Problem Solving
Happy Day Care is taking a field trip to the zoo. There are 156 children and five adults going. If one Happy Day Care van can hold nine passengers, how many vans will they need so that everyone will get to go to the zoo?
18 Vans
What is an acute angle?
An angle that measures less than 90 degrees.
A high school soccer team started practicing at 1:45 and didn’t finish until 4:15. How long did the practice last?
2 hours 30 minutes
Last week, Brett practiced 5 out of the 15 hours he was supposed to practice his music. Which fraction is NOT equivalent to the number of hours Brett practiced?
5/20, 1/3, 8/24
5/20
Avery has $20 to spend on lunch. She buys two tacos for $1.25 each and a large soda for $1.75. How much change should Avery get back from her $20 bill?
$15.75
Charles worked 16 hours each week at the mall while attending college. He worked a total of 35 weeks and earned $8 an hour. How much money did Charles make over all the weeks?
$4,480
What are parallel lines?
Lines that never cross or intersect.
Caleb ran the 50-yard dash in 8.51 seconds. How many feet are equivalent to 50 yards?
150 feet
The different mileages that four people traveled from Houston are shown below.
● Harry traveled 1,761 miles from Houston to California.
● Martina traveled 1,022 miles from Houston to Florida.
● Demarcus traveled 1,429 miles from Houston to North Dakota.
● Ayaka traveled 1,628 miles from Houston to New York.
If the distances were listed from greatest to least, which state would be the third farthest from Houston?
North Dakota
A candy store bought 75 large gummy bears. They put eight gummy bears on each shelf. How many shelves are needed to put all the gummy bears on a shelf?
10 Shelves
Which shape does NOT have perpendicular line segments?
Square, Rhombus or Rectangle.
Rhombus
Diya had two 10-dollar bills, one quarter, two dimes, and one nickel to spend at a garage sale. She bought a blanket for $4.50 and a stuffed animal for $2.25. How much money did she have left after buying the items?
$13.75
Henry has completed 4/5 of his chores. His sister, Georgia, has completed 5/8 of her chores. Which person has completed a greater fraction of his or her chores?
Henry
The groundskeeper at a park wants to cover the ground with grass. The park is in the shape of a square. One side of the park measures 25 feet. Which equation can be used to find how much grass he needs to buy?
25 x 25
Students sold 530 bags of popcorn for a fund-raiser. The popcorn cost $3 a bag. How much money will the students make if they get to keep half the money?
$795
Which shape has exactly one pair of parallel sides?
Trapezoid, Square, or Parallelogram
Trapezoid
Ajani bought 14 feet of rope to make a swing. How many inches are in 14 feet?
168 inches
Mr. Kelly buys three candy bars for his five children to share. The three candy bars are cut in half. Each child ate half a candy bar. Which fraction represents the number of candy bars the children ate?
5/2
A shoe store counted the pairs of shoes they had in the store. They counted 15,456 pairs of shoes. What is this number rounded to the nearest thousand?
15,000
A high school has a total of 10,546 students in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. There are 3,543 tenth graders and 3,215 eleventh graders. Which equation shows how to find s, the number of students in the 12th grade?
10,546 – 3,543 = 7,003
7,003 – 3,215 = s
A teacher drew a triangle on the board that has the characteristics listed below: ● All angles are the same measure. ● It is an acute angle. Which degree measurement can the angles be?
60 degrees, 100 degrees, or 180 degrees
60 degrees
Qianru filled each of her three drink dispensers with 8 quarts of lemonade for a neighborhood party. How many gallons did Qianru use to fill all three drink dispensers?
6 gallons
What expression can represent the fraction 4/5?
Hint: There are multiple answers.
1/5+1/5+1/5+1/5
A carpenter had a piece of plywood that measured 80 inches long and 40 inches wide. He cut the board in half. What is the area of each piece of wood, in square inches?
1,600 square inches