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100

What is 35% of 140?



49 because Divide 35 by 100 to get 0.35.Multiply 0.35 by 140 to get 49

100

-7 < or > 14

14

100

In a middle school band, there are 18 trumpet players and 24 clarinet players. What is the ratio of trumpet players to clarinet players in simplest form?


3:4 Write the number of trumpet players first and the number of clarinet players second to get 18 to 24.Find the largest number that divides evenly into both 18 and 24, which is 6. Divide both numbers in the ratio by 6 , 18  divide by 6 = 4 to reach the simplest form of 3:4








100

In Central City, there are 29,791 registered voters and 93 voting centers. Each voting center serves about _______________ of the city’s population

 300 (or approximately 320) registered voters

100

how months are in 14 years

168 months

200

18 is 24% of what number? 


75  Write 24% as a decimal by dividing by 100, which equals 0.24. m

Multiply 0.24 by the unknown number to equal 18 divided by 0.24 gives 75



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200

44 < or = 44

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200

A recipe calls for 3 cups of flour for every 5 cups of sugar. If a baker uses 20 cups of sugar, how many cups of flour should they use to maintain the same ratio?


12 cups 

The recipe requires 3 cups of flour for every 5 cups of sugar, which gives a ratio of 3:5.

Find the scaling factor. Divide the new amount of sugar (20 cups) by the original amount of sugar (5 cups) to get a multiplier of 4.
Calculate the flour needed. Multiply the original amount of flour (3 cups) by the scaling factor of 4 to get 12 cups of flour

200

At last night’s football game, there were 51,033 fans in attendance. At tonight’s game, there are 44,118 fans in attendance. There are about ______________ less fans at tonight’s game than there were at last night’s game

7000 Exact calculation: \(51,033 - 44,118 = 6,915\) 

200

who was the first black president, He was elected November 4 2008 just for a clue 

Barack Obama  

300

A video game's price increased from $40 to $50. What is the percent increase?


25% subtract the oringnal price from the new price (50-50=40 divide the incressing by the starting cost 10 divied 40 =0.25 Multiply the decimal by 100: (0.25 x 100 = 25%







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300

1869 < or > 4958

4958

300

A grocery store sells a 32-ounce bottle of olive oil for $8.00. What is the unit rate in dollars per ounce?

0.25 per ounce total price divided total ounces = unit rate

8.00 divide 32 ounces = 0.25








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300

There are 7,213 applicants for the astronaut program. Only one half of the applicants, which is about ______________, will be accepted into the program.

3060 . Dividing 7,213 by 2 equals 3,606.5. Since you cannot accept half a person, this rounds up to 3,607 applicants so the round of is 3600


300

what colors are ms molyneax white board writing in

purple

400

At a restaurant, the bill comes to $42.00. If you want to leave an 18% tip, how much tip should you leave?


7.56 first Divide 18 by 100 to turn the tip rate into the decimal 0.18. second Multiply the $42.00 bill by 0.18 to get $7.56 ($42.00 × 0.18 = $7.56) third Add the $7.56 tip to the original $42.00 bill for a final total of $49.56 

400

12093 < or > 3495-

12093

400

Brand A sells a 12-pack of sparkling water for $6.00, and Brand B sells an 18-pack of the same sparkling water for $8.10. Which brand is the better buy?


brand b  Divide $6.00 by 12 cans to get $0.50 per can.

Divide $8.10 by 18 cans to get $0.45 per can.



400

Last year, the largest number of pizza orders in one single month was 6,419. The smallest number of pizza orders in one single month was 783. The difference between the largest and smallest order is about…?

5600 6,419 rounds down to 6,400. 783 rounds up to 800. 6,400 − 800 = 5,600.



400

Michael Jackson's most famous and best-selling album

Thriller  (1982) is widely recognized as the #1 best-selling album of all time worldwide, with estimated sales of over 66 million to 70 million copies

500

A bicycle normally costs $250 and is on sale for 30% off. What is the sale price of the bicycle?


175. first  Divide 30% by 100 to get 0.30. second Multiply the original price ($250) by 0.30 to find your savings of $75 third Take $75 away from $250 to get the final sale price of $175. 

500

4560- < or > 3042-

3042-

500

On a map, a distance of 2 inches represents a real-world distance of 15 miles. If two towns are 7 inches apart on the map, what is the actual distance between them?


52.5 

Find the unit scale. Divide the given real-world distance of 15 miles by the map distance of 2 inches to get 7.5 miles per inch.


Multiply by the map measurement. Multiply the 7-inch separation on the map by the unit scale of 7.5 miles per inch.
Determine the final distance. Completing the multiplication (

⁠ yields an exact real-world distance of 52.5 miles.

500

Every month, a baker orders 1,182 pounds of flour. About how many pounds of flower does he order each year? 

14400 

 Round 1,182 pounds to the nearest hundred, which is 1,200 pounds.

Multiply 1,200 pounds by 12 months in a year to get 14,400 pounds. 



500

spell Henry's and Kelechi's last names 

Nkwocha and Nwoke  

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