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Math Checkpoint Grade 9 Unit 3 Answers Key

The document provides answers and explanations to exercises in a mathematics workbook. It covers topics like rounding, order of operations, multiplying and dividing decimals and powers of ten. The exercises include calculations with numbers of varying sizes and complexity. Explanations are provided for incorrect answers given by students.

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Math Checkpoint Grade 9 Unit 3 Answers Key

The document provides answers and explanations to exercises in a mathematics workbook. It covers topics like rounding, order of operations, multiplying and dividing decimals and powers of ten. The exercises include calculations with numbers of varying sizes and complexity. Explanations are provided for incorrect answers given by students.

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Unit 3 Answers to Coursebook exercises

F Exercise 3.3  Rounding


1 a 4.8 b 8.79 c 0.477 d 0.97 e 3.5998 f 18.350
2 a 25.497 b 25.5 c 25.496 72 d 25.4967 e 25.50 f 25.496 723 8
3 a 100 b 46 000 c 18.7 d 0.09 e 0.79 f 1.41
4 a D b C c B d D
5 a 4510 b 5000 c 4509.0 d 4509 e 4500 f 4509.030
6 96 000
7 0.4 g
8 298 000 000 m/s
9 a i 16 ii 16.1 (3 s.f.) b i 700 ii 713 (3 s.f.)
c i 40 ii 42.6 (3 s.f.) d i 80 ii 67.2 (3 s.f.)

F Exercise 3.4  Order of operations


1 a 20 b 19 c 7 d −12 e −2
f 8 g 24 h 17 j 100 k 50
2 a = b < c > d < e < f >
3 a , 12 b  c , −3
4 a i She subtracted first; she should have multiplied first. ii 17
b i She multiplied by 2 after working out the brackets; she should have squared the 5. ii 50
c i She did not work out the value of the divisor. ii 8
5 N
 o. Oditi forgot that 5b means 5 × 3, not 53. Shen did not use BIDMAS rules for working out the
term in brackets. Answer = 38
6 a 22 b 64 c 36 d 72

End-of-unit review
1 a 2.1 b 6 c 0.63 d 0.36 e 1
f 20 g 70 h 300 i 60 j 500
2 a 0.16 b 0.45 c 0.088 d 0.1 e 0.0016
f 4 g 0.7 h 4 i 5 j 80
3 a i 0.4 ii 0.8 iii 1.2 iv 1.6 v 2
b Larger
4 a i 150 ii 75 iii 50 iv 37.5 v 30
b Smaller
5 a 900 b 3700 c 240 d 5.55 e 0.075
f 534 g 2 h 1 i 0.62 j 76
6 No. Check students’ examples.
7 a 2.8 b 11.86 c 0.555 d 0.30 e 0.1235 f 112.000
g 100 h 230 i 0.65 j 0.02 k 1.00 l 1.0
8 a 4000 b 3900 c 3890 d 3893 e 3893.0
f 3893.0 g 3893.01 h 3893.010 i 3893.0096 j 3893.009 56
9 a 4 b 33 c 37 d 20 e 11
f −1 g 10 h 14 j 25 k 0
10 a 16 b 38 c 121 d 490

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Answers to Practice Book exercises
3 Place value, ordering and rounding

F Exercise 3.1  Multiplying and dividing decimals mentally


1 a 1.2 b 2.6 c 3.6 d 8.1 e 3.3
f 0.24 g 0.28 h 0.45 i 1.4 j 5.55
2 a 20 b 40 c 30 d 40 e 200
f 250 g 300 h 3000 i 200 j 400
3 A, C, E, I (0.024); D, G, J, L (0.24); B, F, H, K (2.4)
4 a B b B c C d B
5 a 0.12 b 1.35 c 0.072 d 0.15 e 0.055
f 30 g 9 h 5 i 7 j 40
6 Top: 2.5 × 0.2 = 0.5, not 5. Bottom: 5 × 0.1 = 0.5, not 50. Answer = 1.
7 a 20 b 30 c 500 d 0.2
8 a i 1.1 ii 2.2 iii 3.3 iv 4.4 v 5.5 vi 6.6
b Larger
9 a i 80 ii 40 iii 20 iv 16 v 10
b Larger

F Exercise 3.2  Multiplying and dividing by powers of 10


1 a 2800 b 28 000 c 280 d 2880
e 280 000 f 0.2 g 28 h 0.2
i 0.028 j 0.28 k 0.028 l 28.8
2 a 3.4 b 3.4 c 0.034 d 0.034
e 0.034 f 0.034 g 34 h 3.4
i 3400 j 30 400 k 30 l 340
3 Powers of ten – easy!
4 a b
0.004 × 103 400 ÷ 102 67 ÷ 102 670 × 10−3

4 × 100 =4 0.04 ÷ 10−2 670 ÷ 103 = 0.67 6.7 ÷ 101

0.4 × 101 40 ÷ 101 6.7 × 10−1 67 × 10−2

5 a i 5000 ii 500 iii 50 iv 5 v 0.5 vi 0.05


b Larger
6 a i 0.099 ii 0.99 iii 9.9 iv 99 v 990 vi 9900
b Smaller

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Unit 3 Answers to Practice Book exercises

F Exercise 3.3  Rounding


1 a 21.7 b 18.55 c 0.847 d 0.99 e 9.5960 f 34.590
2 a 74.0 b 73.95 c 73.953 d 73.9530 e 73.953 02 f 73.953 017
3 a 2000 b 760 c 5.37 d 0.08 e 0.20 f 6.04
4 a D b A c C d D
5 a 300 000 b 250 000 c 254 000 d 254 100 e 254 060 f 254 060
g 254 060.0 h 254 059.95 i 254 059.952
6 2700 km
7 0.0259 g
8 200 000
9 a i 120 ii 119 b i 400 ii 401
c i 12 000 ii 12 600 d i 80 ii 83.6
e i 1 000 ii 962 f i 3 ii 2.89
g i 25 ii 18.6 h i 4 ii 5.19
i i 20 ii 17.2

F Exercise 3.4  Order of operations


1 a 28 b 5 c 25 d 6 e 11
f 13 g 0 h 9 i 19 j 62
k 14 l 41 m 19 n 17 o 9
2 a < b = c > d > e > f =
3 a û, 12 b ü c û, −3 d ü e û, 6 f û, 4
4 a i Added before multiplying ii 30
b i Should have squared the 3 before subtracting the result from 14 ii 50
c i Should have worked out the numerator and denominator separately before dividing ii 2
5 No. Harsha doesn’t understand that 3x means 3 × x. Ahmad doesn’t understand the BIDMAS rules. Answer = 46
6 a 22 b 7 c 100 d 90

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