Exam 3: Decimals

A physician advises an overweight patient to lose $\frac { 1 } { 5 }$ of her current weight, or 45.4 pounds, over the next 10 months. How many pounds should the patient try to lose each month in order to reach this goal? Round your answer to the two decimal place.

Divide:

Convert the decimal to a fraction. 6.32

Place the correct symbol, < or >, between the numbers: $0.77 \quad \frac { 7 } { 9 }$

Divide: $36,729 \div 1000$

Find the product of 5, 0.74, and 3.7.

A patient with a low hemoglobin count is anemic. A normal hemoglobin range for a woman after middle age is 11.7 to 13.8 grams of hemoglobin per 100 milliliters of blood. Sonja's hemoglobin numbers for the past 6 months are 10.9, 11.3, 12.4, 11.5, 13.1, and 11. Find her average hemoglobin level for the 6-month period. Round to the nearest tenth.

Multiply: $5.3$ \times 4.9

Round 78.4150 to the nearest whole number.

Name the place value of the digit 1 in this number: 55.818809

Multiply: $0.77$ \times 1

Subtract: $0.66$ - 0.5533

Convert the decimal to a fraction. 86.3

Place the correct symbol, < or >, between the numbers: 0.16 0.159

The perimeter of a square is equal to four times the length of a side of the square. Find the perimeter of a square whose side measures 2.7 meters.

After an extended illness, a patient is advised to gain 10 pounds in order to reach a healthy weight. During the next month, the patient gains 2 $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$ pounds the first week, 3 $\frac { 3 } { 4 }$ pounds the second week, 1 pounds the third week, and 4 $\frac { 3 } { 4 }$ pounds the fourth week. How many more pounds does the patient need to gain in order to reach the goal of a 12-pound increase?

An electric motor costing $301.85 has an operating cost of $0.027 for 1 hour of operation. Find the cost to run the motor for 40 hours, to the nearest penny.

Convert the decimal to a fraction. 4.561

A doctor has ordered that a patient be given 2.75 milligrams of medication. The only tablets available are scored tablets with a strength of 50 milligram. How many tablets should this patient be given in order to receive the proper dosage?

A shaft is built from three cylindrical parts joined end-to-end. Find the length of the shaft if the individual parts are 1.51 inches, 1.81 inches, and 2.05 inches long, respectively.