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100
If one liter is 1000 cubic centimeters, how many cubic centimeters are in 4.2 liters?
What is 4200 cubic centimeters?
100
Natalia calculated that she needed 216 square feet of carpet. If the carpet she wants costs $20 per square yard, how much will Natalia spend altogether for her carpet?
What is $480?
100
A car is traveling at a speed of 25 miles per hour on a residential street. About how many feet per second does it travel?
What is 36.7 feet per second?
100
A can with 40 marbles in it weighed 135 grams. The same can with 20 marbles weighed 75 grams. How much does each marble weigh?
What is 3 grams?
100
Zachary has four different coins that total 41 cents. What coins does he have?
What is a quarter, a dime, a nickel, and a penny?
200
Amanda made 2 quarts and 3 cups of punch. How many fluid ounces of punch did she make?
What is 88 fluid ounces?
200
The perimeter of a rectangle is 28 feet. The width of the rectangle is 2 yards. What is its length?
What is 8 feet?
200
You are gluing a 3/16 inch thick piece of plywood to a board that is 3/4 inch thick. How thick will the two be together?
What is 15/16 inch?
200
Jerry wants to enclose the largest rectangular garden possible with the 8 yards of fencing that he has. What are the dimensions of his garden in feet? Use only whole numbers.
What is 6 ft x 6 ft?
200
A candidate receives 62% of the vote in an eleaction and there are 1,603 votes recorded. How many votes the the other candidate receive? Round to the nearest whole number.
What is 609 votes?
300
The scale on a blueprint for a house is 1 inch to 4 feet. If the dining room on the blueprint is 4.5 inches by 4 inches, what are the dimensions of the actual room.
What is 18 feet by 16 feet?
300
The Cooking Club is planning to build a single pizza for the entire student body. If the radius of the pizza will be 48 inches, what will be the approximate area of the top in square feet?
What is 50 square feet?
300
You work for a store that makes window shades. You are about to cut a shade roller to be 23 3/8 inches long. Your boss says, "Better make it 1/16 inch longer." How long does she want it to be?
What is 23 7/16 inches?
300
A train traveling at 30 miles per hour reaches a tunnel which is 9 times as long as the train. If the train takes 2 minutes to completely clear the tunnel, how long is the train? (I mile = 5,280 feet)
What is 528 feet?
300
The population of the United States is vbout 296,000,000. Spanish is the primary language for about 10% of the population. About how many people speak Spanish as their primary language?
What is 29,600,000?
400
Lotano and Lucia were making banners for the Pumpkin Festival. The cloth was 45 yards long, and they were going to cut it into 15-foot pieces for the banners. It took Lotano two minutes to make each cut, because he had to cut very carefully. How many minutes did it take him to cut the fabric into 15-foot pieces?
What is 16 minutes?
400
Rob Hoop and his Merry Hoods were playing a marathon concert. They began with great enthusiasm, but finally collapsed at 10:00 P.M, Friday, October 13 after playing for 150,000 seconds. When did the concert begin?
What is Thursday, Oct.12, 4:20 am (1 day, 17 hours, 40 minutes)?
400
Jones High School is constructing a circular ice skating rink. They want to design the rink so that 15 trips around the outside rail will equal exactly one mile. To the nearest foot, what should the radius be?
What is 56 feet?
400
You work for a place that installs window glass. A window frame measures exactly 19 7/8 inches across. You want to cut a pane of glass 1/16 inch shorter so it will fit the window frame. How wide do you cut it?
What is 19 13/16 inches?
400
Charis is going to the movies with a friend. The price of admission is $5.50, a small popcorn is $2.39, and a small drink is $2.65. If Charis has a ten dollar bill, how much money will she need to pay for the movie, popcorn, and the drink?
What is 54 cents?
500
A car can travel 1 mile in 1 minute 12 seconds. How many miles will the car travel in 1 hour at the given rate?
What is 50 miles?
500
Which is the better buy, a gallon of paint for $7.75 or a quart of paint for $1.99?
What is a gallon for $7.75?
500
A freight train travels 1 mile in 1 minute 30 seconds. At this rate, how many miles will the train travel in 1 hour?
What is 40 miles?
500
Carla is hanging a picture that is 40 inches tall and 28 1/2 inches wide on a panel that measures 3 feet wide. How far from one edge of the panel should she put the picture hook so that the picture will be centered on the panel?
What is 18 inches from each side?
500
Beth has a 12-foot board. She wants to cut the board so that one piece is 24 inches shorter than the other. What will be the length of the shorter board?
What is 5 feet or what is 60 inches?
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