Fractions
Which of the following fractions is smaller than 1/2?
2/5
5.28-0.6
4.68
Draw a set of parallel lines and a set of perpendicular lines
check drawing
A rectangle has a length of 9cm and an area of 54cm2. What is the perimeter?
30cm
A bottle contains red beads and white beads. The number of red beads is 3 times the number of white beads. If there are 1875 white beads, what is the total number of beads in the bottle?
7,500 beads
Which one of the following is a fraction in its simplest form?
5/7
7.65 / 3
2.55
Name a quadrilateral with only one set of parallel sides
trapezoid
The area of a square is 36 cm2. Find its perimeter.
24cm
John spent 1/2 of his money on a toy car. He spent 1/6 of his money on a pen. What fraction of his money did he spend altogether?
4/6 or 2/3
2/3 - 5/12
3/12 or 1/4
8 towels cost $7.60. What does 1 towel cost?
$.95
Name a quadrilateral that has 2 sets of parallel lines, no right angles, and all sides are the same length.
rhombus
A rectangle and a square have the same area. If the rectangle measures 9cm by 4cm, find the length of each side of the square.
6cm
Ali used 3/4 of his money to buy a watch which cost $45. How much money did he have left?
$15
A tank is 5/8 full. It contains 10qt of water. What is the capacity of the tank?
16 quarts
Danielle spent $28.25 at a bookshop. She spent 5 times as much as Holly. How much did Holly spend?
$5.65
How many degrees are in a straight line (or a straight angle?)
180 degrees
The perimeter of a rectangle is 30 inches. The width of the rectangle is half the length. Find the area of the rectangle.
50 inches2
John saved 15 quarters in January. He saved 35 nickels in February. He saved 21 dimes in March. How much money did he save in three months?
$7.60
Loraine bought a bottle of cooking oil. She used 3/10 of the cooking oil. If she used 150 g of cooking oil, how much cooking oil did she buy?
500 g
The total weight of 5 pieces of butter and a bag of flour is 2.7lbs. If the weight of the bag of flour is 1.2lbs, find the weight of each piece of butter.
0.3
A three sided polygon that has two equal sides is called a .......
(Be specific!)
isosceles triangle
The border around a square painting is 4cm wide. Each side of the painting is 40 cm long. Find the area of the border.
(picture on page 93 txtbook)
704 cm2
Sara bought 30 meters of material. She used 3/5 of the material to make 6 curtains of the same size. How many meters of material did she use for each curtain?
3/5 of 30 = 18 m
18/6 = 3 meters