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Test Bank For Nature of Mathematics 13e Karl Smith
1.3 – Scientific Notation and Estimation
1. Express the number in scientific notation and in floating-point notation.
68
a. Scientific notation:
Floating point notation: 6800 05
b. Scientific notation:
Floating point notation: 68 02
c. Scientific notation:
Floating point notation: 0.68 07
d. Scientific notation:
Floating point notation: 6.8 03
e. Scientific notation:
Floating point notation: 6.8 03
ANSWER: e
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2. Write the number in fixed-point notation.
a. 804,000
b. 8,040,000
c. 80,400
d. 80,400,000
e. 8,040,000,000
ANSWER: b
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3. Write the number in fixed-point notation. Round your answer to 10 decimal places.
a. 0.0771604938
b. 0.0000007716
c. 0.0077160494
d. 0.6666666667
e. 0.0007716049
ANSWER: e
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4. How many pages are necessary to make 1,050 copies of a manuscript that is 423 pages long? (Print on one side only.)
a. 915,850
b. 775,850
c. 626,650
d. 423
e. 444,150
ANSWER: e
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5. Compute the result. Leave your answer in scientific notation. Round your answer to 1 decimal place.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
ANSWER: d
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6. Compute the result. Leave your answer in scientific notation. Round your answer to 1 decimal place.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
ANSWER: e
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7. Compute the result.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
ANSWER: e
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8. If it takes one second to write down each digit, how long will it take to write down all the numbers from 1 to 1,000?
a. 48 min, 13 sec.
b. 105 min, 1 sec.
c. 91 min, 3 sec.
d. 48 min
e. 83 min, 6 sec.
ANSWER: a
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9. Imagine that you have written down the numbers from 1 to 1,000. What is the total number of zeros you have recorded?
a. 161
b. 71
c. 191
d. 192
e. 141
ANSWER: d
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10. If a country’s annual production of sugar is 30,000,000 tons, estimate the number of grains of sugar produced in a year in that country. Use scientific notation. Round your answer to 4 decimal places. (Note: There are 2,000 lb per ton. Assume there are 2,260,000 grains in a pound of sugar.)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
ANSWER: c
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