacturing Company for the last four years was $4.9 million.
Mr. Townsend took a plane trip for a total of 6.05 hours. He watched an in–flight movie for 2.74
hours. From the airport, he took a cab ride for 0.25 hour to the train station. Next, he took the train
home for 1.20 hours. what was the total time spent traveling?
Estimate by rounding as directed.
15.9745 +57.7520; nearest tenth
Convert the stock price to decimal notation and to decimal notation rounded to the nearest hundredth.
The stock price of a pharmaceutical company fell to $1129
64 per share after one of its products was
recalled.
C
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest thousandth: 6.05529
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
B
Write a word name for the number in the sentence.
The volume of water in Lee’s bottle is 9.879 liters.
Nine and eight hundred seventy-nine millionths
Nine and eight hundred seventy-nine tenths
Nine and eight hundred seventy-nine hundredths
Nine and eight hundred seventy-nine thousandths
Estimate the product by first rounding each number so that there is one nonzero digit.
Estimate by rounding as directed.
32.432 –10.66; nearest tenth
Find the perimeter of the figure below.
1.95 feet
4.5 feet 4.5 feet
1.95 feet
Convert the stock price to decimal notation and to decimal notation rounded to the nearest hundredth.
The stock price of a bank rose to $55 3
8 per share after a merger with another bank.
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
4
11; Round to the nearest thousandth.
Write fraction notation for the given decimal notation. Do not simplify.
Find the requested ratio in decimal notation rounded to the nearest thousandth.
At the opening night of a theater production, there are 283 women and 130 men in the audience.
For this set of people, what is the ratio of women to the total number of people?
Estimate the product by first rounding each number so that there is one nonzero digit.
Convert from cents to dollars.
A person burns 6.9 calories per minute while walking. How many calories will be burned if the
person walks for 4 hours?
Write a word name for the number in the sentence.
One ton is equal to 907.18 kilograms.
Nine hundred seventy and eighteen thousandths
Nine hundred seven and eighteen thousandths
Nine hundred seventy and eighteen hundredths
Nine hundred seven and eighteen hundredths
B
Write in decimal notation.
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
0.38; Round to the nearest thousandth.
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest thousandth: 1.4973
What is the cost, in dollars, of 22.6 gallons of gasoline at 111.6 cents per gallon? Round your answer
to the nearest cent.
Estimate by rounding as directed.
33 + 0.582 + 79.99; nearest one
Estimate the quotient by first rounding each number as indicated.
200.72 ÷35.4; Estimate by first rounding each number to the nearest ten.
Write in decimal notation.
Estimate an answer to the problem.
An advertisement states that television sets are on sale at B&G Electronics. The sale prices are:
13–inch set, $147.99; 19–inch set, $208.95; 21–inch set, $231.99; 27–inch set, $289.97; 50–inch set,
$519.97. Estimate to the nearest ten how much more a 50–inch set costs than a 13–inch set.
Write a word name for the number in the sentence.
The average price of a large pizza in Chicago is $16.5837.
Sixteen and five thousand eight hundred thirty–seven thousandths
Sixteen and five thousand eight hundred thirty–seven ten–thousandths
Sixteen and five thousand eight hundred thirty–seven tenths
Sixteen and five thousand eight hundred thirty–seven hundredths
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest ten: 22,228.81
At the beginning of the summer, Jon was 51.4 inches tall. By the end of the summer, he had grown
1.5 inches. What was his height at the end of the summer?
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest hundredth: 16.65768
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest hundredth: 0.996
Round to the nearest hundredth: 13.1844
Sue has taken four exams so far in her History course. Her scores are 84.0, 78.2, 93, and 87.5. What
is the average of these scores?
Estimate an answer to the problem.
An advertisement states that television sets are on sale at B&G Electronics. The sale prices are:
13–inch set, $147.99; 19–inch set, $208.95; 21–inch set, $231.99; 27–inch set, $289.97; 50–inch set,
$519.97. Estimate the approximate number of 27–inch sets that can be bought for $40, 619.
Write fraction notation for the given decimal notation. Do not simplify.
