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Chapter Test

1 .
Expand the Hindu-Arabic numeral 5,789.
2 .
Evaluate the expression 4 × 7 3 + 5 × 2 5 .
3 .
Rewrite 6 × 10 5 + 0 × 10 4 + 8 × 10 3 + 0 × 10 2 + 1 × 10 1 + 9 × 10 0 in Hindu-Arabic form.
4 .
Convert the Babylonian numeral to a Hindu-Arabic numeral.
Babylonian numeral 11 is displayed.Babylonian numeral 43 is displayed.
5 .
Convert the Mayan number to a Hindu Arabic numeral.
Mayan numeral 13 is displayed.
Mayan numeral 7 is displayed.
Mayan numeral 6 is displayed.
6 .
What base system did the Babylonians use?
7 .
Which system—Roman, Babylonian, Mayan—used place values?
8 .
Convert the Roman numeral MDXLVII to a Hindu-Arabic numeral.
9 .
How many symbols are needed for a base 9 system?
10 .
For a system in a base larger than 10, what symbols are used as digits representing more than 10?
11 .
Convert 1328 to a base 10 number.
12 .
List the numbers in base 4 up to 1004.
13 .
Convert 74 to a base 12 number.
14 .
Create the addition table for base 4.
15 .
Calculate 314 6 + 453 6 .
16 .
Calculate 4B112 − 2A612.
17 .
When calculating 23 6 + 53 6 , a student obtains 766 . How do you know an error was made?
18 .
Create the multiplication table for base 4.
19 .
Calculate 323 4 × 132 4 .
20 .
Calculate 21 4 ÷ 3 4 .
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