Home Decor
Your living room has four walls, each 10 feet high. Three walls are 15 feet long, and one wall has a window that reduces its usable painting area by 30 square feet, making it effectively 12 feet long. If one gallon of paint covers 350 square feet, how many gallons do you need to paint the room?
2
Area of three walls = 3 × (15 ft × 10 ft) = 450 sq ft.
Area of the fourth wall = (12 ft × 10 ft) - 30 sq ft = 90 sq ft.
Total area = 450 sq ft + 90 sq ft = 540 sq ft.
Gallons needed = 540 sq ft ÷ 350 sq ft per gallon ≈ 1.54 gallons. You'd need 2 gallons since you can't buy part of a gallon.
On a field trip to the Jersey Shore, your class observed fish in a tide pool. There were 25 clownfish, 18 starfish, and 12 crabs. How many sea creatures did your class see in total?
55
You're at the supermarket buying donuts for a class party. You have $25.00 to spend. The total cost of the donuts comes to $24.87. How much change will you get?
$0.13 in change.
For your birthday, you plan to put candles on your cake. If you're turning 9 years old and you want to put two candles for each year of your age, how many candles will you need?
18
You're planning to watch three movies back-to-back. The first movie lasts 2 hours and 15 minutes, the second movie is 1 hour and 45 minutes, and the third movie is 2 hours long. How long will you spend watching movies in total?
6 hours
You're buying curtains for your window which is 4 feet wide. The curtains need to be 2.5 times the width of the window for a full look, and each panel should be the same size. If you want two panels per window, how wide should each panel be?
5 feet
A group of dolphins swims at an average speed of 20 miles per hour. They plan to travel from Cape May, NJ, to Atlantic City, which is 70 miles away. How long will it take them to reach Atlantic City if they swim without stopping?
3.5 hours
Time = Distance ÷ Speed = 70 miles ÷ 20 miles per hour = 3.5 hours.
Your teacher records the number of students present each day. On Monday, there were 27 students, on Tuesday, 28, on Wednesday, 25, on Thursday, 31, and on Friday, 29. Round each day's attendance to the nearest ten and then find the total rounded attendance for the week.
You invited 24 friends to your birthday party. If each friend brought one sibling, and your family consists of 4 members, how many total people will be at your birthday celebration?
52
If it's 3:00 PM in New York (Eastern Time), what time is it in Los Angeles (Pacific Time), which is 3 hours behind New York?
12:00 PM
DAILY DOUBLE
You want to wallpaper one wall in your bedroom. The wall is 12 feet wide and 8 feet tall. If each roll of wallpaper covers 24 square feet, how many rolls do you need to buy to cover the entire wall without any overlap?
4 rolls
During a whale watching tour, you spot humpback whales every 15 minutes. If the tour lasts for 3 hours, how many humpback whale sightings can you expect?
12
Over five days, the temperatures in your town were 73°F, 77°F, 69°F, 80°F, and 71°F. Round each temperature to the nearest 5 degrees and then calculate the total rounded temperatures.
370°F
Your birthday party starts at 2:00 PM and ends at 6:30 PM. How long is the party in minutes?
270
You need to bake cookies for 18 minutes and then let them cool for 12 minutes before you can eat them. If you put the cookies in the oven at 4:20 PM, what time will you be able to eat them?
4:50 PM
You're designing a backsplash for your kitchen using square tiles that are 6 inches on each side. The space for the backsplash is 3 feet wide and 2 feet high. How many tiles will you need?
24
You're studying a section of coral reef off the coast of New Jersey. This section of the reef is shaped like a rectangle with a length of 8 meters and a width of 5 meters. If each coral polyp covers an area of 0.1 square meters, how many coral polyps could theoretically fit in this section of the reef?
400
Area of the reef = 8 m × 5 m = 40 square meters.
Number of polyps = 40 sq m ÷ 0.1 sq m per polyp = 400 polyps
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You've saved $65 to buy birthday presents for your three best friends. If you want to spend an equal amount on each friend, how much can you spend on each present?
$21.67
DAILY DOUBLE!
Your school day starts at 8:30 AM and ends at 3:15 PM. If you have a 45-minute lunch break in the middle of the day, how many hours and minutes do you spend in class?
6 hours and 0 minutes.
While a paint store is having a 50% off sale, two gallons of white paint cost $12. What is the regular price for four gallons of white paint?
$48
Assume a lobster's age in years is approximately his weight multiplied by 4, plus 3 years. A 31-year-old lobster weighs _____ pounds?
7
Using only 4 digits 2, 3, 7, 9, write the four-digit number closest to 3800.
3792
Karen's age is twice David's age and half Paul's age. The sum of their ages is 21. How old is Paul?
12
Twenty minutes ago the time was halfway between 2:03 p.m. and 2:19 p.m. The time 15 minutes from now will be _____ p.m.
2:46