Problem Solving
Geometry
Probability and Statistics
Elapsed Time, Fractions and More
Potpourri
100
After buying 14 tables at $145 each, Mahoganye had $789 left. How much money did she have at first?
What is $2,819?
100
Describe how a square and a rhombus are related. What are these polygons called?
What is they have equal sides? A rhombus is a square turned on its side. These polygons are called quadrilaterals because they have four sides and four angles.
100
Adrian has the chance to spin a spinner with 6 equal sections, labeled "frog, no prize, baseball bat, frog, no prize, and watch." What is the chance that he will win a frog? What is the probability that he will win a watch? What is the probability that he will win a prize? Simplify your fractions if possible.
What is frog = 2/6 = 1/3? Watch = 1/6 Win a prize = 4/6 = 2/3
100
After spending 3/5 of his money on a tennis racket, Shawn had $14 left. How much did the tennis racket cost?
What is $35?
100
Draw a figure that has a line of symmetry. Draw a figure that has more than one line of symmetry.
Answers will vary.
200
Jordan poured 35 gallons of water into a bath tub. If 5/8 of the tub was filled, find the capacity of the tank.
What is 56 gallons?
200
Find the perimeter of an equilateral triangle whose side measures 8.3 ft long. Round your answer to the nearest whole foot.
What is approximately 24 or 25 feet? (This depends on if you rounded before or after.)
200
Find the mode, median and range of the data below. {56, 34, 19, 23, 34, 17, 8}
What is mode = 34? What is median = 23? What is range = 48?
200
A movie started at 7:50 p.m. It lasted 2 hours 15 minutes. When did the movie end?
What is 10:05 p.m.?
200
A solid has a height of 12 feet, a width of 8 feet and a length of 10 feet. What is the volume of this solid? Is this solid a cube? Why or why not?
What is 960 cubic feet? No, this solid is not a cube because it does not have all equal dimensions.
300
A rope, 40 inches long, is cut into 9 equal pieces. What is the length of each piece? Give your answer as a mixed number in simplest form.
What is 4 1/10 inches?
300
Describe the four types of angles you have learned about this year. Draw a picture of each type of angle.
Obtuse: greater than 90 degrees Right: equal to 90 degrees; forms an "L" Acute: less than 90 degrees Straight: equal to 180 degrees; straight line
300
Micaela rolled a regular six-sided die. What is the probability that she will roll a number that is a multiple of 3? What is the probability that she will roll a number less than 5? What is the probability that she will roll an odd number? Simplify your fractions if possible?
What is multiple of 3 = 2/6=1/3? What is number less than 5 = 4/6 = 2/3? What is an odd number = 3/6 = 1/2?
300
What is 3/4 of 200?
What is 150?
300
A shop is open from 11:25 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. How long is the shop open?
What is 7 hours 35 minutes?
400
The area of a rectangle is 40 square feet. If the length of the rectangle is 8 feet, find its width and perimeter.
What is width = 5 ft? What is perimeter = 26 ft?
400
If a circle has a radius of 19 meters, what is the length of the circle's diameter?
What is 38 meters?
400
Jamaal has 8 blue colored pencils, 4 black colored pencils, 9 yellow colored pencils and 2 green colored pencils. If he put the colored pencils in a pencil case and picked one without looking, which color is he most likely to choose? Which color is he least likely to choose? What is the probability that he will choose a pink colored pencil? Explain all answers.
Most likely = a yellow pencil because there are more yellow pencils than any other color Least likely = a green pencil because there are fewer green pencils than any other color Choosing a pink pencil = impossible because there are no pink pencils in the pencil case
400
The area of a square flower bed is square meters. Find its perimeter.
What is 20 meters?
500
Joshua bought 3 pencils and a pen for $2.20. If the pen cost $0.85, how much did each pencil cost?
What is $0.45?
500
A rectangular rug has dimensions of 12 yards by 8 yards. If a square yard costs $0.97, how much would it cost to purchase the rug? Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.
What is $92.00 or $96.00? (This depends on how you round.)
500
Define the mode, median and range.
mode = the number that occurs the most frequently median = the number that is in the middle when the numbers are ordered from least to greatest range = the difference between the highest and lowest values
500
A blue ribbon is 1,242 inches long. It is 9 times as long as a red ribbon. How long is the red ribbon? What is the combined length of the 2 ribbons?
What is 138 inches?
500
Susan spent $3.45 on Monday, $2.05 on Tuesday, $2 on Wednesday, $3.60 on Thursday and $1.15 on Friday. Find the total amount of money she spent in 5 days.
What is $12.25?
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