NUMBERS AND OPERATIONS ON NUMBERS

What is the result when 436,921 is rounded to the nearest thousand and then expressed in scientific notation?
(A) 4.369 x 102
(B) 4.369 x 104 (C) 4.37 x 105

Answer explanation:
In the number 436,921, the thousands digit is 6 and the hundreds digit is 9.
Since the hundreds digit of 436,921 is more than 5, rounding to the nearest thousand gives 437,000.

When 437,000 is expressed in scientific notation, the result is 4.37 x 105 , which is choice (C).

If it takes six employees 8 hours to do a particular job then how long would it take three employees to do the same job?
(A) 12 hours (B) 14 hours (C) 15 hours

(D) 16 hours

Answer explanation:
This job requires 68=48 hours.
The required time is given by dividing the total number of hours by three (the number of employees) 48 / 3 = 16 Therefore the correct answer is (D).

The sum of four consecutive integers is 394. How can we Find the greatest of these numbers?

Answer is: 100

Answer explanation:
Let be the greatest number and x-3, \ x-2, \ x-1, \ x be the four consecutive integers.
If their sum (S) is 394 then we construct the following equation: S = x-3+x-2+x-1+4 = 4x- 6 = 394 4x = 400 x = 100

The sum of two numbers is 14 and their product is 40. What is the value of the sum of their squares?

Answer is: 116

Answer explanation:
From the following identity we have that

How can we find the minimum value of the sum of two integers whose product is 24?

Answer is: 10

Answer Explanation:
We must find all possible pairs of numbers whose product is 24 and then choose that one with minimum value of sum. (1,24) -> Sum=25 (2,12) -> Sum= 14 (3,8) -> Sum=11 (4,6) -> Sum=10 So the correct answer is 10.