Big Numbers
Which represents the largest amount of money?
One trillion pennies
One billion dimes
One million $10 bills
One hundred thousand $100 bills
One trillion pennies
When you compare percentages, what must be the same?
The same base (meaning the same original starting data.
If you want to convert kg to mg, would you move the decimal to the left or right 6 places?
right
The alternate method of communicating with your instructor that not all instructors use.
The Remind app (text messaging)
How many US nickels make up $800 million dollars?
16,000,000,000 or 16 billion
According to the Powerball drawing on January 23, 2021, there were 1,032,769 winners. If there were 38 winners of $50,000, what percent of all winners won $50,000?
0.0037%
Dr. Greene had a canine patient that weighed 70 kg. The rather large dog needed some antibiotics and the dosage was 4 mg/kg. How many milligrams (mg) should Dr. Green give his patient?
280 mg
True or False. You are required to submit work for every question on the Unit Test.
True. The submission location is in Moodle. Also, 10 points are deducted from the grade on WebAssign if work is not submitted.
In NC, there are 1,570,261 people living in poverty. With the NC State budget of $25,955,939,987 annual budget, how much would each person living in poverty receive if the budget was divided among them? Round to the nearest cent.
$16,529.70
According to the Powerball drawing on January 23, 2021, there were 1,032,769 winners. If there were 718,803 winners of $4, what percent of all winners won $4?
69.6%
The average woman speaks about 11 words per minute and lives to be approximately 79 years of age. How many words does the average woman speak in these 79 years?
456,746,400 words
Are the Question forums in each week required?
No, only if you have an actual question.
Burke County has a land area of 507 square miles. NC has a population of 10.64 million. If the entire NC population came to Burke County how many people would that be per square mile?
Approximately, 20,986 people per square mile.
According to the Powerball drawing on January 23, 2021, there were 1,032,769 winners. If there were 35,519 North Carolina winners, what percent of all winners were from NC?
3.4%
The doctor orders 80 mg of liquid cough syrup. The cough syrup is labeled 100 mg in 5 ml. How many ml should the patient receive?
4 mL
How many different half-hour blocks of time is your instructor available for live office hours?
6 (2 each Mon - Thurs) and of course by appointment other times
According to the Powerball drawing on January 23, 2021, there was one winner of the $23,200,000 Jackpot. If the median annual income in Morganton, NC is $43,910, how many people could be paid one year's income with the jackpot winnings?
528 people
For the 2020 election, NC had 5,545,847 ballots cast which increased from the 4,769,640 ballots cast in the 2016 election. What was the percent increase from 2016 to 2020? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
16.3%
If you’re traveling 30 meters per second how many miles do you go in 4.5 hours?
301.91 miles
Is there face-to-face tutoring available this semester?
Yes.
Tyra will be available online through ThinkingStorm and in-person in the ASC on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
E-tutoring details here: https://www.wpcc.edu/etutoring/