Basic Mathematics for College Students

CHAPTER 1 TEST

1. a. The set of numbers is
   b. The symbols and are symbols.
   c. To evaluatean expression such as
   means to find its.
   d. The of a rectangle is a measure of the amount
   of surface it encloses.
   e.One number is by another number if,
   when we divide them, the remainder is 0.
   f. The grouping symbols are called ,
   and the symbols are called.
   g. A number is a whole number greater than
   1 that has only 1 and itself as factors.


2. Graph the whole numbers less than 7 on a number
   line.

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58  33  9

 

{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, p}.

8. Subtract 287 from 535. Show a check of your result.


9. Add:


10. Subtract:


11. Multiply:


12. Multiply:


13. Divide:


14. Divide: Show a check of your result.


15. Find the product of 23,000 and 600.


16. Find the quotient of 125,000 and 500.


17. Use front-end rounding to estimate the difference:


18. A rectangle is 327 inches wide and 757 inches long.
    Find its perimeter.

49,2137,198

8,37973.

6  432

74  562

53

 8

4,521

3,579

136,231

82,574

 6,359

128

0 1 2 3 4 56 789

3. Consider the whole number 402,198.
   a. What is the place value of the digit 1?
   b. What digit is in the ten thousands column?


4. a. Write 7,018,641 in words.

b. Write “one million, three hundred eighty-five

thousand, two hundred sixty-six” in standard form.

c. Write 92,561 in expanded form.

5. Place an or an symbol in the box to make a true
   statement.
   a. 15 10 b.1,247 1,427


6. Round 34,759,841 to the
   a. nearest million
   b. nearest hundred thousand
   c. nearest thousand


7. THE NHL The table below shows the number of
   teams in the National Hockey League at various times
   during its history. Use the data to complete the bar
   graph in the next column.

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Year 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2008

Number of teams 6 1421212830

1960

Year

1970 1980 1990 2000 2008

30

25

20

15

10

5

Number of teams

35

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