Estimating Values
Unit Prices/Better Buy
Proportions
Planning an Event
Grab Bag
100
Estimate 49% of 150
Approximately 75
100
Shop Rite is offering a deal on mustard. You can buy 8 bottles of mustard for $4.00. What is the unit price? Round to the nearest cent if necessary.
$0.50 per bottle
100
How do you tell if 2 ratios are proportional? Write out an explanation on your white board.
The cross products are equal.
100
Johnny the DJ charges $200 per hour for an event. If you need to hire him for 3.5 hours, how much in total do you have to pay him?
$700.00
100
Use your calculator to find 7% of 42. Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.
2.94
200
Estimate 26% of 407.
Approximately 100
200
Find the unit price: 2 pounds of cheese for $4.79. Round to the nearest cent if necessary.
$2.40 per pound
200
Are these 2 ratios proportional? 3/7 and 7/16.
No, the cross products are not equal.
200
You want to buy 300 student plaques, and they cost $4.99 each. How much do you have to pay?
$1497.00
200
Where did Mr. Datz go to high school? Pitman, Glassboro, Woodbury, or Cherry Hill.
Pitman
300
Estimate 6% of 60.
Approximately 3
300
Mrs. Stebich drove 270 miles in 4.5 hours. Find the unit rate.
60 miles per hour
300
Solve the following proportion for x. Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary. x/7 = 4/21
x = 1.33
300
A package of balloons costs $2.79, but you get 10% off if you buy more than 5 packages. You decide to buy 10 packages of balloons. How much do you have to pay?
$25.11
300
Mr. Datz bought a $3.79 bottle of paint yesterday, but had a coupon for 40% off. How much did he pay for the paint?
$2.27
400
Estimate 77% of 357.
Approximately 270
400
Find the better buy: 3 apples for $1.29, or 2 apples for $0.84.
2 apples for $0.84
400
Solve the following proportion for y. Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary. 5/13 = 12/y
y = 31.20
400
A desk plate costs $22.99, but you get 25% off if you buy more than 10. You decide to buy 20 desk plates. How much do you have to pay?
$344.85
400
Where did Mr. Datz go to college to get his bachelor's degree? Rowan, Villanova, Harvard, or Temple.
Villanova
500
Estimate 59% of 240.
Approximately 150
500
Find the best buy: a 10 pound bag of rice for $38, a 5 pound bag of rice for $18.83, or a 3 pound bag of rice for $11.37.
5 pound bag of rice for $18.83
500
Solve the following proportion for x. Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary. x/25 = 4/x
x = 10
500
The Rocksters normal rate is $150, but they charge a 20% surcharge per hour for special events. You have to hire them for 4 hours. How much do you have to pay?
$720.00
500
Use your calculator to find 6.423% of 79. Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.
5.07
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