Name ________________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________

UNIT
Real Numbers, Exponents, and Scientific Notation
1
Unit Test: B
1. Which fraction equals a repeating 7. Which of the following are true?
decimal?
I. 14  6.2  3S  8.2
5 30
A C II. 17  64 ! 8  S
30 50 5
13 13
B D III. 35  40 ! 6S
25 10
2. A square rug has an area of 225 square A only I and II
feet. How long is each side of the rug? B only II and III
A 15 feet C none of them
B 22.5 feet D all of them
C 23 feet 3
8. Which number is between and 14 ?
D 25 feet 25
1
3. Which is an estimate of 14 to the A C 20
14
nearest hundredth?
13
A 1.4 C 3.47 B D 2  S
4
B 3.7 D 3.74
9. The population of a large U.S. city is
3
4. What is the value of 4 ? 2,707,210. Which of the following best
1 expresses this population?
A 444 C
64 A 2.7 u 106 C 2.707 u 106
B 444 D 64 B 2.7 u 107 D 27.07 u 106
5. Which statement is false? 10. What is the answer in scientific notation?
A All whole numbers are integers. (5.1 u 106)  (4.3 u 105)
B All irrational numbers are real. A 0.8 u 106
C Some integers are irrational. B 0.8 u 105
D Some integers are whole numbers. C 4.67 u 105
6. Which of these is least likely to describe D 4.67 u 106
a distance below sea level? 11. One type of ant is 0.0035 meter long.
A whole number What is this length in scientific notation?
B integer A 3.5 u 104 meter
C rational number B 3.5 u 103 meter
D real number C 35 u 103 meter
D 35 u 105 meter

Original content Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Additions and changes to the original content are the responsibility of the instructor.
77
Name ________________________________________ Date __________________ Class __________________

UNIT
Real Numbers, Exponents, and Scientific Notation
1

3 7S
12. Write 4 as a decimal. 19. Find an integer between 40 and .
8 2

________________________________________ ________________________________________

5 20. A number line is numbered in tenths.

13. Express the fraction in decimal form.
12 Describe where you would plot 43  S .

________________________________________ ________________________________________

1 21. Write the answer in scientific notation.

14. Compare the decimal forms of and
4
(7.3 u 106) y (3.2 u 104)
25
. How are they alike and different?
99 ________________________________________

________________________________________
For 22–24, use the table.
1 22. How many zeros are needed to write the
15. Find the two square roots of .
16 diameter of the Milky Way in standard
notation?
________________________________________

16. Estimate 40 to two decimal places. Diameter (meters)

nucleus of an atom 7.2 u 1015
________________________________________
insulin molecule 5.3 u 109
17. How are (5) and 5 alike and how do
5 5
red blood cell 8.4 u 106
they differ?
grain of sand 2.4 u 103
________________________________________
Moon 3.5 u 106
18. Choose three of the following terms Sun 1.4 u 109
for A, B, and C to make this diagram
true: whole numbers, integers, rational Milky Way galaxy 1.54 u 1021
numbers, irrational numbers, real
numbers. ________________________________________

23. Write the diameter of an insulin molecule

in standard notation.

________________________________________

24. About how many times larger than the

Diagram A: _________________
diameter of a red blood cell is the
Diagram B: _________________ diameter of a grain of sand? Write your
answer using a power of ten.
Diagram C: _________________
________________________________________

Original content Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Additions and changes to the original content are the responsibility of the instructor.
78
Answer Key
Unit Tests and Performance Tasks
UNIT 1 Real Numbers, 23. 0.0000084 m
Exponents, and Scientific 24. 4.0 u 102
Notation
Unit 1 Test: B
Unit 1 Test: A 1. A
1. B 2. A
2. C 3. D
3. C 4. C
4. D 5. C
5. D 6. A
6. D 7. B
7. A 8. B
8. C 9. C
9. B 10. D
10. B 11. B
11. A 12. 4.375
12. 12.25
13. 0.416
13. 0.7
14. Both have 25 in the first two decimal
14. Sample answer: They both have 4 in the 1
tenths place. But the decimal form for places, but is a terminating decimal,
4
4
is a repeating decimal with every place 25
9 while is a repeating decimal.
99
to the right being a 4. The decimal form
1 1
2 15. , 
for has only one decimal place. 4 4
5
16. 6.32
15. 20, 20
17. They have the same exponent, but opposite
16. 12.2
bases. (5)5 3,125 and 55 3,125.
17. The expressions 43 and 43 have the
18. Answers will vary. Sample answer:
same base, but opposite exponents.
A whole numbers, B integers, C real
The expression 43 is the opposite of 43,
numbers
while 43 is the reciprocal of 43.
19. Answers will vary. Sample answers: 7, 8,
1
  43 64 and 43 9, 10
64
20. between 3.4 and 3.5, but closer to 3.4
18. Answers will vary. Sample answer:
A irrational numbers, B real numbers 21. 2.28125 u 102
22. 19
19. Answers will vary. Sample answers:
2, 1, 0, 1 23. 0.0000000053
2 24. 2.86 u 102
20. at about 11
3
Unit 1 Test: C
21. 1.728 u 1015
1. B
22. 1,400,000,000
2. D
Original content Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Additions and changes to the original content are the responsibility of the instructor.
178