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Positive Numbers and

1 the Number Line
Lesson 1.1  The Number Line

Complete the number lines by filling in the missing values.

1.
15 16 17 22

2.
50 51 52

3.
7 1 8 9
7
4

4.
3.5 3.52 3.6
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Draw a horizontal number line to represent each set of numbers.

5. Even numbers between 30 and 45

6. Whole numbers greater than 15 but less than 26

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7. Mixed numbers from 6 to 7, with an interval of between each pair of mixed numbers
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8. Decimals between 9.4 to 10.5, with an interval of 0.1 between each pair of decimals

Draw a vertical number line to represent each set of numbers.

9. Whole numbers greater than 20 10. Mixed numbers between 5 and 7, with
but less than 27 1
an interval of between each pair of
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mixed numbers

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Fill in each box with . or . Use a number line to help you.

11. 103 301 12. 241 214

3 5 7 7
13. 5  5  14. 7 7
5 6 8 9

15. 48.96 48.69 16. 79.03 97.30

3 5
17. 6.25 6  18. 9  9.56
7 8

2 5
19. 3.7 3  20. 10  10.57
3 9

Arrange each set of numbers in order from least to greatest. Then draw a horizontal number
line to represent the set of numbers.
1 1 1 2 5 6
21. A number line between 7 and 9 with 7 , 8 , 7 , 8 , 7 , and 8
2 6 3 3 6 6
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least greatest

22. A number line between 3 and 5 with 3.5, 4.5, 3.25, 4.25, and 4.75

           
least greatest

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Solve.

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23. The perimeter of a square clock is 16 inches. The perimeter of a rectangular
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clock is 16 inches. Write an inequality comparing the two perimeters.
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24. The mass of a crate of mangoes is 11 kilograms. The mass of a crate of
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pineapples is 11 kilograms. Write an inequality comparing the two masses.
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25. A blue scarf is 1.7 yards long. A green scarf is 1 yards long. Which scarf is
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longer? How much longer?

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26. A jug contains 2.45 liters of cranberry juice. A bottle contains 2 liters of
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grape juice. Which container holds less fruit juice? How much less?

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Lesson 1.2 Prime Factorization

Circle all the prime numbers in the table.

1.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

Express each number as a product of its prime factors.

2. 28 3. 39
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4. 54 5. 68

6. 92 7. 105

8. 165 9. 210

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10. 245 330

12. 490 580

14. 858 1,020

16. 1,575 1,638

Solve.

18. Given that 640 written as a product of its prime factors is 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 5,

write 1,280 as a product of its prime factors.

19. 750 written as a product of its prime factors is 2 3 3 3 5 3 5 3 5.

Write 3000 as a product of its prime factors.

20. 5,100 written as a product of its prime factors is 2 3 2 3 3 3 5 3 5 3 17.

Write 1,700 as a product of its prime factors.

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a) Write 900 as a product of its prime factors.

b) Write 700 as a product of its prime factors.

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Lesson 1.3 Common Factors and Multiples

Find the common factors of each pair of numbers.

1. 28 and 40 2. 45 and 63

3. 35 and 60 4. 56 and 70

Find the greatest common factor of each pair of numbers.

5. 18 and 48 6. 40 and 64

7. 42 and 70 8. 30 and 75

Express the sum of each pair of numbers as a product of the greatest

common factor of the numbers and another sum.

9. 42 ⴙ 105 10. 54 ⴙ 90

Find the first three common multiples of each pair of numbers.

11. 3 and 8 12. 4 and 9

13. 9 and 21 14. 12 and 28

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Find the least common multiple of each pair of numbers.

15. 16 and 24 16. 15 and 24

17. 18 and 30 18. 25 and 20

Find the greatest common factor of each set of numbers.

19. 15, 45, and 60 20. 28, 42, and 70

21. 63, 84, and 105 22. 56, 78, and 130

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Find the least common multiple of each set of numbers.

