Test Bank For Contemporary Mathematics for Business and Consumers 6th Edition

• To calculate approximately the amount or value of something is called .

ANSWER:  estimating

• Any number, zero or greater, which does not contain a decimal or fraction is called a(n)

____________________.

ANSWER:  whole number

• An approximation of an exact number is called a(n)

ANSWER:  rounded

• A process of rounding the number to the first digit is called .

ANSWER:  rounding all the way

• Any of a set of numbers being added in an addition problem are called .

ANSWER:  addends

• The number being subtracted from an original number is called the .

ANSWER:  subtrahend

• In multiplication, the number being multiplied is called the .

ANSWER:  multiplicand

• The answer or result of multiplication is called the .

ANSWER:  product

• In division, the number being divided is called the .

ANSWER:  dividend

10. The quotient is the answer to a(n)

ANSWER:  division