Math 2000 Assignment 4

Fall 1999

Due September 30


Please read Unit 4C which deals with estimation, scaling, and scientific notation. We will then combine these concepts with the ideas we have been studying, such as units and problems solving. Then work on the following problems.

Ask for help before assignment is due!!

Show all of your work clearly!!

Unit 4C ----- 8a, 8c, 10c, 10f, 12d, 14c, 14d, 22b, 31, 40.


Just For Fun ---- The House Puzzle


1. There are five houses in a row, each of a different color, each inhabited by people of different nationalities with different pets, drinks and sports.
2. The American lives in the red house.
3. The Spaniard owns a dog.
4. Coffee is drunk in the green house.
5. The Ukrainian drinks tea.
6. The green house is immediately to the right of the white house.
7. The soccer player owns snails.
8. The polo player lives in the yellow house.
9. Milk is drunk in the middle house.
10. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
11. The person who skis lives next to the person with the fox.
12. The polo player lives in the house next to the house where the horse is kept.
13. The hiker drinks orange juice.
14. The Japanese surfs.
15. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.

QUESTIONS: Who drinks water? Who owns the zebra?