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

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Al Ring, Martha Wright, and Jim Brewer wrote a text called Principles of Math. The royalties on the book are to be split equally. Total royalties earned for the year are $9,936. How much is author each entitled to?

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37,855 rounded to the nearest thousand is:

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Match the following terms with their definitions. -Divisor

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Divide by shortcut method: 190,000 ÷ 10,000

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Multiplication is a shortcut to addition.

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Express 8,732,649 in verbal form:

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At a General Electric Plant they produced 12,000 jet engines in May. General Electric was able to sell 11,000 of these engines. Calculate the total ending inventory cost assuming each engine cost $290,000.

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The Blueprint Aid for dissecting and solving a word problem serves to decrease math anxiety.

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Express this verbal form in number form: Eighteen thousand, one hundred sixty-five

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Divide by long division: 5652 ÷ 17. Find A. The Estimate and B. The Actual

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Peter Broom, who lives in Boston, bought a round-trip ticket to Chicago for $473. He handed the ticket agent five $100 bills. What change does Peter receive?

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Art Missan has his oil tank filled 12 times per year. His oil tank has a 300-gallon capacity. Assuming the price of home heating fuel is $3.00 per gallon and the tank is completely empty each time Art has it filled, what is Art's average monthly bill? Try to complete blueprint aid to dissecting a word problem.

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

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The multiplicand times the product equals the multiplier.

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Division is the reverse of multiplication.

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Ed Sloan bought 6,000 shares of stock in eBay Co. After holding the stock for six months, he sold 500 shares on Monday, 220 shares on Tuesday and again on Thursday, and 900 shares on Friday. If the average share of stock he still has is worth $35 per share, what is the total value of the stock?

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Multiply by the shortcut method: 525 × 1,000,000

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The Missouri State Prison saw an increase in visitors from 3,290 in 2017 to 17,200 in 2018. How many more visitors did the prison see in 2018?

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Match the following terms with their definitions. -Minuend

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Al Flynn wants to buy a used van that costs $16,000 with an interest charge of $2,000. Al figures he can afford a monthly payment of $700 per month. If there are 24 equal payments required, can Al afford the van? Show your work.

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