1.1 Exercises

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Exercise 1.1:1

Work out (without the help of a calculator)

a) \displaystyle 3-7-4+6-5 b) \displaystyle 3-(7-4)+(6-5)
c) \displaystyle 3-(7-(4+6)-5) d) \displaystyle 3-(7-(4+6))-5


Exercise 1.1:2

Simplify

a) \displaystyle (3-(7-4))(6-5) b) \displaystyle 3-(((7-4)+6)-5)
c) \displaystyle 3\cdot(-7)-4\cdot(6-5) d) \displaystyle 3\cdot(-7)-(4+6)/(-5)


Exercise 1.1:3

Determine whether the following are natural numbers, integers, rational numbers or irrational numbers.

a) \displaystyle 8 b) \displaystyle -4 c) \displaystyle 8-4
d) \displaystyle 4-8 e) \displaystyle 8\cdot(-4) f) \displaystyle (-8)\cdot(-4)


Exercise 1.1:4

Determine whether the following are natural numbers, integers, rational numbers or irrational numbers.{| width="100%" cellspacing="10px" |a) |width="33%"| \displaystyle \frac{4}{-8} |b) |width="33%"| \displaystyle \frac{-8}{-4} |c) |width="33%"| \displaystyle \frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} |- |d) || \displaystyle \Bigl(\frac{4}{\sqrt{2}}\Bigr)^2 |e) || \displaystyle -\pi |f) || \displaystyle \pi+1 |}


Exercise 1.1:5

Arrange the following numbers in ascending order

a) \displaystyle 2, \displaystyle \tfrac{3}{5}, \displaystyle \tfrac{5}{3} och \displaystyle \tfrac{7}{3}
b) \displaystyle -\tfrac{1}{2}, \displaystyle -\tfrac{1}{5}, \displaystyle -\tfrac{3}{10} och \displaystyle -\tfrac{1}{3}
c) \displaystyle \tfrac{1}{2}, \displaystyle \tfrac{2}{3}, \displaystyle \tfrac{3}{5}, \displaystyle \tfrac{5}{8} och \displaystyle \tfrac{21}{34}


Exercise 1.1:6

Give the decimal expansion of the following to three decimal places.

a) \displaystyle \frac{7}{6} b) \displaystyle \frac{9}{4} c) \displaystyle \frac{2}{7} d) \displaystyle \sqrt{2}


Exercise 1.1:7

Which of the following numbers are rational? Express them as a fraction of two integers.

a) \displaystyle 3\textrm{.}14
b) \displaystyle 3\textrm{.}1416\,1416\,1416\,\ldots
c) \displaystyle 0\textrm{.}2\,001\,001\,001\,\ldots
d) \displaystyle 0\textrm{.}10\,100\,1000\,10000\,1\ldots\, (one 1:, one 0:, one 1:, two 0:s, one 1:, three 0:s etc.)