Decimal Dilemma (5.3E)
The school store sells pencil pouches for $1.25 each. Mrs. Green buys 4 pencil pouches. How much does she spend?
$5.00
Student + Expression
Aliyah: [35 + (2 × 5)] ÷ 5
Barry: [42 – (6 × 2)] + 3
Carissa: (6 + 3 × 10) ÷ 4
Dayvon: 5[(30 – 18) ÷ 2]
Based on the data above, indicate which statements are true and which are false.
To find the value of Aliyah’s expression, start by adding 35 and 2.
To find the value of Barry’s expression, start by multiplying 6 and 2.
To find the value of Carissa’s expression, the last thing you should do is add 6.
To find the value of Dayvon’s expression, the last thing you should do is multiply by 5.
1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True
1/2 divided by 3
1/6
DRAW IT!!! Everyone loves Bad Billy’s bestselling Blue Button Boxes! Each one is 5 inches long, 2 inches wide, and 14 inches tall. What is the volume of a Blue Button Box?
5 x 2 x 1/4
Round 4.75 to the nearest tenth
Jackson plans to purchase a skateboard that costs $96.56, including tax. He saves the same amount of money each week for 8 weeks. How much money does Jackson save each week?
$12.07
27 + [(9-4) x 7]
62
8 divided by 1/_____ = 1
8 divided by 1/8
A Blue Button Box is 5 inches long, 7 inches wide, and 12 inch tall. What is the volume of a Blue Button Box?
420 cubic inches
Round 4.561 to the nearest hundredth
4.56
Monica makes caramel apples to sell.
• Each jar of caramel contains 2.4 pints.
• She uses 3.8 jars of caramel each day.
• Monica makes apples for 6 days each week.
How many pints of caramel does Monica use in one week?
54.72 pints
54 divided by 9 times 3 plus 75
183
Marci had 7 1/5 pounds of apples and Jackson had 1.05 pounds of apples. What is the total number of pounds of apples they had altogether?
8.25 pounds
Kathy is adding railing to her deck. The deck is in the shape of a rectangle. One side is 4 feet long, and the width of on side is 10 feet long. How many linear feet of railing is needed to enclose all four sides of her deck?
28 linear feet
Round 2.197 to the nearest hundredth
2.20
What is the product when 62.8 is multiplied by 1.5?
Jon, David, and Michael each determined a different product.
Jon's solution is 942.0
David's solution is 0.9420
Michael's solution is 94.20
Who is/ isn't correct? Why or why not?
Michael is correct because the product of 62.8 and 1.5 is 94.20, which is what Michael calculated using multiplication.
54/ (9 x 2) + 15
18
Luke shared 1/2 of a pizza with three friends equally. A whole pizza had 8 slices total. How many total slices did each friend, including Luke, eat?
4
Boujee Billy has a shop where he sells his famous Button Boxes. The first Button Box he ever made was 14 inches wide and 6 inches long. What is the area of the bottom of his first box? What is its perimeter?
Area = 84
Perimeter = 40
Round 5.289 to the nearest hundredth
5.29
For the next four months, Alex’s coach wants him to run a total of 342.4 miles. His coach wants him to run the same distance each day for 16 days a month.
How many miles will Alex run each training day?
Answer: 5.35 miles
First calculate the total number of training days over the four months. Then, divide the total distance by the total number of training days to find the distance Alex will run each training day.
(18 + 19 - 5) / 2
16
Jared has 2 bags of sugar that each contain 4 cups. He is making chocolate chip cookies. How many batches of cookies can Jared make if each batch calls for 1/3 cup of sugar?
24 batches
# of sugar bags: 2
Cups of sugar per bag: 4
Sugar needed per batch of cookies: 1/3 c.
Behind Bad Billy’s Button Box shop is a small warehouse. It’s where Bad Billy keeps all the buttons that go in his Button Boxes, and also where he works to build the newest and greatest Button Boxes for his customers. The warehouse is 31 feet long and 25 feet wide. What is its perimeter?
112 feet
Round 7.6423 to the nearest thousandth