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Inside Collection (Textbook): Fundamentals of Mathematics
Summary: This module is from Fundamentals of Mathematics by Denny Burzynski and Wade Ellis, Jr. This module discusses how to read and write whole numbers. By the end of this module, students should be able to read and write whole numbers.
Because our number system is a positional number system, reading and writing whole numbers is quite simple.
To convert a number that is formed by digits into a verbal phrase, use the following method:
Write the following numbers as words.
Read 42958.
Read 307991343.
Read 36000000000001.
Write each number in words.
12,542
101,074,003
1,000,008
To express a number in digits that is expressed in words, use the following method:
Write each number using digits.
Seven thousand, ninety-two.
Using the comma as a period separator, we have
7,092
Fifty billion, one million, two hundred thousand, fourteen.
Using the commas as period separators, we have
50,001,200,014
Ten million, five hundred twelve.
The comma sets off the periods. We notice that there is no thousands period. We'll have to insert this ourselves.
10,000,512
Express each number using digits.
One hundred three thousand, twenty-five.
Six million, forty thousand, seven.
Twenty trillion, three billion, eighty million, one hundred nine thousand, four hundred two.
Eighty billion, thirty-five.
For the following problems, write all numbers in words.
84
1491
8601
35,223
71,006
437,105
201,040
8,001,001
16,000,053
770,311,101
83,000,000,007
106,100,001,010
3,333,444,777
800,000,800,000
A particular community college has 12,471 students enrolled.
A person who watches 4 hours of television a day spends 1460 hours a year watching T.V.
Astronomers believe that the age of the earth is about 4,500,000,000 years.
Astronomers believe that the age of the universe is about 20,000,000,000 years.
There are 9690 ways to choose four objects from a collection of 20.
If a 412 page book has about 52 sentences per page, it will contain about 21,424 sentences.
In 1980, in the United States, there was $1,761,000,000,000 invested in life insurance.
In 1979, there were 85,000 telephones in Alaska and 2,905,000 telephones in Indiana.
In 1975, in the United States, it is estimated that 52,294,000 people drove to work alone.
In 1980, there were 217 prisoners under death sentence that were divorced.
In 1979, the amount of money spent in the United States for regular-session college education was $50,721,000,000,000.
In 1981, there were 1,956,000 students majoring in business in U.S. colleges.
In 1980, the average fee for initial and follow up visits to a medical doctors office was about $34.
In 1980, there were approximately 13,100 smugglers of aliens apprehended by the Immigration border patrol.
In 1980, the state of West Virginia pumped 2,000,000 barrels of crude oil, whereas Texas pumped 975,000,000 barrels.
The 1981 population of Uganda was 12,630,000 people.
In 1981, the average monthly salary offered to a person with a Master's degree in mathematics was $1,685.
For the following problems, write each number using digits.
Six hundred eighty-one
Four hundred ninety
Seven thousand, two hundred one
Nineteen thousand, sixty-five
Five hundred twelve thousand, three
Two million, one hundred thirty-three thousand, eight hundred fifty-nine
Thirty-five million, seven thousand, one hundred one
One hundred million, one thousand
Sixteen billion, fifty-nine thousand, four
Nine hundred twenty billion, four hundred seventeen million, twenty-one thousand
Twenty-three billion
Fifteen trillion, four billion, nineteen thousand, three hundred five
One hundred trillion, one
((Reference)) How many digits are there?
((Reference)) In the number 6,641, how many tens are there?
((Reference)) What is the value of 7 in 44,763?
((Reference)) Is there a smallest whole number? If so, what is it?
((Reference)) Write a four-digit number with a 9 in the tens position.
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Last edited by Collins Williamson on Aug 18, 2010 8:11 pm -0500.
"Used as supplemental materials for developmental math courses."