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100

5 x ⁴⁄₁₀

²⁰⁄₁₀ or 2 

100

Malita eats ⁴⁄₁₀ of a sandwich. Austin eats ⅖ of his sandwich. Who eats more of their sandwich, or do they eat the same amount?

The fractions are equivalent, so each person ate the same amount. 

100

America worked on her homework for 2 hours and 5 minutes. How many minutes did she spend on her homework?

125 minutes

100

Which fraction is bigger?

⁴⁄₁₀ or ⅒

⁴⁄₁₀

100

How many classroom teachers are there at our school?

11 teachers

200

1,163 - 675

488

200

Maria is 7 years old. Her mom is 5 times as old as Maria. Write and solve an equation to find out how old Maria's mother is.

7 x 5 = 35 years old

200

Which numbers are prime? Which numbers are composite?

15    7     3    24

Prime: 7 and 3

Composite: 15 and 24

200

Which decimal is bigger?

0.7 or 0.70

.7 (seven tenths)

200

How many years has Ms. Karras been teaching at SAS?

Three years

300

Which expression equals ⅚?

A. 1 + ⅚

B. ⁴⁄₆ + ⅙

C. ²⁄₆ x 2

B. ⁴⁄₆ + ⅙

300

At a baseball stadium, 15,450 hot dogs were sold on a Friday. The next day, 17,850 hot dogs were sold. What is the best estimate of how many hot dogs were sold on both days?

A. 20,000

B. 35,000

C. 40,000

B. 35,000

300

Three friends played Mario Kart.

Julia scored 234 points.

Tommy scored 159 points.

Stacy scored fewer points than Julia but more points than Tommy. What could have been Stacy's score?

Any score from 160 to 233

300

Write the decimal as a fraction.

0.97

⁹⁷⁄₁₀₀

300

Write a fraction to represent how many BOYS we have in our class.

⁹⁄₂₃

400

²⁄₁₀ + ⁴³⁄₁₀₀

⁶³⁄₁₀₀

400

Alison has three buckets of fruit. 

The first bucket has 12 apples. 

The second bucket has 19 pears. 

The third bucket has two times as many peaches as there are apples. 

How many pieces of fruit are there altogether?

55 pieces of fruit

400

A school buys 35 pairs of eclipse sunglasses for each class. There are 9 classes. How many sunglasses were bought in total?

315

400

Write the fraction as a decimal.

⁵⁰⁄₁₀₀

.50

400

How tall is Ms. Karras?

5 feet, ___ inches

500

550 ÷  5

110

500

Andrea creates a number pattern that starts with 3 and uses the rule "add 5." Which statement about the pattern is correct?

A. All numbers in the pattern will be even.

B. The numbers will be odd, then even, then odd.

C. The numbers will be even, then odd, then even. 

B. The numbers will be odd, then even, then odd.

500

There are 315 pairs of sunglasses divided among 9 classes. How many pairs of sunglasses does each class get?

35 pairs of sunglasses per class

500

Write the fraction as a decimal.

9 ⁷⁄₁₀

9.7

500

Each team gets 500 points!

Whoopee!