Chapter 2 – Using Decimals Answer Key

2.1 Decimal Comparisons without Rounding

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1. < 2. > 3. >

4. < 5. > 6. <
7. < 8. < 9. >

10. 373.129, 373.192, 373.219, 373.291

11. .4674, .4754, .4755, .4764
12. 7.06, 7.16, 7.2, 7.21
13. 25.074, 25.407, 25.417, 25.741
14. 15.0001, 15.001, 15.067, 15.100

15. 6.008, 6.087, 6.780, 6.870

2.2 Decimal Rounding Given Place Value

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1. 622 2. 1,318 3. 17 4. 50 5. 124

6. 350 7. 16, 789 8. 13 9. 146 10. 32.30
11. .1062 12. 2.40047 13. 4,062.0 14. .1238 15. 3.457

2.3 Decimal Comparisons with Rounding

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1. = 2. = 3. <
4. > 5. > 6. <
7. = 8. = 9. <
10. 2.033, 2.034, 2.035, 2.039
11. 16.088, 16.089, 16.089, 16.100

12. 3.821, 3.822, 3.828, 3.829

13. .056, .057, .058, .060
14. .7, .8, .9, 1.0, 2.0
15. $54.00 two person, $68.00 Three Person, $90 Four person

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Chapter 2 – Using Decimals Answer Key
The best estimate is for 2 – three person units to be rented

2.4 Decimal Addition

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1. 740.811 2. 1.9445 3. 55.92 4. 79.604 5. 72.556

6. 112.5 7. 1521.2 8. 11.1 9. 1.9 10. 10.4

11. 610.61 12. 8.46 13. 335.78 14. 2.05 15. 4.77

2.5 Decimal Addition Using Front- End Estimation

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1. 6.8 2. 6.2 3. 10.9 4. 11 5. 6.9

6. 17.5 7. 15.5 8. 14.5 9. 39 10. 43.7

11. 37.3 12. 39.4 13. 1.0 14. 13.1 15. 1.6

2.6 Commutative Property of Addition with Decimals

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1. Associative 2. Commutative 3. Associative

4. Commutative 5. Commutative 6. Associative

7. Commutative 8. Associative 9. .292

10. 2.115 11. .306 12. 6.174

13. 1.08 14. $50.50 15. 61.2 yards

2.7 Decimal Subtraction

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1. .82 2. .0386 3. 12.5034 4. 11.94 5. 191.4

6. 8.146 7. 75.75 8. .7669 9. 788.244 10. 101.76

11. 12.88 12. .18 13. 699.97 14. .33 15. .97

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2.8 Decimal Subtraction Using Front- End Estimation

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1. 2.2 2. 1.0 3. 6.9 4. 6.4 5. 1.2

6. 9.1 7. 1.1 8. 10.2 9. .2 10. .5

11. .6 12. .4 13. .3 14. 4.1 15. .1

2.9 Inverse Property of Addition in Decimal Equations

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1. 4.62 2. 11.58 3. 10.05 4. 2.952 5. 65.82

6. 45.32 7. 78.35 8. 5.78 9. 69.11 10. 204.495

11. 45.68 12. 1.6 pounds 13. 6.495 km 14. $32.49 15. 8.5 Liters

2.10 Decimal Multiplication

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1. 10.16 2. .1656 3. 20.3406 4. 18.432 5. 19.2814

6. 1.935 7. 9.6252 8. 172.12 9. 6.51 10. 22.54

11. 100 12. 65.7 13. 10.56 14. 61.88 15. 80.91

2.11 Estimation to Check Decimal Multiplication

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1. 6.9 2. 124.2 3. .0624 4. 539.5 5. 5.488

6. 9.49 7. 5.44 8. .51 9. .4611 10. .3724

11. 24.75 12. 132 13. 294 14. .0099 15. 70.3

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2.12 Commutative Property of Multiplication with Decimals

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1. 37.048p 2. 100.068q 3. 330.12x 4. 14.84r 5. 21.28x

6. 6.72y 7. 20.77x 8. 20.493r 9. 15.876y 10. 9.966x

11. 15.68x 12. 29.44y 13. 10.35x 14. 197.12x 15. 259.86y

2.13 Decimal Division

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1. 1.2 2. 1.3 3. 1.5 4. 2 5. 14.7

