Chapters
- Exercise 1
- Exercise 2
- Exercise 3
- Exercise 4
- Exercise 5
- Exercise 6
- Exercise 7
- Exercise 8
- Exercise 9
- Exercise 10
- Exercise 11
- Solution of exercise 1
- Solution of exercise 2
- Solution of exercise 3
- Solution of exercise 4
- Solution of exercise 5
- Solution of exercise 6
- Solution of exercise 7
- Solution of exercise 8
- Solution of exercise 9
- Solution of exercise 10
- Solution of exercise 11
Exercise 1
Given the numbers
,
, and
form all possible numbers of three different figures, arrange them from low to high and add them.
Exercise 2
The quotient of an exact division is
, and the divisor
. What is the dividend?
Exercise 3
The quotient division is
, the divisor,
, and the dividend,
. What is the remainder?
Exercise 4
Peter bought a farm for
dollars and after selling it he made a profit of
dollars. How much did he sell it for?
Exercise 5
With the money that I have now and
dollars more, I could pay a debt of
dollars and I would still have
dollars. How much money I have?
Exercise 6
We want to buy
Kg of sardines at a rate of
dollars per Kg. If postage cost
dollars and I want to earn
dollars from the sale, how much should each kilogram of sardines be sold for?
Exercise 7
How many years are in
days? Consider that a year has
days.
Exercise 8
Peter wants to buy a car. The store will offer two models: a two-door and a four-door. In both models, the available colors are: white, blue, red, gray, and green. Calculate the number of possible selections that Peter has.
Exercise 9
A pool contains
liters of water. How long does it take to be filled by a hose that can distribute
liters per minute?
Exercise 10
An airport has a plane landing every
minutes. How many planes land in one day?
Exercise 11
In a residential complex, there are
inhabitants, and there is a tree for every
inhabitants. How many trees are there in the complex? How many trees will have to be planted to have a tree for every
people?
Solution of exercise 1
Given the numbers
,
, and
form all possible numbers of three different figures, arrange them from low to high and add them.

Solution of exercise 2
The quotient of an exact division is
, and the divisor
. What is the dividend?
Solution of exercise 3
The quotient division is
, the divisor,
, and the dividend,
. What is the remainder?

Solution of exercise 4
Peter bought a farm for
dollars and after selling it he made a profit of
dollars. How much did he sell it for?
dollars
Solution of exercise 5
With the money that I have now and
dollars more, I could pay a debt of
dollars and I would still have
dollars. How much money I have?

dollars
Solution of exercise 6
We want to buy
Kg of sardines at a rate of
dollars per Kg. If postage cost
dollars and I want to earn
dollars from the sale, how much should each kilogram of sardines be sold for?

dollars
Solution of exercise 7
How many years are in
days? Consider that a year has
days.
years
Solution of exercise 8
Peter wants to buy a car. The store will offer two models: a two-door and a four-door. In both models, the available colors are: white, blue, red, gray, and green. Calculate the number of possible selections that Peter has.
selections
Solution of exercise 9
A pool contains
liters of water. How long does it take to be filled by a hose that can distribute
liters per minute?
minutes
hours
Solution of exercise 10
An airport has a plane landing every
minutes. How many planes land in one day?
minutes per day
planes to the day
Solution of exercise 11
In a residential complex, there are
inhabitants, and there is a tree for every
inhabitants. How many trees are there in the complex? How many trees will have to be planted to have a tree for every
people?
trees in the residential complex.
trees total, if every
inhabitants have a tree.
trees









I’m afraid this article (on cardinal numbers) has an unfortunate error. Zero must be considered a cardinal number. The definition of a cardinal number given by the Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics is “A number that indicates the number of elements in a set.” It also defines a null set or empty set containing no elements. The cardinality of this set is 0.