Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Homework Book Page 42-43 Questions 7-8

7. Estimate the following answers, then calculate. Show your thinking.

a) Miguel bought a car for $4700. He made a down payment of 19½%. How much was the down payment? Estimate: $1000 Calculation: $916.50

b) About 5.6% of Canadians have type 2 diabetes. If Canada's population is 32 million, about how many Canadians have this condition? Estimate: 1 600 000 Calculation: 1 792 000

c) The 4900-seat hockey arena was 63% full. How many people were at the game? Estimate: 3000 Calculation: 3087



8. The Nile River is about 209% the length of the Yukon River. If the Yukon River is 3168 km, how long is the Nile River (to the nearest km)? 6621 km

6 comments:

  1. Good job Jieram. your post is very clear. I think you should put some colors to your post make it better. Put some pictures, links or video to your post next time. And I think you should show your work to your answer to prove it..Other than that, good.

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  2. Nice job, Jieram. Your post was very neat and organized. But you could of answered these questions which you were supposed to do. Also add some color, a video, link and a picture to enhance your post. Other than that, good job!

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  3. Good job Jieram. But maybe next time put some colors and add a link.

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  4. Good job, Jieram! Next time you might want to add pictures and show how you arrived at your answer.

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  5. Great post Jieram. It looks very organized and neat. Next time add a video and a link. Also add some colors and pictures to your post and show your work. Other than that, great job.

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  6. Great post Jieram, I like that you have tha answers for the questions, Next time you should add some colors, link , videos and the work for the questions.

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