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Answer Key – Chapter 2

Exercise 2.1

    1. 0.6
    2. 0.007
    1. 0.12
    2. 0.029
    1. 7.5
    2. 9.503
    1. 3.67
    2. 2.567
  1. (i) 87.2   (ii) 80 + 7 + 0.2
  1. (i) 3.04   (ii) 3 + 0.04
  1. (i) 0.0401   (ii) 0.04 + 0.0001
  1. (i) 89.0625     (ii) 80 + 9 + 0.06 + 0.002 + 0.0005
  1. (i) 1,787.025    (ii) 1,000 + 700 + 80 + 7 + 0.02 + 0.005
  1. (i) 412.65      (ii) 400 + 10 + 2 + 0.6 + 0.05
  1. (i) 1,600,000.02    (ii) 1,000,000 + 600,000 + 0.02
  1. (i) 23.5   (ii) 20 + 3 + 0.5
    1. Forty-two and fifty-five hundredths
    2. Seven hundred thirty-four and one hundred twenty-five thousandths
    1. Twenty-five hundredths
    2. Nine and five-tenths
    1. Seven and seven hundredths
    2. Fifteen and two thousandths
    1. Sixty-two thousandths
    2. Fifty-four thousandths
  1. 0.034, 0.043, 0.304, 0.403
  1. 415.2
  1. 264.2
  1. 24.2
  1. 10.4
  1. 14.36
  1. 181.13
  1. $16.78
  1. $9.99

Exercise 2.2

  1. 1,716.045
  1. 869.593
  1. 479.444
  1. 964.571
  1. 240.922
  1. 238.192
  1. 15.88
  1. 281.283
  1. 229.668
  1. 415.01
  1. 744.606
  1. 259.5571
  1. 0.344
  1. 319.4598
  1. 7.531
  1. 91.575
  1. 24.3
  1. 12.4
    1. 0.001
    2. 0.09
    1. 0.16
    2. 0.000008
    1. 0.5
    2. 0.7
    1. 1.1
    2. 1.3
    1. 0.1
    2. 0.07
  1. $378.64
  1. $14.86
  1. $76.38
  1. $64.56
  1. $1.54
  1. $1,281.85
  1. $187.86
  1. $86.46
  1. $44.21
  1. $3,469.09
  1. $54.45
  1. 14 pieces
  1. $2.55

Exercise 2.3

    1. Proper fraction
    2. Mixed number
    1. Improper fraction
    2. Mixed number
    1. Mixed number
    2. Improper fraction
    1. 167
    2. 258
    1. 295
    2. 274
    1. 257
    2. 558
    1. 723
    2. 516
  1. Not equivalent
  1. Not equivalent
  1. Equivalent
  1. Equivalent
  1. Not equivalent
  1. Equivalent
  1. Equivalent
  1. Equivalent
    1. (i) 32
      (ii) 23
    2. (i) 47
      (ii) 74
    1. (i) 76
      (ii) 67
    2. (i) 4
      (ii) 14
    1. (i) 47
      (ii) 74
    2. (i) 58
      (ii) 85
  1. Equivalent
  1. Not equivalent
  1. Not equivalent
  1. Equivalent
    1. 12
    2. 45
    1. 24
    2. 3
    1. 8
    2. 18
  1. 13
  1. 34
  1. 34
  1. 149240

Exercise 2.4

  1. 25`
  1. 1215
  1. 87
  1. 89
    1. 112
    2. 113
    1. 216
    2. 18112
    1. 151112
    2. 14512
    1. 3091000
    2. 1910
    1. 59
    2. 320
    1. 1724
    2. 1458
    1. 312
    2. 2110
    1. 54125
    2. 1116
    1. 4
    2. 213
    1. 1588
    2. 1212
    1. 114
    2. 313
    1. 112
    2. 332
    1. 159
    2. 223
    1. 25
    2. 334
    1. 49
    2. 1223
    1. 925
    2. 3649
    1. 2764
    2. 62581=75881
    1. 169=179
    2. 62581=75881
    1. 13
    2. 17
    1. 25
    2. 94=214
    1. 74=134
    2. 52=212
  1. 23
  1. 5715 hours
  1. 78 pounds
  1. 1328 kg
  1. 110
  1. 1,350 textbooks
  1. 312 km
  1. 14 pieces
  1. 200 doses
  1. 304 bulbs
  1. 225

Exercise 2.5

    1. 15
    2. 0.75
    3. 350
    1. 0.36
    2. 1250
    3. 0.14
    1. 0.5
    2. 25
    3. 0.06
    1. 1200
    2. 0.36
    3. 1100
    1. 72
    2. 1.6
    3. 285
    1. 5.05
    2. 345
    3. 2.75
    1. 214
    2. 1.75
    3. 4150
    1. 8.35
    2. 161200
    3. 15.5
    1. 23
    2. 0.25
    3. 2599
    1. 0.45
    2. 29
    3. 0.285714
    1. 875
    2. 3256
    1. 27128
    2. 94=214
    1. 1
    2. 56
    1. 23
    2. 8544=14144
    1. 36925=141925
    2. 707200=3107200
    1. 559=619
    2. 11024
    1. 169500=0.338
    2. 1100=0.01
  1. 511192=2127192
  1. 127=157
  1. 391100=391100
  1. 233970=332970
  1. 110=0.1
  1. 35=0.6
  1. 79
  1. 7320=31320=3.65
  1. 7425=22425=2.96

Review Exercises 2

    1. Five tenths
    2. Seven thousandths
    3. Twelve hundredths
    4. Twenty-nine thousandths
    1. Thirty-two and four hundredths
    2. Two hundred and two tenths
    3. Forty-five thousand, five and one thousandth
    4. One million, five thousand, seventy-one and twenty-five hundredths
    1. 564.667
    2. 40.103
    3. 79.3802
    4. 9.63625
  1. 0.189
  1. 1.996
    1. 3, 48
    2. 4, 60
    3. 4, 15
    4. 27, 24
    1. 2421 < 115
    2. 2044 > 615
    3. 1845 < 164
    4. 1525=63105
    1. 112
    2. 112
    3. 713
    4. 1113
    1. 523
    2. 3112
    3. 5
    4. 45
    1. 140
    2. 0.625
    3. 225
    4. 0.28
    5. 1500
    6. 0.78
  1. 131324 kg
  1. 556 years
  1. 37615 km
  1. Alisha: $360, Beyonce: $220
  1. $2,201.40
  1. $870.89
  1. 96 girls
  1. 1527125
  1. 114=1.25
  1. 21625
  1. 5108
  1. 34
  1. 1511

Self-Test Exercises 2

    1. 20, 24
    2. 11, 30
    3. 18, 96
    4. 66, 24
    1. 152=712
    2. 263=823
    3. 169=179
    4. 955
    1. 554=1334
    2. 2815=11315
    3. 12
    4. 6
    1. 27.9028
    2. 8.133
    3. 2.13792
    4. 2.2976
    1. Four thousandths
    2. Six and five hundredths
    3. Three hundred and two hundredths
    4. Seven and seventy-one thousandths
    1. 58
    2. 165=315
    3. 811
    4. 0.35
    5. 1.8
    6. 1.06
  1. 593.75km; 37.8 cm
  2. $1,500
    1. 251340
    2. 834
    3. 121724=12.7083
    1. 81619
    2. 391100
    3. 411270
  1. 13 deliveries
  2. 13; $80
  3. $242.69
  4. 918 km

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