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100

You can buy 5 cans of beans at Don Quijote for $3.70.  You can buy 10 cans of beans at Sam's Club for $7.90.  How much does it cost for one can of beans for Don Quijote?  How much does is cost for one can of beans at Sam's Club?

Which place is the better buy?

Cost of beans for Don Quijote: $0.74

Cost of beans at Sam's Club: $0.79

Don Quijote is a better buy

100

A shark can swim at a rate of 60 miles per hour.  How many feet per hour is this? 

A shark can swim at a rate of 316,800 feet per hour

100

A ferris wheel can accomodate 65 people in 20 minutes.  How many people could ride the ferris wheel in 5 hours?  What is the rate per hour? 

975 people can ride the ferris wheel in 5 hours

the rate per hour is 95 people per hour

100

The bakers at Liliha Bakery can make 270 mochi donuts in 10 hours.  How many mochi donuts can they bake in 21 hours?  What was the rate per hour? 

They can bake 567 mochi donuts in 21 hours.

They can bake 27 mochi donuts in one hour.

100


At a baseball stadium the price for popcorn is $17.57 for 7 bags.  If you wanted to buy 3 bags of popcorn, how much would it cost? 


$7.53

200

You can buy 3 apples at the Foodland for $1.08.  You can buy 5 of the same apples at 7-11 for $2.50.  

How much for one apple at Foodland

How much for one apple at 7-11

Which place is the better buy?

One apple at Foodland is $0.36

One apple at 7-11 is $0.50

Foodland has the better buy.

200

The average 6th grader spends $1,742 per year on clothes.  How much is this per week? 

$33.50 per week

200

Naia types 396 words in 9 minutes.  At this rate, can Naia type her 2,500 word essay in 1 hour? 

Naia can type 2,640 words in 1 hour.

Yes, Naia can type her 2,500 word essay in 1 hour because 2,500 is less than 2,600.

200

An ice cram factory makes 320 quarts of ice cream in 5 hours.  How many quarts could be made in 48 hours?  What was the rate per day? 

The ice cream shop can make 3072 quarts in 5 hours.


The rate is 1536 quarts per day

200

A video game store was getting rid of old games, selling them 5 for $73.10.  If they sold 6 games, how much money would they have made?

$87.72

300

At the store Brand A potato chips were $71.28 for 6 bags.  Brand B potato chips were $59.15 for 5 bags.  Which brand has the cheaper price?

Brand B

300

The Pearl City High School band marches in the Aloha Parade.  The marches 800 meters every 15 minutes.  At this rate, how many kilometers does the band march in 1 hour? 

3.2 kilometers

300

Kelly's playlist lasts 105 minutes and contains 21 songs.  How many songs are needed if Kelly would like the playlist to last 2 hours? 

24 songs

300

A jet travels 410 miles in 5 hours.  At this rate, how far coudl the jet fly in 10 hours?  What is the rate of speed of the jet?

The jet can fly 820 miles in 10 hours.

The rate of speed is 82 miles per hour.

300


At a candy store you could get 7 giant lollipops for $20.51.  How much would it cost to buy 4 lollipops? 


$11.72

400


A supermarket had bags of red grapes for $2.46 for 3.  They also had bags of green grapes priced at $1.68 for 2.  Which type of grape is most expensive?


Green Grapes

400

The worm moves 25 centimeters in 12 seconds.  How many meters does the worm travel in one minute? 


25 centimeters in one minute

0.25 meter in one minute

400

An average person blinks 50 times every 2.5 minutes.  How many blinks happen in 10 minutes? 

200 blinks

400

A new car can drive 320 miles on 10 gallons of gas.  How far could you drive on 50 gallons of gas?  How many miles per gallon can you drive the car? 

A car can go 1600 miles on 10 gallons of gas

You can drive 32 miles per gallon

400

The ratio of cups of flour to cups of water for pizza dough is 7:4.  The pizza restaurants has 42 cups of flour.  How much water is needed? 

24 cups of water are needed for 42 cups of flour.

500

Longs sells two brands of juice.  Brand X costs $3.25 for 5 ounces.  Brand Y costs $6.00 for 8 ounces.  How much less per fluid ounce does Brand X cost than Brand Y.  Show your work.

Brand X = $0.65 per ounce

Brand Y = $0.75 per ounce

Brand X costs $0.10 less per ounce than Brand Y.

500

A coconut tree is 20 feet tall.  A mango tree is 6.4 meters tall.  Which tree is taller?

The mango tree is taller

500

Mr. Collin needs 12 inches of wood.  Home Depot sells wood 3 feet of wood for $2.98.  How much will it cost for Mr. Collin to buy his 12 inches of wood? 


$0.96 

500

A gas station pumps gas at 62 gallons in 1/2 hour.  How many gallons will be pumped in 24 hours? 

844 gallons

500

A faucent drips 1/3 of a liter of water in 1/2 an hour.  How long does is take the faucet to drip 1 liter of water? 

1.5 hours