Word Problems
A store sells notebooks for $2.50 each. If you buy 6 notebooks, how much do you spend in total?
$15
A class has 10 boys and 15 girls. What is the ratio of boys to total students?
2:5
Sofia puts $200 in a bank account with 10% simple interest for 1 year. What is the total amount after 1 year?
$220
A triangle has a base of 10 cm and a height of 6 cm. What is the area?
30 square cm
Evaluate:
6 + 3 × (8 − 2)
24
There are 48 students going on a field trip. Each bus holds 12 students. How many buses are needed?
4
A store sells 12 pencils for $3. What is the cost per pencil?
$0.25 per pencil
A video game costs $40. The sales tax is 8%. What is the total cost?
$43.20
A box has dimensions 5 m × 3 m × 4 m. What is the volume?
60 cubic m.
Find the mean of this data set:
1, 5, 5, 21, 6, 8, 9, 14
8.625
What is the simplified form of these numbers:
15:30
100:500
14:42
13:91
1:2
1:5
1:3
1:7
In a choir, the amount of boys to girls in the choir is 12:11. If there are 44 girls in the choir, then how many boys are there in the choir?
48 boys
Mariam deposits $412 into a bank account that earns 12% simple interest per year.
How much interest will you earn after 2 years?
$98.88
A rectangular garden is 10 ft by 12 ft. Grass costs $2 per square foot. How much will it cost to cover the garden?
$240
A student recorded test scores: 81,84, 93, 86, 90, 95, 100
What is the median?
90
A runner travels 7.5 miles in 1.5 hours. What is the unit rate in miles per hour?
5 miles per hour
True or False:
4:6 is equivalent to 10:15.
True
Liam earns $50. He spends $18 on food and $12 on a game. How much money does he have left?
$20
A rectangular prism has dimensions 10 in × 6 in × 4 in. It is filled with water. Then half of the water is poured out, and the remaining water is poured into a new box that is 5 in wide and 4 in high.
What is the length of the water in the new box?
6 in.
Solve:
3𝓍 > 15
𝓍 > 5
A video game costs $60. They added $14. It is on sale for 79% off. What is the discount amount?
$58.46
There are 15 red marbles and 25 blue marbles. What is the ratio of red to blue in simplest form?
3:5
Jamal deposits $100 into a savings account that earns 5% interest per year. How much interest will he earn in 1 year?
$5
A rectangle is 9 ft long and 7 ft wide. What is the area?
63 sq. ft.
The temperature was -3°C in the morning. It dropped 5 more degrees at night. What is the new temperature?
-8° C