Jake has a cable that is 46 feet long. He wants to cut it into pieces that are 4.6 feet long. How many
4.6–foot pieces will he get from the cable?
Convert the number in the sentence to standard notation.
The total sales of Acme Manufacturing Company for the last four years was $8.5 billion.
C
Divide the following numbers.
Sue buys a house which has a rectangular yard measuring 9.5 meters by 7.7 meters. In one corner of
the yard is a rectangular shed measuring 3.1 meters by 2.1 meters. Sue intends to grow grass in the
whole of the yard. What is the area of the yard excluding the shed?
A car rental company charges $21 per day and $0.53 per mile to rent a car. What is the total bill if a
car is rented for 2 days and is driven 138 miles?
Write fraction notation for the given decimal notation. Do not simplify.
Jameel’s cellular phone plan gives him 550 anytime minutes per month for a monthly access fee of
$45.99. Minutes in excess of 550 are charged at the rate of $0.42 per minute. Last month, Jameel
used his cellphone for 629 minutes. How much was he charged?
Find the perimeter of the figure below.
2 in. 1.2 in.
0.88 in. 0.91 in.
1.838 in. 1.6 in.
2.299 in.
Suppose that you own a home which is valued at $150,000. You must move to a different city. Use
the formula below to find out how much it would cost to buy a similar (replacement) home in the
city that you will move to. Assume that the index of your city is 145 and that the index of the new
city is 238. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
Cost of Your Home in New City =
(Value of Your Home) ÷ (Index of Your City) × (Index of New City)
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
Divide the following numbers.
Estimate by rounding as directed.
55.049 –3.8841; nearest one
Fred has taken two exams so far in his Chemistry course. His scores are 76 and 87. What is the
average of these scores?
C
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
10
11; Round to the nearest hundredth.
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
At SuperStop, gasoline costs $1.38 per gallon when you pay with a credit card, $0.07 per gallon less
when you pay with cash. How much do you save by filling up a 15–gallon tank if you are paying
cash?
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
4
15; Round to the nearest hundredth.
Write fraction notation for the given decimal notation. Do not simplify.
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
June has a strip of paper 39 inches long. She wants to cut it into strips that are 6.5 inches long. How
many 6.5–inch strips will she get from the paper?
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
2.83; Round to the nearest hundredth.
14.69457 + 308 + 1.255 + 76.42 + 2.4454
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest tenth: 137.89
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest one: 5955.94
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
Convert from dollars to cents.
D)
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
0.49; Round to the nearest thousandth.
The following table gives the electricity usage (in kilowatt hours) for the Peters family for six
months.
Month Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun.
# of kwh 948.5 1172.4 807.7 926.4 867.1 1003.9
What is the average electricity usage for the months January through May?
Mr. Chung grosses $500 a week. If his take–home pay is $417.59, how much money was deducted
from his gross weekly pay?
Write in decimal notation.
Convert the number in the sentence to standard notation.
The total value of imports and exports for a certain country is $722.1 billion.
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
A
Write fraction notation for the given decimal notation. Do not simplify.
Mr. Lee wanted to keep track of how far he was driving today. He drove to Lodi which was
31.19 miles, then he drove to Merced which was 14.01 miles, then he drove home which was
5.16 miles. How far did Mr. Lee drive?
Divide the following numbers.
Below are entries in a checkbook. Find the errors in the balance calculations and report the correct final balance for your
answer.
NUMBER DATE DESCRIPTION OF
TRANSACTION PAYMENT/
DEBIT DEPOSIT/
CREDIT BALANCE
7555.64
1606 11/2 Debbie Smith 82.25 7473.39
11/15 Deposit <Paycheck>1800.00 9273.39
1607 11/16 Marty Wilson 145.62 9097.77
11/18 Deposit <Sale of my couch>150.00 8947.77
11/20 Deposit <Gift from Greg>121.74 9045.63
200 × {[(12 – .025) ÷ 0.05] – (9.9 – 3.01)}
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
16
7; Round to the nearest tenth.
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest tenth: 1.38
0.2 × {2.4 × 12.5 – [(9 – 5.8) ÷ 0.8]}
Write in decimal notation.
