Exam 1: Whole Numbers: How to Dissect and Solve Word Problems

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Janet Woo received the following grades in an accounting class at McLennan Community College: 65, 80, 70, 100, 75, and 90. The instructor said he would drop the lowest grade. What is Janet's average?

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Question 21

586 rounded to the nearest ten is 580.

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Question 22

Al's Hardware buys 200 lawn mowers for $50 each to stock the store for spring. If Al sells the 200 lawn mowers at $80 each, what is his profit? (sales - cost)

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Question 23

True Value Hardware buys 200 snow blowers for $90 each to stock the store for the winter. If True Value sells the 200 snow blowers at $120 each, what is the profit? (sales - cost)

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Question 24

Divide by long division:

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Question 25

55 × 100 means attaching two zeros to the number being multiplied.

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Question 26

The total of addends is called the sum.

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Question 27

Ace Landscape buys 100 shovels for $15 each. Ace sells all 100 shovels at $29.99. What is its profit?

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Question 28

Sally Ray borrowed $38,000 to buy a new Chevy Volt. Assuming an interest charge of $4,100, what will be her monthly payment if she takes 25 months to repay the loan interest. Assume the loan is repaid in equal payments.

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Question 29

42,515 rounded to the nearest thousand is 43,000.

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Question 30

19,810 rounded to the nearest hundred is:

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Question 31

Round all-the-way 2,689:

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Question 32

Rounding approximates actual answers.

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Question 33

Pete Hax rents a ski house in Vail for $1,800 per month for six months. Assuming Pete spends $12,955 for the total trip, how much was spent above the renting of the ski house?

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Question 34

In subtraction the minuend is the smaller number.

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Question 35

708,000 divided by 3,000 equals:

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Question 36

Eric Rose wants to buy a Ford Explorer that costs $26,000 with an interest charge of $3,000. If there are 50 equal payments required, what will Eric's monthly payment be?

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Question 37

Zeros at the end of the multiplier and/or multiplicand are never attached to the product.

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Question 38

Place value of the hundreds position is to the right of the tens position.

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Question 39

Adding 1,690 + 88 + 410 + 30 results in a sum of:

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Janet Woo received the following grades in an accounting class at McLennan Community College: 65, 80, 70, 100, 75, and 90. The instructor said he would drop the lowest grade. What is Janet's average?

586 rounded to the nearest ten is 580.

Al's Hardware buys 200 lawn mowers for $50 each to stock the store for spring. If Al sells the 200 lawn mowers at $80 each, what is his profit? (sales - cost)

True Value Hardware buys 200 snow blowers for $90 each to stock the store for the winter. If True Value sells the 200 snow blowers at $120 each, what is the profit? (sales - cost)

Divide by long division:

55 × 100 means attaching two zeros to the number being multiplied.

The total of addends is called the sum.

Ace Landscape buys 100 shovels for $15 each. Ace sells all 100 shovels at $29.99. What is its profit?

Sally Ray borrowed $38,000 to buy a new Chevy Volt. Assuming an interest charge of $4,100, what will be her monthly payment if she takes 25 months to repay the loan interest. Assume the loan is repaid in equal payments.

42,515 rounded to the nearest thousand is 43,000.

19,810 rounded to the nearest hundred is:

Round all-the-way 2,689:

Rounding approximates actual answers.

Pete Hax rents a ski house in Vail for $1,800 per month for six months. Assuming Pete spends $12,955 for the total trip, how much was spent above the renting of the ski house?

In subtraction the minuend is the smaller number.

708,000 divided by 3,000 equals:

Eric Rose wants to buy a Ford Explorer that costs $26,000 with an interest charge of $3,000. If there are 50 equal payments required, what will Eric's monthly payment be?

Zeros at the end of the multiplier and/or multiplicand are never attached to the product.

Place value of the hundreds position is to the right of the tens position.

Adding 1,690 + 88 + 410 + 30 results in a sum of:

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