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100

6.4 x 10

what is 6,400

100

Lawrence has a shelf that is 1.3 m high. If he places a lamp that is 45 cm high on top of the shelf, what is the height from the floor to the top of the lamp in meters?

what is 1.75 meters

Sample work 

45 cm ÷ 102= 0.45 m

1.3 m + 0.45 m =  1.75  m

100

189.6 x 1.75  =

what is 331.8

100

Rosie collected 4 times as many bags of cans as her friend. If her friend collected 0.87 of a bag, how much did Rosie collect?

what is 3.48 bags of cans

100

Find the Mean (no calculator)

10 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 13 , 13 , 5

what is 10.1

200

5.6 x 102

what is 560

200

Devlin has a cat, named Molar and a parrot named Dish. Her cat weighs 2.3 kg and her parrot weighs 65 g. How many more kilograms does the cat weigh than the parrot?

what is the cat weighs 2.235  kg more than the parrot. 

Sample Work:

65 g ÷ 103= 0.065 kg

2.3 kg - 0.065 kg = 2.235 kg

200

5.22 / 3 = 

what is 1.74

200

A new washing machine used 2.47 liters of water per full load to clean clothes. If Cheddar washed 4.7 loads of clothes, how many liters of water would be used?

what is 11.609 liters of water

200

Find the Median 

19 , 10 , 6 , 1 , 6 , 8 , 8 , 20 , 19

what is 8

300

5.23 / 102

what is 0.0523

300

There are 43 milligrams of caffeine in a bottle of iced tea. How many grams of caffeine is that?

what is 0.043 g

Sample work:

43 / 10= 0.043

300

2.79  ÷  0.9 = ?

what is 3.1

300

Daphne goes to the neighborhood store to buy 14 rolls of paper towels. If she pays $20.02 in all for her purchase, how much does one roll of paper towel cost?

what is $1.43 per roll

300

Find the Mode

65 , 56 , 52 , 57 , 60 , 53 , 53 , 52 , 67 , 52

what is 52

400

360 / 10

what is 0.36

400

Anderson and Kyle are doing a 5 km walk for charity. They passed a sign that said, “Only 100 meters to go!” How many km had Anderson and Kyle walked when they passed the sign?

what are Tina and Kyle had walked 4.9 km when they passed the sign.

Sample Work

1,000 m = 1 km

100 m ÷ 103= 0.1 km

5 km - 0.1 km =  4.9 km

 

400

1.92 ÷ 0.16 = ?

what is 12

400

Jack buys a set of 3 movie DVDs. If he is charged $37.94 in all on his purchase, how much does each DVD cost? (Round to the nearest hundredth)

what is $12.65 for DVD

400

Find the range

32 , 38 , 36 , 63 , 26 , 20 , 26 , 50 , 53

What is 43

500

(4.8 x 103) x 102

what is 480,000

500

There are 8 servings in a large container of orange juice. If each serving has 60 mg of vitamin C, how many grams of vitamin C are in the whole container?

what is there are 0.48 g of vitamin C in the container

Sample Work:

60 mg × 8 = 480 mg

1,000 mg =  1g        

480mg  ÷ 103= 0.48 g

500

1,094.25 x 22.6 = 

what is 24,730.05 

500

 The fifth graders took a trip to the Bronx Zoo.  Eighty-three students went on the field trip.  Adult tickets were free.  The school had to pay a $5.00 parking fee. The total bill for entering the park was $586.00.  How much was the entrance fee for each child?

what is $7.00 per student

500

At Pilachowski's Pizza Palace in the 6 hours they were open they sold the following number of pizzas: 55 pepperoni, 57 sausage, 50 cheese, 51 mushroom, 61anchovies and 50 pineapple. Determine the mean (rounded to the nearest tenth),median, mode and range of the number of pizzas sold.

What is

Mean: 54

Median:  53

Mode: 50 = 2×

Range: 11

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