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What to wear today
100
Jimmy makes $6.50 an hour mowing lawns. How much will he make in 3 hours?
What is $19.50
100
At Wendy's, a Frosty is $1.39. What would a Frosty for me and each of my 2 friends cost?
3 at $1.39 each would be $4.17
100
Jordan sold glasses of homemade lemonade for $3 each. It cost him $1.75 to buy the cups, lemons, sugar, and ice to make a single glass of lemonade. How much profit did he make on each glass of lemonade?
Answer: What is $1.25?
100
Jacob ran the ball for a 5 yard gain. On the next play, Lyle passed to Chris for a 13 yard gain. Then, Lyle was sacked behind the line of scrimmage for a loss of 7 yards. During this set of plays, how much did the team move forward?
What is a gain of 11 yards?
100
On a certain day, the temperature in Butler was -1 degrees F and the temperature in Falmouth was 18 degrees F. How many degrees lower was the temperature in Butler?
What is 19 degrees?
200
Sam was paid $74.75 for working 5.75 hours. How much does he earn in 1 hour?
What is 74.75 divided by 5.75? Answer: 13 hours
200
Ruby ate 1/3 of a pizza, and Angie ate 1/5 of the pizza. How much of the pizza did they eat in all?
Add 1/3 + 1/5 to find the TOTAL ("in all" was the hint to ADD!) To add fractions, you must find the common denominator of 3 and 5 which is 15. What is 8/15?
200
Each year, the older video game boxes decrease by $35. If the price in 2001 was $1,950, what was the price in 2009?
What is $1,670?
200
You and a friend are backpacking at Red River Gorge. Your backpack weighs 7 5/8 pounds but when you check in at the ranger station, he asks for your backpack's weight as a decimal number.
What is 7.625 pounds?
200
Scientists determined that Antarctica’s average winter temperature was -36.54 degrees. The difference between this temperature and Antarctica’s highest recorded temperature was 48.54 degrees. What was Antarctica’s highest recorded temperature?
Answer: 12 degrees.
300
Cody, an artist, is cutting pieces of ribbon to use in a project. Each piece he cuts measures 7/8 inch. The artist cuts off 5 pieces. How many total inches of ribbon has he cut off?
5 pieces and each piece measure 7/8 inch so MULTIPLY. Answer: 4 3/8
300
Derek spends $3 on breakfast and $5.50 on lunch every day. How much does he spend on breakfast and lunch in a school week?
3 + 5.50 = 8.00 per day and he has school 5 days a week so that means MULTIPLY! Answer: $42.50
300
Josie had $450 in her bank account on Monday. On Tuesday she wrote 5 checks for $24.50 each. On Wednesday she made three deposits of $45 each. How much money was in her account after the checks and deposits cleared?
What is $462.50?
300
In golf, 0 represents a score of par, and a player’s score describes its relationship to par. Which golfer’s score is closest to par? A) Tiger Woods scored -4 on Thursday and 3 on Friday. B) Phil Mickelson scored +4 on Thursday and -4 on Friday. C) Adam Scott scored 0 on Thursday and 3 on Friday. D) Sergio Garcia -5 on Thursday and -2 on Friday
What is Phil Mickelson (he is AT par or 0).
300
One winter morning at Morgan, the temperature was 15.3 degrees at 11:00 in the morning. The temperature had decreased 20.1 degrees at 6:00 p.m. What was the temperature at 6:00 p.m.?
What is -4.8 degrees?
400
The pilot, Chase, took off and reached an altitude of 10,000 feet in 25 minutes. How many feet per minute, on average, did the airplane climb?
He went 10,000 feet in 25 minutes and you want to know how far he went in 1 minute (which is also called a unit rate). So you DIVIDE 10,000 by 25. Answer: 400 feet per minute
400
A sandwich costs $4.25 and a fruit drink costs $1.85. How much change will you get from a $10 bill?
4.25 + 1.85 = 6.10 10 - 6.10 = 3.90 Answer: $3.90
400
A used motorcycle is on sale for $3,600. James makes an offer equal to 3/4 of this price. How much does he offer for the motorcycle?
What is $2,700?
400
A racetrack is marked by a number line measured in feet. You run from the 50 feet line to the -50 feet line in 5 seconds. At what rate (feet per second), and in what direction, are you running?
What are 10 ft per second and going left?
400
The temperature at noon at Peach Grove was -3 degrees. By 10 PM on the same day, the temperature had dropped by 5.4 degrees. What was the temperature at 10 PM?
What is - 8.4 degrees?
500
In Logan's office, his team packed 22 boxes in 1 5/6 hours. What is the average number of boxes they packed per hour?
The team packed 22 boxes in 1 5/6 hours so you would DIVIDE 22 by 1 5/6 to see how many they packed per hour (in 1 hour). Answer: 12
500
Brett spent $5.25 for lunch every day for 5 school days. He spent $6.75 on Saturday. How much did he spend in all?
What is $33.00?
500
Abby has a savings account. She had a balance of $86.78 at the beginning of the month. Her account showed the following deposits and withdrawals during the month: −$28.20, $63.75, −$21.64, −$16.55, $94.10. What was the account balance at the end of the month?
What is $178.24?
500
Briana played a trivia game in which she lost 5 points for each incorrect answer and gained 10 points for each correct answer. If Briana answered 11 questions correctly and 4 questions incorrectly, what was her total score?
Correct: 10 x 11 = 110 Incorrect: 4 x (-5) = -20 Total: 110 + (-20) = 90 What is 90 points?
500
The temperature was -7 degrees when you go to school on Monday. The temperature rose 25 degrees during the day, but fell 30 during the night. On Tuesday a heat wave increased the temperature 40 degrees, but then an artic wind overnight decreased the temperature 65 degrees. What was the temperature on Wednesday?
What is -37 degrees?
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