MAT 1100 Quantitative Reasoning - Module 1 Lesson 4 Assignment 1

MAT 1100 Quantitative Reasoning Module 1 Lesson 4 Assignment 1
Student Name:
1) List all numbers from the given set that are
List the numbers of each set
a) natural numbers {0, 3}
b) whole numbers {0, 3}
c) integers {-12, 0, , 3}
d) rational numbers
{3, -12, 0, }
e) irrational numbers { }
f) real number.
Note: some numbers should belong to more than one set.
2) A bike road race starts at an elevation of 800 feet and passes through 5 stages where the elevation changes by
-102 feet, 596 feet, -24 feet, -63 feet, and 286 feet. At what elevation does the race end?
Solution: The race end at feet elevation.
3) The lowest temperature ever recorded in South Carolina was -19F. The lowest temperature ever recorded in
Wisconsin was 36F lower than South Carolina’s record low. What is the record low temperature in Wisconsin?
(Source: National Climatic Data Center).
Solution: The recorded low temperature in Wisconsin
4) Find for each number:
Additive inverse Absolute value
a) –15 +15 15
b) 4 – 4 - 4 + 4 0
5) Use the information in the table to answer the question.