Numbers
In the number 190,527 The place value of the digit 9
What is the place value ten thousands?
Ryan bought a backpack for $27.85, a set of pencils for $3.45, and a calculator for $15.60. The total cost of Ryan's school supplies is
What is $46.90?
A farmer had 9 2/3 pounds of apples. He used 4 5/6 pounds for apple pies. How many pounds of apples does he have left?
The farmer has left 4 5/6 pounds of apple.
A soccer team has 18 players, 4 of whom are defenders. What is the ratio of defenders to total players? (provide answer in simplest form)
The ratio of defenders to total players is 4:18 = 2:9
A swimming pool has a length of 35m and a width of 15m. The owner wants to install a fence around the pool. How much fencing is needed?
What is 100m?
Proxima Centauri is approximately 40,000,000,000,000 km away from Earth. This distance is written in scientific notation
What is approximately 4 x 1013 km away from Earth?
A water tank holds 500 liters of water. After watering the plants only 348.25 liters remain. The amount of water used.
What is 151.75 liters of water?
A carpenter has two wooden planks. One is 7 3/8 feet long, and the other is 5 2/3 feet long. What is the total length of both planks?
The total length of both planks is 13 1/24 feet.
The ratio of boys to girls in a school is 7:9. If there are 56 boys, how many girls are there?
72 girls (since 7 × 8 = 56, so 9 × 8 = 72)
A triangular traffic sign has sides 12m, 10m, and 14m. Find its perimeter.
What is 36m?
The square number of 16
What is 256?
(162 = 16 x 16 = 256)
A chef prepares a pasta dish that requires 1.25 pounds of cheese per tray. He prepares 12 trays. The chef uses _____ pounds of cheese in total.
What is 15 pounds of cheese?
A baker needs to make 4 1/2 batches of bread. Each batch requires 2 2/3 cups of flour. The flour needed by the baker is
What is 12 cups of flour?
A factory produces 1,200 bottles in 8 hours. The production rate per hour is
What is 150 bottles per hour?
A homeowner wants to install tiles on a triangular kitchen backsplash. The backsplash has a base of 8m and a height of 5m. The area of the backsplash is
What is 20m2 ?
The cube number of 8
What is 512?
(83 = 8 x 8 x 8 = 512)
A chef is preparing a large batch of soup. The recipe calls for 2.5 liters of broth per batch. If he needs to make 8 batches, how many liters of broth does he need in total? If each liter of broth costs $1.75 what is the total cost.
The chef will need a total of 20 liters of broth. The total cost for the 20 liters of broth is $35.00
A farmer has 8 3/4 gallons of milk and wants to distribute it into 3/5 gallon containers. How many containers can he fill? (State answer as a mix number)
The farmer can fill 14 3/5 containers
A car travels 450 miles using 15 gallons of gas. miles per gallon (MPG) is
What is 30 MPG?
A school gym has a rectangular exercise area with dimensions 25m by 18m. The floor needs to be covered with rubber mats that cost $15 per square meter. What is the total area to be covered? What is the total cost of the flooring?
The total area to be covered is 450m2 .
The total cost to cover the gym floor with rubber mats is $6,750.
There are eighty-eight fruits in a basket. Sarah and her seven friends divide the fruit equally among themselves. Each person get an even or odd number of pieces? Explain.
What if you divide eight-eight fruits among eight persons? Each person will get eleven pieces. Eleven is an odd number. Therefore, the answer is odd.
You are hosting a birthday party and need to buy snacks and drinks. You buy 3 packs of chips at $4.50 each, 2 boxes of juice at $5.75 each, and a cake for $20. You pay with a $50 bill. How much change will you get?
$4.50 x 3 = $13.50 chips
$5.75 x 2 = $11.50 juice
$13.50 +$11.50 + $20.00 = $45 chips, juice, cake
$50 paid - $45 = $5.00 change
A baker is making cookies and needs 1/2 cup of butter per batch. If he makes 10 batches. How many cups of butter does he need? If each stick of butter contains 1/4 cup, how many sticks of butter does he need?
The baker will need 5 cups of butter. Since each stick of butter contains 1/4 cup, he will need 20 sticks of butter.
A small jar of peanut butter (12 oz) costs $4.80, while a large jar (24 oz) costs $8.40. Which is the better buy? Justify your response.
The large jar is the better buy ($0.35 per ounce vs. $0.40 per ounce).
A bicycle wheel has a radius of 35 cm. Find the circumference.
What is approximately 219.8 cm?