Basic Arithmetic : Whole Numbers

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Operations With Whole Numbers

Round to the nearest hundredth:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The hundredth place is the 2nd number after the decimal. Because the thousandth place is great than 5, we will need to round up to 

Example Question #2 : Operations With Whole Numbers

Baseballs can only be bought in packages of . If team needs  balls for the season and always rounds that estimate up, how many packages do they need?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

1. Round 145 to the nearest 10:

Since there is a 5 in the ones place, 145 rounds up to 150.

 

2. Divide the rounded number of baseballs by 10 since they come in packages of 10:

150/10=15 packages

Example Question #3 : Operations With Whole Numbers

Round  to the nearest ten.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To round to the nearest ten, you need to take a look at the ones' place. Since the ones' place is greater than , you will need to round the tens' place up.

So then  is rounded up to .

Example Question #4 : Operations With Whole Numbers

Round  to the nearest ones' place.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To figure out how to round the ones' place, we need to first look at the digit that's to the right of it. If the digit to the right of the ones' place is less than 5, then we leave the ones' place alone.

Since the tenths place is 1, we will leave the ones place alone.

Example Question #5 : Operations With Whole Numbers

Round  to the nearest hundred.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To figure out how to round any number, look at the digit to the right of the place you're supposed to be rounding.

Since we want to round the hundreds place, look to the tens place first. If the tens place is greater than 5, then we round up. If the tens place is less than five, then leave the hundreds place alone.

Because the tens place is 7, we will need to round to 900.

Example Question #5 : Whole Numbers

What is  rounded to the nearest ten-thousands place?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

An important thing to remember when rounding is knowing which place you're rounding to. In this problem, we our rounding to the ten-thousands place, therefore we need to take a look at two things: 1) which number appears in that place, and 2) what number appears immediately after it:

With this number, an  appears in the ten-thousands place and a  appears immediately thereafter. When rounding, we take a look at the number after the place we're rounding to see whether we are rounding up or down. If we have a  or  in that place, we will round down, but if we have a  or , we will round up. Since in this number we have a  in that place, we will round down to . All the places now to the right of the  can be written as s, and our final answer is:

Example Question #6 : Operations With Whole Numbers

If I had  in the bank and deposited an additonal  today, how much do I have in total?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

1. Add the ones places:

2. Add the tens places:

***don't forget to put the 3 down and carry the one to the hundreds place***

3. Add the hundreds place:

This makes your total:

 

Example Question #7 : Operations With Whole Numbers

Find the sum.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

First add the digits in the ones colume, this would be . Make sure to carry the 1 from the 17 to the tens colume.

Then add the digits in the tens colume, this would be .

Lastly, add the digits in the hundrends colume, this would be 

Therefore the result is as follows:

Sum

Example Question #8 : Operations With Whole Numbers

What is the solution of the above operation?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can see this because if we had 5 (represented by ) and add another 2 objects (represented by ) we should get 7 objects ( and ) total.

 

 

We have 7 objects total!

Example Question #9 : Operations With Whole Numbers

What is the solution of the above equation?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

If x represents objects.

For 5:

For 6:

We can see that 11 objects result.

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