A The sum of two numbers is 31 and their difference is 7 Wha
A. The sum of two numbers is 31, and their difference is 7. What are the two numbers?
B.Which is a better estimate for the volume of a can of beans?
-30 tablespoons
-30 pints
C. How many decades are in 8 centuries?
D. Subtract: 6 kg 21 g - 3 kg 693 g = How many killograms and how many grams?
Solution
A)
let 2 number be x, y
sum of two numbers is 31, and their difference is 7
=>x+y =31, x-y =7
=>x+y +x-y=31+7
=>2x=38
=>x=38/2
=>x=19
x+y =31 ,x=19
=>19+y =31
=>y=31-19
=>y=12
the two numbers are 12, 19
B)
30 pints is a better estimate for the volume of a can of beans
C)
1 decade =10 years , 1century =100 years
10 decades in 1 century
so 80 decades in 8 centuries
D)
6kg 21 grams -3 kg 693 grams
=5kg (1000+21) grams -3 kg 693 grams
=5kg 1021 grams -3 kg 693 grams
=(5-3)kg +(1021-693) grams
=2kg 328 grams
