Practice Questions 1
Sally ran 2/8 of a mile in the morning. She ran 3 times as much in the afternoon. How much did she jog in all?
(Don't forget the unit)
2/8 x 3 = 6/8
6/8 + 2/8 = 8/8 mile or 1 mile
How do you know if lines are parallel?
The are at least two lines and they don't touch (intersect) and never will.
With the digits given below, create a number with the least value and the greatest value. Then, compare them with <, >, or =.
3, 8, 5, 1
8,531 > 1,358
or
1,358 < 8,531
How do you know if lines are perpendicular?
Both lines intersect (touch)
and form at least one 90 degree angle
At the farmer's market, the vendors sold 2/5 of their vegetables in the morning and 2/5 of their vegetables in the afternoon. How much more do they need to sell to sell them all?
2/5 + 2/5 = 4/5
5/5 - 4/5 = 1/5
They need to sell 1/5 more.
1,523 divided by 5 is
Q = 304 r=3
How many times bigger is the digit 3 in the second number than in the first?
26,324 32,456
32,456 3 = 30,000
26, 324 3 = 300
two place values more is 10x10 = 100 times
Paul read 60 pages. He read ten times as much as Karen. What is the equation that represents how much Karen read using p for the unknown. How much did Karen read?
60/10 = p
p = 6
Karen read 6 pages
Mary wants to put ribbon around the edge of her yard to see how it will look when the fence is put up. If the yard is rectangular and has a width of 36 feet and a length of 20 feet, how much ribbon will she need in all to do this? (Don't forget the unit)
P = L + W + L + W
P = 20 + 36 + 20 + 26
P = 56 +56
P = 112 feet
Ms. Gerty and Mrs. Peters ordered new pencils for the class. They ordered 4 boxes of sparkly pencils and 6 boxes of smiley face pencils. There were 12 pencils in each of the sparkly boxes. There are 15 pencils in each of the smiley face boxes. How many pencils did they order in all?
Sparkly 4 x 12 = 48
Smiley 6 x 15 = 90
90 +48 = 138 pencils