A student council raises $1000 for an event. It spends 40% of the money on decorations
and then pays $100 to rent equipment.
Which amount is a reasonable estimate of the money remaining?
A. About $300
B. About $420
C. About $500
D. About $750
C
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A kindergarten class is making clay animals for a play. The teacher has 2 3/4 gallons of clay. Each child needs 1/16 of a gallon to make an animal. How many children can make a clay animal?
44 children
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Carpeting costs $9.99 a yard. If Jan buys 17.4 yards, how much will it cost her? (Round your answer to the nearest hundredth)
$173.83
At a school concert, 3/8 of the 240 tickets sold were student tickets.
Which statement correctly represents the portion of student tickets as a decimal and a percent
and gives the number of student tickets sold?
A. 3/8 = 0.375 = 37.5%, so 90 student tickets were sold.
B. 3/8 = 0.38 = 38%, so 91 student tickets were sold.
C. 3/8 = 0.35 = 35%, so 84 student tickets were sold.
D. 3/8 = 0.625 = 62.5%, so 150 student tickets were sold.
A
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Brad studied a total of 24.4 hours over a period of 3.5 days. On average, how many full hours did Brad study each day?
7 hours
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Four frozen dinners had the following amounts of vegetables: 7/10, 0.6, 18/25, .64. Order the list from least to greatest?
.6, .64, 7/10, 18/25
Using ground level as 0 meters, a technician begins drilling for a water line at an elevation of 1.5 meters. The drill bit moves downward 2.4 meters every 15 minutes. The technician runs the drill for five 15-minute intervals.
What is the position of the drill bit relative to ground level after the five intervals? Give your answer in meters.
-10.5 meters
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Emma bought 2 and 1/2 yards of cording for the trim around the edge of a square pillow. How much will she use for each side of the pillow?
5/8 yd
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Classify the following numbers as whole, integer, and/or rational numbers. 5 3/5
Rational
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23.501 _____ 23.510
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A marine research team uses sea level as 0 meters. During a practice dive, the team's
submersible descends 4.5 meters below sea level. To return to sea level, it must make a
change that is the opposite of its descent.
Which equation models the submersible's total vertical change from the start of the dive until it
returns to sea level?
A. 4.5 + 4.5 = 9
B. -4.5 - 4.5 = -9
C. -4.5 + 4.5 = 0
D. 4.5 - (-4.5) = 9
C