Percents
Proportions
Probability
Functions and Slopes
Miscellaneous Math
100
In Philadelphia, 7.29% of the population is high school-aged (aged 14-19). If the total population of Philadelphia is 1,517,550, how many people are high school-aged?
About 110,629 people in Philadelphia are high school-aged
100
A school has a ratio of 1 teacher for every 10 students. If there are 860 students in the school, how many teachers are there?
There are 86 teachers in the school
100
A bag contains 2 red jelly beans and 3 green jelly beans. Mark picks a jelly bean, eats it, and then picks a second jelly bean. What is the probability as a fraction that BOTH of the jelly beans Mark ate are red? (Hint: The probability of choosing a red AND another red)
The probability is 1/5 simplified from 4/20
100
Give an equation for a line with a y-intercept of 1 and a slope of 2/3
y = 2/3x + 1
100
Liza's history quiz grades are 98%, 100%, 74%, 55%, and 88%. What is her quiz average in history?
Her average is an 83%
200
There are about 2,000,000,000 children in the world. 1,200,000,000 of those children are living in poverty. What percent of children worldwide live in poverty?
60% of children worldwide live in poverty
200
Tia uses 4 cups of sugar to make cookies for 12 people. If she wants to make cookies for 31 people, how many cups of sugar would she have to use?
She would have to use about 10.33 cups of sugar
200
Ms. Ghering goes to the quikmart for lunch. She wants to get a snack, a sandwich, and a drink. If she has 5 choices for a snack, 3 choices for a sandwich, and 4 choices for a drink, how many different lunch options does she have?
Ms. Ghering has 60 lunch options.
200
What is the slope of a line that is perpendicular to the line y = -3/2x + 2
A perpendicular slope is 2/3
200
y = 4x What happens to y if we multiply x by 2 (hint: substitute 2 for x)
The value of y doubles
300
450 randomly surveyed Philadelphians were asked what their favorite baseball team was. 94% of those surveyed said that the Phillies were their favorite team. How many people chose the Phillies as their favorite team?
423 people chose the Phillies as their favorite team.
300
Alex runs 1 mile in 8 minutes. Maria runs 1 mile in 10 minutes. If Alex and Maria both run for an hour, how much farther will Alex run?
Alex will run 1.5 miles farther than Maria.
300
Ricky has 10 cards numbered 1 through 10. Rashaun has 5 cards each with a different vowel on them. If Ricky and Rashaun both select a card, what is the probability that Ricky select s a number greater than 5 and Rashaun selects the letter U?
The probability is 1/10 simplified from 5/50
300
What is the slope of a line containing the points (-3, 4) and (5, 1)?
The slope of the line is -3/8
300
On a box and whisker plot, there are four parts. What percent of the data does each of the four parts represent?
Each part of a box and whisker plot represents 25% of the data