Question

Word Problems


1. A tower is painted in red, white and black. If 25.5 m is painted red, 15.75 m in black and 10.25 m in white, find the height of the tower.

2. The three decimal numbers is 95.3. If two decimal numbers are 43.82 and 26.058 respectively, find the third number.

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Answer 1

Answer:

1. 58m50cm

Step-by-step explanation:

Red=15m75cm

White=10m25cm

Black=25m50cm

15.75+10.25+25.50

=58m50cm

2.We will discuss here how to round decimal numbers to the nearest hundredths or correct to two decimal places.

To round off decimal numbers to the nearest hundredths, look at the digit in the thousandths place.

1. When the digit in the thousands place is < 5, the thousandths place and following digits are replace by 0.

2. When the digit in the thousands place is = or > 5, the digit in the hundredths places is increased by 1 and the following digits become 0.