23. 12, 20, and 24 24. 20, 30, and 40

25. 24, 36, and 54 26. 10, 25, and 35

Find the greatest common factor and the least common multiple of each
set of numbers.

27. 12, 28, and 36 28. 18, 24, and 30

29. 45, 75, and 90 30. 48, 84, 144

Solve.

31. A box of marbles can be shared equally among 6, 7, or 8 students with

4 marbles left over each time. What is the least possible number of marbles
in the box?

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32. A light flashes every 2 minutes, a second light flashes every 3.5 minutes, and
a third light flashes every 4 minutes. If all three lights flash together at 8 P.M.,
what is the next time of the day they will all flash together?

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Lesson 1.4 Squares and Square Roots

Find the square of each number.

1. 8 2. 9

3. 13 4. 20

5. 27 6. 31

Find the square root of each number.

7. 196 8. 256

9. 900 10. 324

11. 576 12. 484

Solve.

13. List the perfect squares between 100 and 500 that are even numbers.
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14. Find the square root of 2 ⴛ 2 ⴛ 5 ⴛ 7 ⴛ 7 ⴛ 5.

15. The area of a square is 144 square inches. Find the perimeter of the square.

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Find the value of each of the following.

16. 232 17. 402

18. √ 441 19. √625

20. 112 ⫹ √ 81 21. 62 ⫻ √100

Solve.

22. Given that 172 ⴝ 289, find the square of 170.

23. Given that 2902 ⴝ 84,100, find the square of 29.

24. Given that √961 ⴝ 31, evaluate √96,100 .

25. Given that √562,500 ⴝ 750, evaluate √5,625.

26. A rectangular game board measures 126 centimeters by 90 centimeters.

The game board is divided into small squares of equal size.
a) Find the longest possible length of the side of one of the small
squares. (Hint: Use prime factorization.)

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b) Find the least number of squares the game board can be equally
divided into.

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Lesson 1.5 Cubes and Cube Roots

Find the cube of each number.

1. 20 2. 12

3. 17 4. 18

Find the cube root of each number.

5. 512 6. 2,197

7. 4,096 8. 9,261

Solve.

9. List the perfect cubes between 1,000 and 3,000 that are odd numbers.

10. Given that (3 ⴛ 5) ⴛ (3 ⴛ 5) ⴛ (3 ⴛ 5) ⴝ 3,375, find the cube root of 3,375.

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Find the value of each of the following.

11. 93 ⴚ 52 12. 42 ⴙ 83 ⴜ 23

13. 73 ⴛ 32 ⴚ 53 14. 103 ⴙ 63 ⴚ 53

√ 1,331 √ 2,744
3 3
15. 16.

√ 6,859 √ 729 ⴙ 93
3 3
17. 18.

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Solve. Show your work.

19. Find the cube root of 8 3 7 3 9 3 49 3 3.

20. The volume of a cube is 729 cubic inches. What is the area of each face
of the cube?

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21. A piece of wire is used to form the framework of a cube.
The volume of the cube is 2,744 cubic inches. Find the length of the wire.
(Hint: A cube has 12 edges.)

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Solve.

1. Use the digit 4 four times in combined operations (ⴙ, ⴚ, ⴛ, or ⴜ), with or
without parentheses, to make the numbers 1 to 9.
For example: (4 ⴙ 4) ⴜ (4 ⴙ 4) ⴝ 1

a) 4 4 4 4 ⴝ2

b) 4 4 4 4 ⴝ3

c) 4 4 4 4 ⴝ4

d) 4 4 4 4 ⴝ5

e) 4 4 4 4 ⴝ6

f) 4 4 4 4 ⴝ7

g) 4 4 4 4 ⴝ8

h) 4 4 4 4 ⴝ9

2. When a number is divided by 6, the remainder is 5.

When the same number is divided by 7, the remainder is 6.
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When the same number is divided by 9, the remainder is 8.

What is the number?

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