Miscellaneous
Solving Equations With Fractions
Try, Check, and Revise and Work Bacward
Changing Units in the Customary System
Precision
100
32 oz = _________lb
What is 2?
100
u - 2/3 = 3 1/3. This is u.
What is 4?
100
If you start with a number, add 5, and then multiply by 7, the result is 133. This was the original number.
What is 14?
100
60 in. = _______ft
What is 5?
100
This is more precise: 17 in. 14 15/16 in.
What is 14 15/16 in.?
200
This is more precise: g or kg?
What is g?
200
11 = s/10. This is s.
What is 110?
200
After school today, you spent 1 3/4 h at practice and then a half hour waiting for the bus. It took you 15 min to get home, in which you arrived at 6 p.m. This is the time you started practice.
What is 3:30 p.m.?
200
27 in. = _______ft
What is 2 1/4?
200
This is more precise: 12 days, 2 wks
What is 12 days?
300
10 = y + 2 2/3 This is y.
What is 7 1/3?
300
1/2s = 21 This is s.
What is 42?
300
You procrastinated on a research paper. You had one week (7 days) to complete the paper. Getting ready to hand in the research paper, you thought back to the 35 total hours you spent researching and writing. If you spent one more hour on the paper each day than you had the previous day, this is the time increments for each individual day.
What is 2+3+4+5+6+7+8?
300
64 fl oz = _________c
What is 8?
300
This is more precise: 25 qts, 50 pts.
What is 50 pts.?
400
This fraction as a decimal: 3/5
What is .6?
400
3/4t = 16 This is t.
What is 21 1/3?
400
Baby crocodiles are about 12 in. long when they hatch and grow about 10 in. each year. This is the age of a crocodile that is 32 in. long.
What is 2 years old?
400
2 1/4 lb = ___________oz
What is 36?
400
Find the sum or difference by using the precision rounding rules: 4.2 yd + 6.84 yd.
What is 4.2 + 6.8 = 11 yd?
500
This fraction as a decimal: 1/16
What is 0.0625?
500
6 = d/11 + 1 This is d.
What is 55?
500
You returned home from shoveling sidewalks at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. It took 1 1/2 h to shovel the first walk. The second sidewalk took twice as long. After a half-hour break to eat lunch and drink hot chocolate with marshmallows, it took 1 1/4 h to shovel the church sidewalk. This is the time you started shoveling.
What is 8:45 a.m.?
500
500 lb = _________t
What is 1/4?
500
Find the difference by using the precision rounding rules: 8.234 m - 5.6 m
What is 8.2 - 5.6 = 2.6 m?
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