Fractions
2/6 < ?
Select the three fractions that make this comparison true:
A) 3/6
B) 2/8
C) 2/4
D) 2/3
E) 1/6
A, C, D
Laquinn has convinced his mom to let him keep a fish tank at home. He wants two fish tanks, but his mom says they have to be under 400 liters in total. He likes one that holds 218 liters of water, and one that holds 145 liters of water. Can he get both? Tell yes or no, the total, and explain.
Yes, Laquinn can get both fish tanks because the total is 363 liters, and 363 L < 400 L.
Write the number sentence and solve:
Payton fills a new bookshelf with 24 books. He puts the same number of books on each of the 4 shelves in the bookcase. How many books are on each shelf?
24 / 4 = 6
Mr. Davis wants to build a fence around the Aurora playground, but needs to measure the perimeter so he knows how much fencing to buy. The playground is rectangular and measures 15 meters by 12 meters. What is the perimeter, in meters, of the playground?
The perimeter is 54 meters.
Caleb visits the library. It takes him 26 minutes to walk from his house to the library. He stays at the library looking at graphic novels for 45 minutes. His father drives him home, which takes 15 minutes. How many more minutes does Caleb spend at the library than traveling to and from the library?
Show your work, explain each step, and give the final answer.
Caleb spent 26 minutes walking to the library and 15 minutes driving back, so he spent a total of 41 minutes traveling to and from the library.
Caleb spent 45 minutes at the library. The difference between 45 and 41 minutes is 4 minutes. (45 - 41 = 4)
Caleb spend 4 more minutes at the library than he spent traveling to and from the library.
Which three comparisons are true?
A) 1/3 = 3/6
B) 3/4 = 6/8
C) 4/8 = 1/2
D) 1/4 = 4/8
E) 4/6 = 2/3
B, C, E
Kendell uses stickers to decorate picture frames for Grandmother's Day. He has a total of 60 stickers. He uses 10 stickers on each picture frame.
When he uses all of his stickers, how many picture frames does Kendell decorate?
Kendell decorates 6 picture frames.
What are the inverse operations for 8 x 5 = 40?
40 / 5 = 8
40 / 8 = 5
The Amazon River is about 6,516 kilometers long. The Mississippi River is about 3,775 kilometers long.
What is the difference, in kilometers, between these two lengths? Show your work.
2,741 kilometers.
Mi'King has 36 stuffed animals that he will give to 9 different friends. He will give an equal number of stuffed animals to each friend. King uses the equation 36 / 9 = ? to find how many stuffed animals he will give to each friend.
He thinks the ? equals 3. Explain King's mistake and solve for the right answer.
King accidentally divided 36 / 12, which does equal 3. But he is dividing 36 / 9, which actually equals 4.
Each of King's friends will get 4 stuffed animals.
Of the students at Harriet Tubman, 1/12 play soccer, 3/8 play basketball, and 2/5 take music lessons.
Part A: What is an equivalent fraction to the students who take music lessons at the school?
Part B: Order the fractions of students from least to greatest.
Part A) 4/10 or equivalent
Part B) 1/12, 3/8, 2/5
Which of these are prime numbers? Select three prime numbers.
A) 15
B) 19
C) 27
D) 37
E) 43
F) 50
B, D, E
Which equations are true? Select the three correct answers.
A) 7 / 7 = 0
B) 3 x 4 = 12
C) 10 / 5 = 5
D) 16 / 2 = 8
E) 0 x 6 = 0
B, D, E
The length of a desktop is 4 feet. How many inches is the length of the desktop? Show your work.
48 inches.
In one year, Ar'mon sent 4,368 text messages. Dwayne sent 4 times as many text messages. How many more text messages did Dwayne send than Ar'Mon?
Show your work and explain your answer.
13,104 more text messages.
What is the decimal form of 9/100?
0.09
Which numbers make the comparison true? Select two answers.
27,768 < ?
A) 27,759
B) 28,744
C) 26,773
D) 27,568
E) 27,836
B, E
Mr. Newell ordered 35 boxes of granola bars. Each box contained 24 granola bars. What is the total number of granola bars Mr. Newell ordered?
Show your work.
840 granola bars
How many pounds is 6 tons?
12,000 pounds
A student uses tubes of paint to draw on 1 poster and 2 shirts.
The student uses 6 tubes to draw on the poster.
The number of tubes used for the poster is 3 times the number of tubes used for each shirt.
Each tube contains 1/3 ounce of paint.
How many ounces of paint does the student use for one shirt? How many ounces of paint does the student use to make 1 poster and 2 shirts?
1 shirt = 2/3 ounce
1 poster and 2 shirts = 10/3 ounces
1 3/4 + 2 3/4 = ?
18/4 or 4 2/4 or 4 1/2
3,950 + 405 = ?
4,355
Ms. Allen has 591 photos of elephants and 234 photos of cats. She wants to put all of the photos in photo books. Each page of the photo books holds 8 photos. What is the fewest number of pages Ms. Allen needs to look for in a photo book?
A photo book with 104 pages minimum.
How many meters are in 2 kilometers?
2,000 meters.
Draw a number line to solve 2 x 2/12.
Mrs. Chelsee' is the judge.