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A square of an integer is the integer. Find the integer. Let the integer be n. The square means we raise n to the power of 2, so we have: n^2 = n Subtract n from each side: n^2 - n = n - n n^2 - n = 0 Factoring this, we get: n(n - 1) = 0 So n is either 0 or 1.

The number -2.34 can be found between which two integers We want to take the integer of -2.34 which is -2 Since -2.34 is less than 0, we subtract 1: -2 -1 = -3 Therefore, -2.34 lies between -2 and -3 -3 < -2.34 < -2

A music teacher budgets $150 for new books. The minimum cost of a new book is $12. How many books can she buy? 150 / 12 per book = 12.5 So the teacher can buy 12 full books.

anne is building bookcases that are 3.4 feet long. How many complete shelves can be cut from a 12-foot board? We divide 12 feet of board by 3.4 per bookcase and we get: 12/3.4 = 3.52 So complete boards = 3

are all integers whole numbers true or false False All whole numbers are integers but not all integers are whole numbers. Whole numbers are positive integers. Which means negative integers are not whole numbers -1 for instance is an integer, but not a whole number

a 24 sheet of aluminum is to be cut into 2.5 strips. how wide is the remaining wasted piece of aluminum Divide 24 by 2.5 to get number of sheets: 24/2.5 = 9.6 So we have 9 full sheets. Which means each strip is 0.6 wide

A football team lost 7 yards each play for four consecutive plays. Represent the team’s total change in position for the four plays as an integer. A net loss in yardage for 7 yards is written as -7 4 plays * -7 yards equals -28

Dan needs 309 programs for the school play on Thursday. How many boxes of programs will he need, given that each box contains 41 programs? Each box contains 41 programs, so we divide 309 programs by 41 programs per box to get our boxes: 309/41 using our division calculator is 7.5365. Since we...