Chapter 22
Homework for the sixth week: numbers and computing

22.1 Homework

Practice is absolutely critical in this class.

Groups are fine, turn in your own work. Homework is due in or before class on Mondays.

• Section 4.1:
  • Problems 35, 36 (the algorithm is in the text, see Section 4.1, Example 4)
• Section 4.2:
  • Problems 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 12
• Section 4.3:
  • Problem 2, 7, 8
  • Problems 19-22 (the “calculator shortcut” is Horner’s rule)
  • Problems 37-40
  • Problem 57 (he played at the festival)
• Expressing numbers in positional form:
  • Take a familiar incomplete integer, -679-, and express it as a sum of the digits times powers of ten using variables {x}_{0} and {x}_{4} for the digits in the blanks. Simplify to the form of {x}_{4} ⋅ 1{0}^{4} + {x}_{0} ⋅ 1{0}^{0} + z, where z is a single number in positional form (a sequence of digits). Does 72 divide z? Does 8 divide z? Does 9 divide z? Remember that 72 = 8 ⋅ 9. We will use this example again in the next chapter.
• Operations;
  • Multiply 47 by each of 3, 13, and 23. Show your work, and work digit-by-digit. Use either the expanded form (expanding (4 ⋅ 10 + 7) ⋅ (2 ⋅ 10 + 3) or the tabular form collapsing the sum every two steps.
  • Add 47 to each of 52, 53, and 54. Show your work, and work digit-by-digit. Show an intermediate redundant representation if there is one.
  • Subtract 19 from each of 7, 19 (not a typo), 20, and 29. Show your work, and work digit-by-digit. Show an intermediate redundant representation if there is one.

Note that you may email homework. However, I don’t use Microsoft^TM products (e.g. Word), and software packages are notoriously finicky about translating mathematics.

If you’re typing it (which I advise just for practice in whatever tools you use), you likely want to turn in a printout. If you do want to email your submission, please produce a PDF or PostScript document.