Exam 1: Problem Solving With Math

Lee Co. carpeted its offices, requiring 310 square yards of commercial carpet. The total cost of the carpet at Home Depot was $10,230. How much did Lee pay per square yard?

6,690 divided by 10,000 equals .6690.

Numbers added together are called sums.

Pumpkins at a local farm sell for $.49 per pound. Jim Ring spent $73.50. How many pounds of pumpkins were purchased?

Rounding approximates actual answers.

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

Divide by long division: 6,438 / 132 Check

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)

Commas separate every three digits from left to right.

19,810 rounded to the nearest hundred is:

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

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

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

9,432 written in verbal is:

The decision-making process does not involve:

512 minus 285 equals a subtrahend of 227.

Multiplication is a shortcut to addition.

98,000 divided by 4,000 equals:

37,855 rounded to the nearest thousand is:

Total the following: Six hundred sixty-eight and eight hundred one thousandths Twelve and forty-nine hundredths Three and four thousandths Fifty-one hundredths Three hundred ten and four tenths