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1.9: Proficiency Exam

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    Exercise \(\PageIndex{1}\)

    What is the largest digit?

    Answer

    9

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{2}\)

    In the Hindu-Arabic number system, each period has three values as­signed to it. These values are the same for each period. From right to left, what are they?

    Answer

    ones, tens, hundreds

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{3}\)

    In the number 42,826, how many hundreds are there?

    Answer

    8

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{4}\)

    Is there a largest whole number? If so, what is it?

    Answer

    no

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{5}\)

    Graph the following whole numbers on the number line: 2, 3, 5.

    A number line from 0 to 8.

    Answer

    A number line from 0 to 8 with a dot on the marks for 2, 3, and 5.

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{6}\)

    Write the number 63,425 as you would read it aloud.

    Answer

    Sixty-three thousand, four hundred twenty-five

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{7}\)

    Write the number eighteen million, three hundred fifty-nine thousand, seventy-two.

    Answer

    18,359,072

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{8}\)

    Round 427 to the nearest hundred.

    Answer

    400

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{9}\)

    Round 18,995 to the nearest ten.

    Answer

    19,000

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{10}\)

    Round to the most reasonable digit: During a semester, a mathematics instructor uses 487 pieces of chalk.

    Answer

    500

    For problems 11-17, find the sums and differences.

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{11}\)

    \(\begin{array} {r} {627} \\ {\underline{+\ \ 48}} \end{array}\)

    Answer

    675

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{12}\)

    3106 + 921

    Answer

    4,027

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{13}\)

    \(\begin{array} {r} {152} \\ {\underline{+\ \ 36}} \end{array}\)

    Answer

    188

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{14}\)

    \(\begin{array} {r} {5,189} \\ {6,189} \\ {4,122} \\ {\underline{+8,001}} \end{array}\)

    Answer

    23,501

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{15}\)

    21 + 16 + 42 + 11

    Answer

    90

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{16}\)

    520 - 216

    Answer

    304

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{17}\)

    \(\begin{array} {r} {80,001} \\ {\underline{-\ \ 9,878}} \end{array}\)

    Answer

    70,123

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{18}\)

    Subtract 425 from 816.

    Answer

    391

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{19}\)

    Subtract 712 from the sum of 507 and 387.

    Answer

    182

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{20}\)

    Is the sum of 219 and 412 the same as the sum of 412 and 219? If so, what makes it so?

    Answer

    Yes, commutative property of addition


    This page titled 1.9: Proficiency Exam is shared under a CC BY license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Denny Burzynski & Wade Ellis, Jr. (OpenStax CNX) .

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