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12/3/14 at 3

If your solution to stated problem does not match the given solution, you should self-critique per instructions at

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Your solution, attempt at solution. If you are unable to attempt a solution, give a phrase-by-phrase interpretation

of the problem along with a statement of what you do or do not understand about it. This response should be given,

based on the work you did in completing the assignment, before you look at the given solution.

018. Base-10 Place-value Number System

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Question: `q001. There are 7 questions in this set.

From lectures and textbook you will learn about some of the counting systems used by past cultures. Various systems

enabled people to count objects and to do basic arithmetic, but the base-10 place value system almost universally

used today has significant advantages over all these systems.

The key to the base-10 place value system is that each digit in a number tells us how many times a corresponding

power of 10 is to be counted.

For example the number 347 tells us that we have seven 1's, 4 ten's and 3 one-hundred's, so 347 means 3 * 100 + 4 *

10 + 7 * 1.

Since 10^2 = 100, 10^1 = 10 and 10^0 = 1, this is also written as

3 * 10^2 + 4 * 10^1 + 7 * 10^0.

How would we write 836 in terms of powers of 10?

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Your solution:

8*100+3*10+6*1

8*10^2+3*10^1+6*10^0

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Given Solution:

836 means 8 * 100 + 3 * 10 + 6 * 1, or 8 * 10^2 + 3 * 10^1 + 6 * 10^0.

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Question: `q002. How would we write 34,907 in terms of powers of 10?

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Your solution:

3*10,000+4*1000+9*100+0*10+7*1

3*10^4+4*10^3+9*10^2+0*10^1+7*10^0

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Given Solution:

34,907 means 3 * 10,000 + 4 * 1000 + 9 * 100 + 0 * 10 + 7 * 1, or 3 * 10^4 + 4 * 10^3 + 9 * 10^2 + 0 * 10 + 7 * 1.

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Question: `q003. How would we write .00326 in terms of powers of 10?

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Your solution:

0*.1+0*.01+3*.001+2*.0001+6*.00001

0*10^-1+0*10^-2+3*10^-3+2*10^-4+6*10^-5

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Given Solution:

First we note that

.1 = 1/10 = 1/10^1 = 10^-1,

.01 = 1/100 = 1/10^2 = 10^-2,

.001 = 1/1000 = 1/10^3 = 10^-3, etc..

Thus .00326 means

0 * .1 + 0 * .01 + 3 * .001 + 2 * .0001 + 6 * .00001 =

0 * 10^-1 + 0 * 10^-2 + 3 * 10^-3 + 2 * 10^-4 + 6 * 10^-5 .

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Question: `q004. How would we add 3 * 10^2 + 5 * 10^1 + 7 * 10^0 to 5 * 10^2 + 4 * 10^1 + 2 * 10^0?

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Your solution:

3*10^2=300

5*10^1=50

7*10^0=7

5*10^2=500

4*10^1=40

2*10^0=2

800+90+9=899

or we could rearrange the problem first and groupd 100s, 10s, 1s

(3*10^2+5*10^2) + (5*10^1+4*10^1) + (7*10^0+2*10^0)

8*10^2 + 9*10^1 + 9*10^0

800+90+9

899

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Given Solution:

We would write the sum as

(3 * 10^2 + 5 * 10^1 + 7 * 10^0) + (5 * 10^2 + 4 * 10^1 + 2 * 10^0) ,

which we would then rearrange as

(3 * 10^2 + 5 * 10^2) + ( 5 * 10^1 + 4 * 10^1) + ( 7 * 10^0 + 2 * 10^0),

which gives us

8 * 10^2 + 9 * 10^1 + 9 * 10^0. This result would then be written as 899.

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Question: `q005. How would we add 4 * 10^2 + 7 * 10^1 + 8 * 10^0 to 5 * 10^2 + 6 * 10^1 + 4 * 10^0?

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Your solution:

(4*10^2+5*10^2) +(7*10^1+6*10^1) + (8*10^0+4*10^0)

9*10^2 + 13*10^1 + 12*10^0

we could go ahead and solve like this which would be..