Write a word name for the given decimal notation.
Seven and five hundred twenty-five thousandths
Seven and five hundred twenty-five hundredths
Seven and five hundred twenty-five tenths
Seven and five hundred twenty-five millionths
Convert the number in the sentence to standard notation.
The total paid circulation of a certain gardening magazine is $373.6 million.
Mike filled his car’s gas tank and noted that the odometer read 16,343.1. After the next filling, the
odometer read 16,755.9. It took 21.5 gal to fill the tank. How many miles per gallon did the car get?
C
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
0.36; Round to the nearest thousandth.
Wanda bought 2 items at Lucky Pete’s market. She bought a pound of butter for $1.77 and a gallon
of milk for $2.79. What was the total amount that she paid for both of these items?
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
Convert the number in the sentence to standard notation.
The net worth of a certain business is $36.7 million.
Scrambled Electronics will finance a $250 TV set for $50 down and $35.36 a month for 6 months.
How much money can you save by paying cash for the TV set?
Write in decimal notation.
52.86 + 8 + 70.42 + 11.435
8.63 ÷ (1 – 0.137) + 86.9 – 3.4 ×23
Juan‘s subtotal at Scramble’s Electronics is $10.94. The sales tax on these items is $1.84. What was
Juan‘s total bill?
Estimate by rounding as directed.
29.461 + 0.582 + 79.99; nearest tenth
Find the gasoline mileage rounded to the nearest tenth.
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest one: 66.5
A rectangular garden measures 13.5 feet by 57.7 feet What is its area?
Divide the following numbers.
Convert the number in the sentence to standard notation.
The total sales of Acme Manufacturing Company for the last four years was $41.41 million.
In order to buy a $27,000 car, you put down $3500 and take out a loan on the balance. To pay off the
loan, you pay $483.06 per month for the following 72 months. How much more will you end up
paying for the car than the original price of $27,000? Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
Write in decimal notation.
Write in decimal notation.
D
Write a word name for the number in the sentence.
The sales tax rate in Boone County is 4.6 percent.
Vince‘s grocery bill was $9.32. He gave the clerk a $20 bill. How much change should he receive?
Find the requested ratio in decimal notation rounded to the nearest thousandth.
At the opening night of a theater production, there are 142 women and 154 men in the audience.
For this set of people, what is the ratio of women to men?
Write in decimal notation.
Convert from dollars to cents.
Divide.
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest thousandth: 13.2554
Estimate the product by first rounding each number so that there is one nonzero digit.
Write in decimal notation.
Write a word name for the number in the sentence.
The average cost of an Ink Jet Printer is $375.07.
Three hundred seventy–five and seven hundredths
Three hundred and seven hundred fifty–seven thousandths
Three hundred seventy–five and seven thousandths
Three hundred seventy–five and seven tenths
Mrs. Henson prepared her grocery list at home. Her list contained the following items with their
sale prices: cheese –$4.88;crackers – $16.88; soda –$2.01; hamburger –$16.88; and gum –$0.88. She
bought all of the items at the store except the crackers. How much money did she spend?
Estimate the quotient by first rounding each number as indicated.
0.0831 ÷ 1.78; Estimate by first rounding each number to one nonzero digit.
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest hundredth: 818.8704
36.09 + 7.741 + 7.527 + 6.87
A grocer sold 30 bags of potatoes for $1.14 each. What was the total amount of the sale?
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
4
11; Round to the nearest hundredth.
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
+
141.9363
7.229
55.46
6130.279
Estimate the product by first rounding each number so that there is one nonzero digit.
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest thousandth: 6.49993
Tameeka wanted to know the total number of hours she worked this week. Her time card indicated
the following hours: Monday, 5.19 hours; Tuesday, 6.44 hours; Thursday, 1.06 hours. How many
hours has Tameeka worked?
In Antarctica, the high temperatures for the last four days have been 17.2°, 5.6°, 5.7°, and 10.3°.
What is the average high temperature for this four–day period?
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
0.37; Round to the nearest hundredth.
Convert the number in the sentence to standard notation.
The average distance from Earth to the Sun is 149.6 million kilometers.