6. 1.6 7. 8.8 8. 10.3 9. 7.5 10. 4.9

11. 4.50 12. 12.79 13. 244.90 14. 2.04 15. 3.57

2.14 Estimation to Check Decimal Division

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1. 70 2. .3 3. 20 4. 4 5. 14.4

6. 2.8 7. 2.9 8. 2 9. 3.7 10. 5.1

11. 3.9 12. 5.4 13. 5 14. 8.7 15. .2

2.15 Division to Solve Decimal Equations

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1. 2.1 2. 3.3 3. 4.1 4. 4.2 5. 5.6

6. 2.5 7. 6.3 8. 6.3 9. 6.8 10. 9.6

11. .581 12. 11.7 13. 5.5 km 14. 6.8 m 15. 96.54 kilometers per hour

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2.16 Scientific Notation

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1. 5.6 x 10-9 2. 2.4 x 1010 3. 9.6 x 1017

4. 1.2 x 10-7 5. 3.6 x 107 6. 9.8 x 10-4

7. 3.4 x 10-8 8. 3.45 x 108 9. 380,800,000,000

10. .0000021 11. 591,200,000 12. .00000678

13. 5,700,000,000 14. .000045 15. 32,100,000

2.17 Comparison of Numbers in Scientific Notation

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1. > 2. < 3. > 4. < 5. > 6. >

7. > 8. < 9. > 10. < 11. >

12. 2.1 x 1020, , 6.4 x 1015, 1.7 x 1015, 9.2 x 1010

13. 8.71 x 10-3, 4.16 x 10-3, 5.63 x 10-5, 3.42 x 10-6

14. .000202, .0000221, .000212, .0000202

15. 8.61 x 108, 86,120,000, 86,102,000, 8.61 x 107

2.18 Operations with Numbers in Scientific Notation

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1. 8.8 x 103 2. 4.1 x 104 3. 12.1 x 105

4. 8 x 103 5. 32.64 x 106 6. 6.2 x 102

7. 9.8 x 105 8. 2.1 x 103 9. 10.1 x 103

10. 3.96 x 106 11. 4.1 x 102 12. 274.6 x 10-6

13. 1.64 x 104 14. 9.728 x 103 15. .71 x 103

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2.19 Metric System

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1. 10 m 2. 1,000,000 cL 3. 1000 cg

4.10 cL 5. .0002 kg 6. .2 m

7. .002 kL 8. .02 kg 9. 1.8076 m

10. 1807.6 mm 11. .0018076 km 12. 490.9 L

13. 49,090 cL 14. 490,900 ML 15. 1000

2.20 Appropriate Tools for Metric Measurement

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1. graduated cylinder 2. Metric tape 3. Scale

4. Graduated cylinder 5. kilometer 6. Gram

7. Centimeter 8. Milliliter 9. kilograms

10. Kilograms 11. Meter 12. 113.4 meters

13. 3.525 liters 14. Max, Taboo, Arnaud, Josie 15. 1800 grams

2.21 Conversions of Length, Mass and Capacity in Metric Units

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1. 100 mm 2. 100,000 m 3. .453 km

4. 1,567,000 m 5. 67 m 6. 780 cm

7. 65,570 mL 8. 282.03 mL 9. 9761 mL

10. 2946.7 centigrams 11. .00562 centigrams 12. 4505.84 centigrams

13. .08996 kiloliters 14. .045217 kiloliters 15. 31.20700 kiloliters

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Chapter 2 – Using Decimals Answer Key

2.22 Comparison of Metric Measurement

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1. > 2. < 3. > 4. < 5. < 6. > 7. >

8. > 9. < 10. < 11. > 12. = 13. >

14. 7,938,200 mg, 7,838,200 cg, 79,382 g, 79,282 kg

15. 21.06 kL, 21,061 L, 21,161,000 mL, 2,261,000

2.23 Estimation of Conversion to Metric Units

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1. 1.18 Liters 2. 4.57 meters 3. 152.4 mm

4. 6.08 kg 5. .24 Liters 6. .004 km

7. 152.4 cm 8. 365.76 cm 9. 203.2 mm

10. 807.96 grams 11. 298.45 mm 12. 7.57 Liters

13. 6.80 kilograms 14. 1.05 km 15. Computer

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