900+130+12=1042

however this isn't adding by just using the single powers of 10 since we have 13*10^1 and 12*10^0

these can be broken down

13*10^1 = 1*10^2 + 3*10^1

12*10^0 = 1*10^1 + 2*10^0

the equation would now look like

(9*10^2 + 1*10^2) +(3*10^1 + 1*10^1) + 2*10^0

10*10^2 + 4*10^1 + 2*10^0

10*10^2=1*10^3

1*10^3 + 4*10^1 + 2*10^0

1000+40+2

1042

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Given Solution:

We would write the sum as

(4 * 10^2 + 7 * 10^1 + 8 * 10^0) + (5 * 10^2 + 6 * 10^1 + 4 * 10^0) ,

which we would then rearrange as

(4 * 10^2 + 5 * 10^2) + ( 7 * 10^1 + 6 * 10^1) + ( 8 * 10^0 + 4 * 10^0),

which gives us

9 * 10^2 + 13 * 10^1 + 12 * 10^0.

Since 12 * 10^0 = (2 + 10 ) * 10^0 = 2 * 10^0 + 10^1, we have

9 * 10^2 + 13 * 10^1 + 1 * 10^1 + 2 * 10^0 =

9 * 10^2 + 14 * 10^1 + 2 * 10^0.

Since 14 * 10^1 = 10 * 10^1 + 4 * 10^1 = 10^2 + 4 * 10^1, we have

9 * 10^2 + 1 * 10^2 + 4 * 10^1 + 2 * 10^0 =

10^10^2 + 4 * 10^1 + 2 * 10^0.

Since 10*10^2 = 10^3, we rewrite this as 1 * 10^3 + 0 * 10^2 + 4 * 10^1 + 2 * 10^0.

This number would be expressed as 1042.

STUDENT SOLUTION

(4 x 10^2 + 5 x 10^2) + (7 x 10^1 + 6 + 10^1) + (8 x 10^0 + 4 x 10^0)

adds up to

9 x 10^2 + 13 x 10^1 + 12 x 10^0 = 1042

INSTRUCTOR RESPONSE

You got

9 x 10^2 + 13 x 10^1 + 12 x 10^0 = 1042

But this isn't in its final powers-of-10 notation.

13 * 10^1 isn't a legal expression. Since 13 is greater than 9, you would use the fact that 13 * 10^1 = 10^2 + 3 *

10^1 to write this in correct notation.

Your expression would then become

9 x 10^2 + 10^2 + 3 x 10^1 + 12 x 10^0

Also 12 * 10^0 = 10^1 + 2 * 10^0, so your expression is equivalent to

9 x 10^2 + 1 * 10^2 + 3 x 10^1 + 10^1 + 2 x 10^0

When we add the like powers of 10 we find that 9 * 10^2 + 10^2 = 10 * 10^2, which is 10^3.

Since 3 * 10^1 + 10^1 = 4 * 10^1.

your final expression should be

10^3 + 4 * 10^1 + 2 * 10^0.

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Question: `q006. Write each of the following in expanded notation using the highest possible powers of 10, and

explain your reasoning for each, using only expanded notation in your explanations:

14 * 10^3

4 * 10^4 + 14 * 10^3

8 * 10^3 + 17 * 10^2 + 21 * 10^1 + 15 * 10^0

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Your solution:

14*10^3

it is not correct to multiply a number greater than 9 by a power of 10

14*10^3 would end up being 14000 which can be broken down further by saying 1*10^4 + 4*10^3

14*10^3= 1*10^4 + 4*10^3

which would be

10000+4000

14000

4*10^4 + 14*10^3

we already know that 14*10^3 needs to be broken down further and what we can rewrite it as

4*10^4 + 1*10^4 + 4*10^3

5*10^4 + 4*10^3

which would be

50000+4000

54000

8*10^3 + 17*10^2 + 21*10^1 + 15*10^0

we can already see that three of these need to be broken down into correct powers of ten since they are more than 9

17*10^2 = 1*10^3 + 7*10^2

21*10^1 = 2*10^2 + 1*10^1

15*10^0 = 1*10^1 + 5*10^0

the problem should be rewritten as

(8*10^3 + 1*10^3) + (7*10^2 + 2*10^2) + (1*10^1 + 1*10^1) + 5*10^0

9*10^3 + 9*10^2 + 2*10^1 + 5*10^0

which would be

9000+900+20+5

9925

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Question: `q007. Show how we would add 8 * 10^2 + 7 * 10^0 to 4 * 10^2 + 5 * 10^0, performing all steps in expanded

powers of 10.

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Your solution:

(8*10^2 + 4*10^2) + (7*10^0 + 5*10^0)

12*10^2 + 12*10^0

12*10^2 = 1*10^3 + 2*10^2

12*10^0 = 1*10^1 + 2*10^0

we can rewrite as

1*10^3 + 2*10^2 + 1*10^1 + 2*10^0

1000 + 200 + 10 + 2

1212

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