is the set whose members are “dog”, “cat”, and “parakeet.” If the set is infinite, then we need to be more clever with our description. For example, the set of natural numbers (or counting numbers) is the set
Because this set is infinite (there are an infinite number of natural numbers), we can’t list all of them. Instead, we list the first few then follow with “three dots,” which essentially mean “etcetera.” The implication is that the reader sees the intended pattern and can then intuit the remaining numbers in the set. Can you see that the next few numbers are 6, 7, 8, 9, etc.?
If we add the number zero to the set of natural numbers, then we have a set of numbers that are called the whole numbers.
The whole numbers will be our focus in the remainder of this chapter.
Exercises
In Exercises 1-12, sketch the given whole numbers on a number line, then arrange them in order, from smallest to largest.
1. 2, 8, and 4
2. 2, 7, and 4
3. 1, 8, and 2
4. 0, 4, and 3
5. 0, 4, and 1
6. 3, 6, and 5
7. 4, 9, and 6
8. 2, 4, and 3
9. 0, 7, and 4
10. 2, 8, and 6
11. 1, 6, and 5
12. 0, 9, and 5
In Exercises 13-24, create a number line diagram to determine which of the two given statements is true.
13. 3 < 8 or 3 > 8
14. 44 < 80 or 44 > 80
15. 59 < 24 or 59 > 24
16. 15 < 11 or 15 > 11
17. 0 < 74 or 0 > 74
18. 11 < 18 or 11 > 18
19. 1 < 81 or 1 > 81
20. 65 < 83 or 65 > 83
21. 43 < 1 or 43 > 1
22. 62 < 2 or 62 > 2
23. 43 < 28 or 43 > 28
24. 73 < 21 or 73 > 21
25. Which digit is in the thousands column of the number 2,054,867,372?
26. Which digit is in the hundreds column of the number 2,318,999,087?
27. Which digit is in the hundred thousands column of the number 8,311,900,272?
28. Which digit is in the tens column of the number 1,143,676,212?
29. Which digit is in the hundred millions column of the number 9,482,616,000?
30. Which digit is in the hundreds column of the number 375,518,067?
31. Which digit is in the ten millions column of the number 5,840,596,473?
32. Which digit is in the hundred thousands column of the number 6,125,412,255?
33. Which digit is in the hundred millions column of the number 5,577,422,501?
34. Which digit is in the thousands column of the number 8,884,966,835?
35. Which digit is in the tens column of the number 2,461,717,362?
36. Which digit is in the ten millions column of the number 9,672,482,548?
37. Round the number 93, 857 to the nearest thousand.
38. Round the number 56, 872 to the nearest thousand.
39. Round the number 9, 725 to the nearest ten.
40. Round the number 6, 815 to the nearest ten.
41. Round the number 58, 739 to the nearest hundred.
42. Round the number 93, 146 to the nearest hundred.
43. Round the number 2, 358 to the nearest ten.
44. Round the number 8, 957 to the nearest ten.
45. Round the number 39, 756 to the nearest thousand.
46. Round the number 24, 965 to the nearest thousand.
47. Round the number 5, 894 to the nearest ten.
48. Round the number 3, 281 to the nearest ten.
49. Round the number 56, 123 to the nearest hundred.
50. Round the number 49, 635 to the nearest hundred.
51. Round the number 5, 483 to the nearest ten.
52. Round the number 9, 862 to the nearest ten.
53. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the estimated population of the US is 304,059,724 as of July 2008. Round to the nearest hundred thousand.
54. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the estimated population of California is 36,756,666 as of July 2008. Round to the nearest hundred thousand.
55. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the estimated population of Humboldt County is 129,000 as of July 2008. Round to the nearest ten thousand.
56. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the estimated population of the state of Alaska was 686,293 as of July 2008. Round to the nearest ten thousand.
57. The following bar chart shows the average price (in cents) of one gallon of regular gasoline in the United States over five consecutive weeks in 2009, running from May 18 (5/18) through June 22 (6/22). What was the price (in cents) of one gallon of regular gasoline on June 1, 2009?

