Practice with Whole Numbers

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Course: GKT101: General Knowledge for Teachers – Math
Book: Practice with Whole Numbers
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Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 11:27 PM

Description

Complete these exercises and check your answers.

Table of contents

Practice

  1.  Determine which of the following numbers are
    1. counting numbers
    2. whole numbers.
      \(0, 4, 87\)

  2. Write each number as a whole number using digits.
  1. six hundred thirteen
  2. fifty-five thousand two hundred eight

Simplify.
  1. \(45+23\)

  2. \(85÷5\)

  3. \(90−58\)

  4. \((0)(12,675)\)

  5. \(\frac{0}{9}\)

  6. \(145−79\)

  7. \(7 \cdot 475\)

  8. \(35(14)\)

  9. \(733−291\)

  10. \(495÷45\)

Translate each phrase to math notation and then simplify.
  1. The sum of \(16\) and \(58\)

  2. The difference of \(32\) and \(18\)

  3. Twice \(524\)

  4. \(50\) less than \(300\)

In the following exercises, solve.
  1. Last month, Stan's take-home pay was $3,816 and his expenses were $3,472. How much of his take-home pay did Stan have left after he paid his expenses?

  2. Clayton walked 12 blocks to his mother's house, 6 blocks to the gym, and 9 blocks to the grocery store before walking the last 3 blocks home. What was the total number of blocks that Clayton walked?

Source: Rice University, https://openstax.org/books/prealgebra-2e/pages/1-practice-test
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Answers


    1. \(4, 87\)
    2. \(0, 4, 87\)

    1. \(613\)
    2. \(55,208\)

  1. \(68\)

  2. \(17\)

  3. \(32\)

  4. \(0\)

  5. \(0\)

  6. \(66\)

  7. \(3,325\)

  8. \(490\)

  9. \(442\)

  10. \(11\)

  11. \(16 + 58; 74\)

  12. \(32 − 18; 14\)

  13. \(2(524); 1,048\)

  14. \(300 − 50; 250\)

  15. Stan had $344 left.

  16. Clayton walked 30 blocks.