D)
Estimate by rounding as directed.
8.06 + 0.013 + 0.197; nearest one
Write a word name for the given decimal notation.
Nine thousand two hundred forty-eight hundredths
Nine thousand two hundred forty-eight hundred–thousandths
Nine thousand two hundred forty-eight ten–thousandths
Nine thousand two hundred forty-eight thousandths
Normal body temperature is 98.6°F. Ellen’s temperature is 101.8°F. How many degrees above
normal body temperature is this?
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
Paul’s last four paychecks have been $1024.33, $1253.78, $1003.84, and $937.26. What is the average
amount for these paychecks?
D)
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
0.36; Round to the nearest tenth.
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
65
11; Round to the nearest tenth.
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
Find the requested average, and round your answer as indicated.
The table below shows the square footage of homes of a group of families. Find the average square
footage and round to the nearest tenth.
Family Area of Home in Square Feet
The Lindens 30,177
The Douglasses 8818
The Kimballs 8334
The Ravenswoods 7792
The Swifts 4717
The Jacksons 1613
Estimate an answer to the problem.
An advertisement states that television sets are on sale at B&G Electronics. The sale prices are:
13–inch set, $147.99; 19–inch set, $208.95; 21–inch set, $231.99; 27–inch set, $289.97; 50–inch set,
$519.97. Estimate the approximate number of 19–inch sets that can be bought for $6278.
Ray’s gross pay is $325.76 per week. $52.06 is withheld for federal income tax, $27.85 for FICA tax,
and $13.56 for other deductions. Find his net pay.
Write a word name for the given decimal notation.
Two and six thousandth(s)
A
Write a word name for the number in the sentence.
The weight of a full grown Great Pyrenees dog named Simba is 152.86 pounds.
One hundred fifty and two hundred eighty–six thousandths
One hundred fifty–two and eighty–six hundredths
One thousand fifty–two and eighty–six tenths
One hundred fifty–two and eighty–six thousandths
Alan’s yard is rectangular and measures 8.7 meters by 8.5 meters. Maria‘s yard is rectangular and
measures 45.1 meters by 28.9 meters. How much greater is the area of Maria’s yard than the area of
Alan‘s yard?
Convert the stock price to decimal notation and to decimal notation rounded to the nearest hundredth.
The stock of a software company sold for $59 7
8 per share on Monday at closing.
Write a word name for the number in the sentence.
Last week, Jeremy’s income after taxes was $981.65
Nine hundred eighty–one and sixty-five millionths
Nine hundred eighty–one and sixty-five tenths
Nine hundred eighty–one and sixty-five thousandths
Nine hundred eighty–one and sixty-five hundredths
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest thousandth: 310.79892
Estimate the product by first rounding each number so that there is one nonzero digit.
Write fraction notation for the given decimal notation. Do not simplify.
250.4 + 0.99 + 61.04 + 35 + 1.6
In one year, a baseball player got 187 hits in 515 times at bat. What was his batting average? Give
decimal notation to the nearest thousandth.
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest thousandth: 0.3899
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
3
7; Round to the nearest hundredth.
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest thousandth: 0.803012
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
0.94; Round to the nearest thousandth.
Convert the number in the sentence to standard notation.
The average distance from Mars to the Sun is 227.9 million kilometers.
Edwin has a board that is 5.4 feet long. He wants to cut the board into pieces that are 1.8 feet long.
How many 1.8–foot pieces will he get from the large board?
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
Estimate the product by first rounding each number so that there is one nonzero digit.
Write fraction notation for the given decimal notation. Do not simplify.
Manuel had $1489.92 in his checking account. He wrote checks of $12.92, $27.45, and $162.09 to pay
some bills. He then deposited a paycheck of $730.43. How much is in his account after these
changes?
The following table gives the electricity usage (in kilowatt hours) for the Peters family for six
months.
Month Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun.
# of kwh 948.5 1172.4 886.1 926.4 867.1 1003.9
What is the average electricity usage for the months February through June?
Write in decimal notation.
The following table gives the electricity usage (in kilowatt hours) for the Peters family for six
months.