58. The following bar chart shows the average weekly NASDAQ index for five consecutive weeks in 2009, beginning with week starting February 1 (2/1) and ending with the week starting March 1 (3/1). What was the average NASDAQ index for the week starting February 8, 2009?

59. The population of Humboldt County is broken into age brackets in the following table. Source: WolframAlpha.
\( \begin{array}{c|c}{\text { Age in years }} & {\text { Number }} \\ \hline {\text { under } 5} & {7,322} \\ {5-18} & {26,672} \\ {18-65} & {78,142} \\ {\text { over } 65} & {16,194} \\ \hline\end{array}\)
Create a bar chart for this data set with one bar for each age category.
60. The five cities with the largest number of reported violent crimes in the year 2007 are reported in the following table. Source: Wikipedia.
\( \begin{array}{c|c}{\text { City }} & {\text { Violent Crimes }} \\ \hline \text { Setroit } & {2,289} \\ {\text { St. Louis }} & {2,196} \\ {\text { Memphis }} & {1,951} \\ {\text { Oakland }} & {1,918} \\ {\text { Baltimore }} & {1,631} \\ \hline\end{array}\)
Create a bar chart for this data set with one bar for each city.
61. The following bar chart tracks pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia.

Source: ICC International Maritime Bureau, AP Times-Standard, 4/15/2009
a) How many pirate attacks were there in 2003?
b) How many pirate attacks were there in 2008?
62. A team of students separated a small bowl of M and M’s into five piles by color. The following line plot indicates the number of M and M’s of each color.

How many red M and M's were in the bowl?
63. A team of students separated a small bowl of M and M’s into five piles by color. The following line plot indicates the number of M and M’s of each color.

How many red M and M's were in the bowl?
64. A team of students separated a small bowl of M and M’s into five piles by color. The following table indicates the number of M and M’s of each color.
\( \begin{array}{c|c}{\text { Color }} & {\text { Number }} \\ \hline \text { Red } & {5} \\ {\text { Green }} & {9} \\ {\text { Blue }} & {7} \\ {\text { Yellow }} & {2} \\ {\text { Brown }} & {3} \\ \hline\end{array}\)
Create a lineplot for the M and M data. On the horizontal axis, arrange the colors in the same order as presented in the table above.
65. A team of students separated a small bowl of M and M’s into five piles by color. The following table indicates the number of M and M’s of every color.
\( \begin{array}{c|c}{\text { Color }} & {\text { Number }} \\ \hline \text { Red } & {3} \\ {\text { Green }} & {7} \\ {\text { Blue }} & {2} \\ {\text { Yellow }} & {4} \\ {\text { Brown }} & {9} \\ \hline\end{array}\)
Create a lineplot for the M and M data. On the horizontal axis, arrange the colors in the same order as presented in the table above.
66. Salmon count. The table shows the number of adult coho salmon returning to the Shasta River over the past four years. Round the salmon count for each year to the nearest ten. Times-Standard Shasta River coho rescue underway.
\( \begin{array}{r|c}{\text { Year }} & {\text { Salmon count }} \\ \hline 2007 & {300} \\ {2008} & {31} \\ {2009} & {9} \\ {2010} & {4} \\ \hline\end{array}\)
Answers
1. Smallest to largest: 2, 4, and 8.

3. Smallest to largest: 1, 2, and 8.

5. Smallest to largest: 0, 1, and 4.

7. Smallest to largest: 4, 6, and 9.

9. Smallest to largest: 0, 4, and 7.

11. Smallest to largest: 1, 5, and 6.

13.

Therefore, 3 < 8.
15.

Therefore, 59 > 24.
17.

Therefore, 0 < 74.
19.

Therefore, 1 < 81.
21.

Therefore, 43 > 1.
23.

Therefore, 43 > 28.
25. 7
27. 9
29. 4
31. 4
33. 5
35. 6
37. 94000
39. 9730
41. 58700
43. 2360
45. 40000
47. 5890
49. 56100
51. 5480
53. 304,100,000
55. 130,000
57. Approximately 252 cents
59.

61.
a) Approximately 21
b) Approximately 111
63. 9
65.
