BNU ASSIGNMENT 1 SOLUTION SEMESTER 2 2023

BNU1501/Ass 1/2023-S2




BNU1501


Basic Numeracy



Department of Decision Sciences




ASSIGNMENT 01- Semester 2 – 2023

Due Date: 4 August 2023

Please work through the following study material before answering the assignment questions:
Study material: Chapters 1 and 2 of the Study Guide




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Question 1

Every rational number is a

[1] Whole number
[2] Real number
[3] Natural number
[4] None of the above


Question 2

Round off 20.85784 to:

a) Four decimal places
b) The nearest whole number (integer)

[1] a) 20.8578 b) 20
[2] a) 20.8578 b) 21
[3] a) 20.8579 b) 21
[4] a) 20.8579 b) 20


Question 3

Round 312.92 to the nearest whole number.

[1] 313
[2] 312
[3] 312.9
[4] 300


Question 4

Which one of these numbers rounds to 100,000?

[1] 99,999
[2] 94,789
[3] 150,000
[4] 90,000




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