Month Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun.
# of kwh 948.5 1172.4 854.2 926.4 867.1 1003.9
What is the average electricity usage for the months February through May?
Write in decimal notation.
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
0.25; Round to the nearest hundredth.
Divide the following numbers.
Convert the stock price to decimal notation and to decimal notation rounded to the nearest hundredth.
The stock price of a company rose to $53 19
64 per share after positive economic news was released.
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
D
Estimate an answer to the problem.
An advertisement states that television sets are on sale at B&G Electronics. The sale prices are:
13–inch set, $147.99; 19–inch set, $208.95; 21–inch set, $231.99; 27–inch set, $289.97; 50–inch set,
$519.97. Estimate the total cost of 17 27–inch sets.
When Paula set off to drive to her friend’s house, the odometer read 8668.7 miles. When she arrived
at her friend’s house, the odometer read 8844.2 miles. How far had she driven?
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest ten: 62.7
Sue has taken two exams so far in her History course. Her scores are 99.2 and 68.4. What is the
average of these scores?
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest one: 1,999.53
Estimate an answer to the problem.
An advertisement states that television sets are on sale at B&G Electronics. The sale prices are:
13–inch set, $147.99; 19–inch set, $208.95; 21–inch set, $231.99; 27–inch set, $289.97; 50–inch set,
$519.97. Estimate the approximate number of 13–inch sets that can be bought for $11,850.
Divide the following numbers.
Estimate by rounding as directed.
0.06 +9.52 + 0.23; nearest tenth
Convert the number in the sentence to standard notation.
The average distance from Mercury to the Sun is 57.9 million kilometers.
Karl is taking a road to Calistoga. He has already driven 85.14 miles. If the entire distance to
Calistoga is 130 miles, how much further must Karl drive?
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest ten thousandth: 19.41258
Estimate by rounding as directed.
532.432 –132.01; nearest ten
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest thousandth: 4.99961
680.8 + 0.9992 + 12 + 9.96173 + 74.486
Write a word name for the given decimal notation.
Six and four hundred fifty-five hundred–thousandths
Six and four hundred fifty-five thousandths
Six and four hundred fifty-five millionths
Six and four hundred fifty-five tenths
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
0.92; Round to the nearest hundredth.
Convert from cents to dollars.
A
Estimate the quotient by first rounding each number as indicated.
5.77 ÷2; Estimate by first rounding each number to the nearest one.
Divide the following numbers.
Find the perimeter of the figure below.
5.8 cm
2.5 cm 4.13 cm
6 cm 2.13 cm
Convert from dollars to cents.
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
The costs of a hurricane in Kate’s home state were $4.40 million. The costs of a hurricane in Jorg’s
home state were $7.01 million. How much more were the costs of the hurricane in Jorg’s home
state?
Julie bought a dress originally costing $95.71. When she brought the dress to the counter, the agent
told her that it was discounted $9.57. What is the sales price for the dress?
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest tenth: 1.1175
Divide the following numbers.
Convert the number in the sentence to standard notation.
The total sales of Acme Manufacturing Company for the last four years was $27.94 billion.
1.22× [(10 – 4.2) ÷ 0.02 +3.3]
Convert the stock price to decimal notation and to decimal notation rounded to the nearest hundredth.
The stock price of a homeowners’ insurance company dropped to $45 5
16 per share after a severe
hurricane caused damage to coastal regions.
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
D
Write in decimal notation.
A stockbroker sold 75 shares of stock for $10.40 each. What was the total amount of the sale?
Write a word name for the given decimal notation.
Sixty-eight hundred–thousandths
Sixty-eight ten–thousandths
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest hundredth: 1.641
Divide the following numbers.
Write as a decimal number rounded as indicated.
14
15; Round to the nearest tenth.
Round to the indicated place value.
Round to the nearest one: 516.39
Convert from dollars to cents.
Write fraction notation for the given decimal notation. Do not simplify.
Write the fraction in decimal notation.
In Antarctica, the high temperatures for the last four days have been 17.2°, 5.6°, 3.5°, and 10.3°.
What is the average high temperature for this four–day period?