Basic Mathematics for College Students

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  1. COFFEE Complete the bar graph and line graph
    using the data in the table.
    101. CHECKING ACCOUNTS Complete each check
    by writing the amount in words on the proper line.
    a.


b.


  1. ANNOUNCEMENTS One style used when
    printing formal invitations and announcements
    is to write all numbers in words. Use this style to
    write each of the following phrases.
    a. This diploma awarded this 27th day of June,
    2005.


b. The suggested contribution for the fundraiser is
$850 a plate, or an entire table may be purchased
for $5,250.


  1. COPYEDITING Edit this excerpt from a history
    text by circling all numbers written in words and
    rewriting them in standard form using digits.
    Abraham Lincoln was elected with a total of
    one million, eight hundred sixty-five thousand,
    five hundred ninety-three votes—four hundred
    eighty-two thousand, eight hundred eighty more
    than the runner-up, Stephen Douglas. He was
    assassinated after having served a total of one
    thousand, five hundred three days in office.
    Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, a mere two
    hundred sixty-nine words long, was delivered at
    the battle site where forty-three thousand, four
    hundred forty-nine casualties occurred.

  2. READING METERS The amount of electricity
    used in a household is measured in kilowatt-hours
    (kwh). Determine the reading on the meter shown
    on the next page. (When the pointer is between two
    numbers, read the lowernumber.)


Aug. 12, 2010
DR. ANDERSON 3,433.00

DATE

DOLLARS

4251

Payable to $

Memo

March 9, 2010
Davis Chevrolet 15,601.00

DATE

DOLLARS

7155

Payable to $

Memo

14 Chapter 1 Whole Numbers


Year Number
2000 3,501
2001 4,709
2002 5,886
2003 7,225
2004 8,569
2005 10, 241
2006 12,440
2007 15,756

Starbucks Locations

Source: Starbucks Company

2000
Year

Line graph

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

9,000
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000

Number of Starbucks locations

16,000
15,000
14,000
13,000
12,000
11,000
10,000

2000
Year

Bar graph

2001 2002 2003 20042005 2006 2007

9,000
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000

Number of Starbucks locations

16,000
15,000
14,000
13,000
12,000
11,000
10,000
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