Unit 3 Answers to Coursebook exercises

F Exercise 3.3  Rounding

1 a 4.8 b 8.79 c 0.477 d 0.97 e 3.5998 f 18.350
2 a 25.497 b 25.5 c 25.496 72 d 25.4967 e 25.50 f 25.496 723 8
3 a 100 b 46 000 c 18.7 d 0.09 e 0.79 f 1.41
4 a D b C c B d D
5 a 4510 b 5000 c 4509.0 d 4509 e 4500 f 4509.030
6 96 000
7 0.4 g
8 298 000 000 m/s
9 a i 16 ii 16.1 (3 s.f.) b i 700 ii 713 (3 s.f.)
c i 40 ii 42.6 (3 s.f.) d i 80 ii 67.2 (3 s.f.)

F Exercise 3.4  Order of operations

1 a 20 b 19 c 7 d −12 e −2
f 8 g 24 h 17 j 100 k 50
2 a = b < c > d < e < f >
3 a , 12 b  c , −3
4 a i She subtracted first; she should have multiplied first. ii 17
b i She multiplied by 2 after working out the brackets; she should have squared the 5. ii 50
c i She did not work out the value of the divisor. ii 8
5 N
 o. Oditi forgot that 5b means 5 × 3, not 53. Shen did not use BIDMAS rules for working out the
term in brackets. Answer = 38
6 a 22 b 64 c 36 d 72

End-of-unit review
1 a 2.1 b 6 c 0.63 d 0.36 e 1
f 20 g 70 h 300 i 60 j 500
2 a 0.16 b 0.45 c 0.088 d 0.1 e 0.0016
f 4 g 0.7 h 4 i 5 j 80
3 a i 0.4 ii 0.8 iii 1.2 iv 1.6 v 2
b Larger
4 a i 150 ii 75 iii 50 iv 37.5 v 30
b Smaller
5 a 900 b 3700 c 240 d 5.55 e 0.075
f 534 g 2 h 1 i 0.62 j 76
6 No. Check students’ examples.
7 a 2.8 b 11.86 c 0.555 d 0.30 e 0.1235 f 112.000
g 100 h 230 i 0.65 j 0.02 k 1.00 l 1.0
8 a 4000 b 3900 c 3890 d 3893 e 3893.0
f 3893.0 g 3893.01 h 3893.010 i 3893.0096 j 3893.009 56
9 a 4 b 33 c 37 d 20 e 11
f −1 g 10 h 14 j 25 k 0
10 a 16 b 38 c 121 d 490

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3 Place value, ordering and rounding

F Exercise 3.1  Multiplying and dividing decimals mentally

1 a 1.2 b 2.6 c 3.6 d 8.1 e 3.3
f 0.24 g 0.28 h 0.45 i 1.4 j 5.55
2 a 20 b 40 c 30 d 40 e 200
f 250 g 300 h 3000 i 200 j 400
3 A, C, E, I (0.024); D, G, J, L (0.24); B, F, H, K (2.4)
4 a B b B c C d B
5 a 0.12 b 1.35 c 0.072 d 0.15 e 0.055
f 30 g 9 h 5 i 7 j 40
6 Top: 2.5 × 0.2 = 0.5, not 5. Bottom: 5 × 0.1 = 0.5, not 50. Answer = 1.
7 a 20 b 30 c 500 d 0.2
8 a i 1.1 ii 2.2 iii 3.3 iv 4.4 v 5.5 vi 6.6
b Larger
9 a i 80 ii 40 iii 20 iv 16 v 10
b Larger

F Exercise 3.2  Multiplying and dividing by powers of 10

1 a 2800 b 28 000 c 280 d 2880
e 280 000 f 0.2 g 28 h 0.2
i 0.028 j 0.28 k 0.028 l 28.8
2 a 3.4 b 3.4 c 0.034 d 0.034
e 0.034 f 0.034 g 34 h 3.4
i 3400 j 30 400 k 30 l 340
3 Powers of ten – easy!
4 a b
0.004 × 103 400 ÷ 102 67 ÷ 102 670 × 10−3

4 × 100 =4 0.04 ÷ 10−2 670 ÷ 103 = 0.67 6.7 ÷ 101

0.4 × 101 40 ÷ 101 6.7 × 10−1 67 × 10−2

5 a i 5000 ii 500 iii 50 iv 5 v 0.5 vi 0.05

b Larger
6 a i 0.099 ii 0.99 iii 9.9 iv 99 v 990 vi 9900
b Smaller

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 Unit 3 Answers to Practice Book exercises

F Exercise 3.3  Rounding

1 a 21.7 b 18.55 c 0.847 d 0.99 e 9.5960 f 34.590
2 a 74.0 b 73.95 c 73.953 d 73.9530 e 73.953 02 f 73.953 017
3 a 2000 b 760 c 5.37 d 0.08 e 0.20 f 6.04
4 a D b A c C d D
5 a 300 000 b 250 000 c 254 000 d 254 100 e 254 060 f 254 060
g 254 060.0 h 254 059.95 i 254 059.952
6 2700 km
7 0.0259 g
8 200 000
9 a i 120 ii 119 b i 400 ii 401
c i 12 000 ii 12 600 d i 80 ii 83.6
e i 1 000 ii 962 f i 3 ii 2.89
g i 25 ii 18.6 h i 4 ii 5.19
i i 20 ii 17.2

F Exercise 3.4  Order of operations

1 a 28 b 5 c 25 d 6 e 11
f 13 g 0 h 9 i 19 j 62
k 14 l 41 m 19 n 17 o 9
2 a < b = c > d > e > f =
3 a û, 12 b ü c û, −3 d ü e û, 6 f û, 4
4 a i Added before multiplying ii 30
b i Should have squared the 3 before subtracting the result from 14 ii 50
c i Should have worked out the numerator and denominator separately before dividing ii 2
5 No. Harsha doesn’t understand that 3x means 3 × x. Ahmad doesn’t understand the BIDMAS rules. Answer = 46
6 a 22 b 7 c 100 d 90

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