92 Chapter 1 Whole Numbers 97. At one point in his baseball career, Alex Rodriquez signed a contract for $252,000,000 for a 9-year period between 2001 and 2010. Suppose federal taxes amount to $75,600,000 for the contract. After taxes, how much will Alex receive per year? 98. Aletha wants to buy plants for a rectangular garden in her backyard that measures 12 ft by 8 ft. She wants to divide the garden into 2-square-foot areas, one for each plant. a. How many plants should Aletha buy? b. If the plants cost $3 each, how much will it cost Aletha for the plants? c. If she puts a fence around the perimeter of the garden that costs $2 per foot, how much will it cost for the fence? d. What will be Aletha’s total cost for this garden? 12 ft22 Section 1.8 95. The Cincinnati Zoo houses about 17,000 animals that represent 750 species.The San Diego Zoo has 4000 animals representing 800 species. a. Which zoo has the most animals? How many more animals does it have? b. Which zoo has the most species? How many more species does it have? 96. Doris drives her son to extracurricular activities each week. She drives 5 mi round-trip to baseball practice 3 times a week and 6 mi round-trip to piano lessons once a week. a. How many miles does she drive in 1 week to get her child to his activities? b. Approximately how many miles does she travel during a school year consisting of 10 months (there are approximately 4 weeks per month)? Chapter 1 Test 1. Determine the place value for the underlined digit. a. b. c. d. 492 23,441 2,340,711 340,592 2. Fill in the table with either the word name for the number or the number in standard form. 3. Translate the phrase by writing the numbers in standard form and inserting the appropriate inequality. Choose from or . a. Fourteen is greater than six. b. Seventy-two is less than eighty-one. For Exercises 4–17, perform the indicated operation. 4. 5. 82 4 51 78 154 4908 41 6. 7. 8. 9. 58 49 149 298 10. 11. 324 15 3002 2456 12. 10,984 2881 13. 14. (500,000)(3000) 15. 840 42 34 89 191 22 16. 403(0) 17. 016 Population Standard State / Province Form Word Name a. Kentucky Four million, sixty-five thousand b. Texas 21,325,000 c. Pennsylvania 12,287,000 d. New Brunswick, Seven hundred Canada twenty-nine thousand e. Ontario, Canada 11,410,000
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