Natural Numbers: MATHEMATICS 1º and 2º - CHAPTER 1 - Exercise Book
Natural Numbers: MATHEMATICS 1º and 2º - CHAPTER 1 - Exercise Book
Natural Numbers: MATHEMATICS 1º and 2º - CHAPTER 1 - Exercise Book
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MATHEMATICS 1º and 2º | CHAPTER 1 | Exercise Book
1. * If a cone is worth 1 unit, a sphere is worth 10 units, a cube is worth 100 units and a prism is worth
1,000 units, tell what number of objects do we need to represent these numbers?
a) 1,746
b) 8,763
c) 748
d) 9,812
e) 25
b)… my grandma gives me 2 Dalmatians on Monday, my sister gives me 5 German shepherds on Tuesday, and
my dad gives me 5 bulldogs on Wednesday?
4. * How was it possible in the previous exercise that the same result was obtained if the two situations
were different? What’s the name of t hat property of additions?
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10. ** I have got a bag with 6 sweets and I want to share them with 3 of my friends. I want everybody to
have the same number of sweets. How many will each of us get? Will there be any sweets left?
12. *** I would like to get Mary’s phone number but she won’t give it to me. She said that she will give me
some clues so that I find out for myself.
1. The first and the second number are the result of calculating (52 · 4) − 27.
2. The third and the fourth number are the result of calculating (32 + 23) · 2 − (4 − 2).
3. The fifth number is the number representing the tens of millions in 15,434,257.
4. The sixth number is the result of calculating 3 · (3 + 2) − (4 + 4 − 2).
5. We get 14 when we take this number (the seventh number), add 4 and then multiply the result by 2.
6. The eighth number is the result of calculating the square root of 81.
7. The ninth number is the result of calculating 23.
13. * We have been asked to build a nice wall with bricks. The first row has already been laid and we have
used 13 bricks. We must lay 25 rows of bricks, therefore, how many more bricks will we need to build the
wall?
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14. *** Figure out the enigma: today’s dinner is presented in the form of a code: 79, 89, 69, 69, 11, 109.
Can you guess what’s for dinner using the clues below?
a) x = 110 − 30 + 5 − 2 · 15 : 5
b) o = 110 − (30 + 5 − 2) · 15 : 5
c) s = 110 − (30 + 5 − 2 · 15) : 5
d) u = 110 − 30 + (5 − 2) · 15 : 5
e) r = 110 − (30 + 5) − 2 · 15 : 5
16. ** Elna had 6 daughters who, in turn, had 6 daughters each. If Elna’s granddaughters continued the
tradition, how many great-granddaughters would she have?
Have you calculated the result by means of a power? What is its base? And the exponent?
17. ** What is the lenght of a square swimming pool with an area of…
a) … 81m2?
b) … 169 m2?
c) … 324 m2?
d) … 361 m2?
e) … 100 m2?
f ) … 25 m2?
g) … 225 m2?
h) … 144 m2?
i) … 64 m2?
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d) 122 + 246 = D
e) D · 9 = E
f ) E − 1.336 = F
g) F + C = G
h) =H
20. ** In 19 years my grandfather will be 100 years old. My mother was born when he was 32. My age
equals the square root of my mother’s age. How old are my grandfather, my mother and myself?
21. ** Write parentheses where necessary to obtain the result that is already given:
a) 4 + 5 · 4 − 26 = 10
b) 3 + 5 · 8 − 21 = 43
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