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1.9E: Exercises

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Practice Makes Perfect

Simplify Expressions with Square Roots

In the following exercises, simplify.

1. 36

Answer

36=6

2. 4

3. 64

Answer

64=8

4. 169

5. 9

Answer

9=3

6. 16

7. 100

Answer

100=10

8. 144

9. 4

Answer

4 is not a real number.

10. 100

11. 1

Answer

1 is not a real number.

12. 121

Identify Integers, Rational Numbers, Irrational Numbers, and Real Numbers

In the following exercises, write each rational number as the ratio of two integers.

13.  ⓐ 5 ⓑ 3.19

Answer

a. 5=51   b.  3.19=319100

14.  ⓐ 8 ⓑ 1.61

15.  ⓐ −12 ⓑ 9.279

Answer

a. 12=121   b.  9.279=92791000

16.  ⓐ −16 ⓑ 4.399

In the following exercises, list the ⓐ rational numbers, ⓑ irrational numbers

17.   {0.75, 0.22¯3, 1.39174}

Answer

All of these numbers are rational.

18.   {0.36, 0.94729…, 2.52¯8}

19.   {0.4¯5, 1.919293…, 3.59}

Answer

a. 0.4¯5 and 3.59 are rational numbers.  b.  1.919293… is irrational, since it does not terminate or repeat.

20.   {0.1¯3, 0.42982…, 1.875}

In the following exercises, identify whether each number is rational or irrational.

21.  ⓐ 25  ⓑ 30

Answer

a.  25=5 is rational.   b.   30 is irrational.

22.  ⓐ 44 ⓑ 49

23.  ⓐ 164169

Answer

a.  164 is irrational.   b.   169=13 is rational.

24.  ⓐ 225216

In the following exercises, identify whether each number is a real number or not a real number.

25.  ⓐ 81121

Answer

a.  81=9 is a real number.   b.   121 is not a real number.

26.  ⓐ 64 ⓑ 9

27.  ⓐ 36 ⓑ 144

Answer

a.  36 is not a real number.   b.   144=12 is a real number.

28.  ⓐ 49 ⓑ 144

In the following exercises, for each set of numbers, list the ⓐ whole numbers, ⓑ integers, ⓒ rational numbers, ⓓ irrational numbers, ⓔ real numbers.

29.  {−8, 0, 1.95286…, 12536, 9}

Answer

a.  whole numbers: 0,  36=6, 9
b.  integers: -8, 0,  36=6, 9
c.  rational numbers: -8, 0,  36=6, 9, 125
d. irrational numbers: 1.95286…
e. real numbers:  All of these numbers are real numbers.

30.   {−9, 349, 9, 0.40¯9, 116, 7}

31.   {100, −7, 83, −1, 0.77, 314}

Answer

a.  whole numbers: None of these numbers are whole numbers.
b.  integers: 100=10, −7, -1
c.  rational numbers: All of these numbers are rational.
d. irrational numbers: None of these numbers is irrational.
e. real numbers:  All of these numbers are real numbers.

32.   {−6, 52, 0, 0.¯714285, 21514}

Locate Fractions on the Number Line

In the following exercises, locate the numbers on a number line.

33.  34,85,103

Answer

Number line showing these numbers

34.  14,95,113

35.  310,72,116,4

Answer

Number line showing these numbers

36.  710,52,138,3

37.  25,25

Answer

Number line showing these numbers

38.  34,34

39.  34,34,123,123,52,52

Answer

Number line showing these numbers

40.  15,25,134,134,83,83

In the following exercises, order each of the pairs of numbers, using < or >.

41.  −1  ___  14

Answer

1<14

42.  −1  ___  13

43.  212  ___  −3

Answer

212>3

44.  134  ___  −2

45.  512  ___  712

Answer

512>712

46.  910  ___  310

47.  −3  ___  135

Answer

3<135

48.  −4  ___  236

Locating Decimals on the Number Line In the following exercises, locate the number on the number line.

49.  0.8

Answer

Number line showing this number

50.  −0.9

51.  −1.6

Answer

Number line showing this number

52.  3.1

In the following exercises, order each pair of numbers, using < or >.

53.  0.37  ___  0.63

Answer

0.37  <  0.63

54.  0.86  ___  0.69

55.  0.91  ___  0.901

Answer

0.91  >  0.901

56.  0.415  ___  0.41

57.  −0.5  ___  −0.3

Answer

−0.5  <  −0.3

58.  −0.1  ___  −0.4

59.  −0.62  ___  −0.619

Answer

−0.62  <  −0.619

60.  −7.31  ___  −7.3

Everyday Math

61.  Field trip All the 5th graders at Lincoln Elementary School will go on a field trip to the science museum. Counting all the children, teachers, and chaperones, there will be 147 people. Each bus holds 44 people.

ⓐ How many busses will be needed?
ⓑ Why must the answer be a whole number?
ⓒ Why shouldn’t you round the answer the usual way, by choosing the whole number closest to the exact answer?

62.  Child care Serena wants to open a licensed child care center. Her state requires there be no more than 12 children for each teacher. She would like her child care center to serve 40 children.

ⓐ How many teachers will be needed?
ⓑ Why must the answer be a whole number?
ⓒ Why shouldn’t you round the answer the usual way, by choosing the whole number closest to the exact answer?

Writing Exercises

63.  In your own words, explain the difference between a rational number and an irrational number.

64.  Explain how the sets of numbers (counting, whole, integer, rational, irrationals, reals) are related to each other.

Self Check

ⓐ After completing the exercises, use this checklist to evaluate your mastery of the objective of this section.

This is a table that has five rows and four columns. In the first row, which is a header row, the cells read from left to right “I can…,” “Confidently,” “With some help,” and “No-I don’t get it!” The first column below “I can…” reads “simplify expressions with square roots,” “identify integers, rational numbers, irrational numbers and real numbers,” locate fractions on the number line,” and “locate decimals on the number line.” The rest of the cells are blank

ⓑ On a scale of 1−10, how would you rate your mastery of this section in light of your responses on the checklist? How can you improve this?


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