Word Problems
Sally went to the store and bought 40 lbs of apples and shared them equally with 5 friends? How many lbs of apples did each person get?
40/6 = 6 4/6 = 6/23 lbs of apples.
1/2 + 1/4
3/4
2+ 0.1+0.03+0.009
2.139
49.351
What is the digit in the one's place?
9
(3+2)*6
5*6
=30
Marvin had 15 pieces of ribbon. Each ribbon was 2/5yd long. How much total ribbon did he have?
15* (2/5)= 6yd
2/3 * 5/8
10/24 = 5/12
Which number is greater?
3.294 or 3.3
3.3
49.351
What is the digit in the hundredth's place?
5
7+4*2-5
7+8-5
15-5
=10
At a local market, 2/5 of all the produce sold is apples. Of the apples that are sold, 1/2 of those apples are red apples. What part of the produce sold at the market are red apples?
2/5 * 1/2 = 1/5
4 / (1/9)
36
Who ran the fastest?
Joe: 7.3 seconds
Sam: 7.39 seconds
Matt: 7.391 seconds
Joe (7.3 seconds)
49.351
What is the value of the digit 4
40
5+ (32+5)*3
5+(9+5)*3
5+(14)*3
5+42
=47
Mike practices the piano each day for 3/4 hr. He uses 1/6 of this time to practice finger exercises. For what part of an hour does Mike practice finger exercises each day?
3/4 * 1/6 = 1/8hr
3 1/2 - 1 5/6
1 4/6 = 1 2/3
What is .125 written as a fraction in simplest form?
1/8
49.351
What is the value of the digit 3
0.3
(7*22+1)+(3+4*6)
(7*4+1)+(3+4*6)
(28+1)+(3+24)
29+27
=56
A trail mix recipe calls for 3/4 cup of almonds and 2/3 cup of coconut. How many cups of almonds are needed to make 1/2 of the recipe?
3/4 * 1/2 = 3/8 cup
4 4/5 * 9 2/3
46 2/5
Write 1 9/20 as a decimal
1.45
49.351
What is the value of the digit 1?
0.001
(43-13*2)+(23+1*7-3)
(64-13*2)+(8+1*7-3)
(64-26)+(8+7-3)
38+(15-3)
38+12
50