Jesse built a rectangular patio that is 4 meters wide and 8 meters long. What is the distance around the patio?
The distance around the patio is 24 meters long. I did 4+4+8+8=24 an this is an area problem.
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Decompose this fraction into unit fractions. 5/8
1/8 +1/8 +1/8 +1/8+ 1/8
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Round the number 23,450 to the thousands place.
The answer is 23,000. It is between 23,000 and 24,000 but the number is closer to 23,000.
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Look at the numbers. What is the rule? 48, 24, 12, 6, 3
The rule is divide by 2. 48 divided by 2 is 24. 24 divided by 2 is 12.
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What is 1/4 as a percent?
25%
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Andy’s basement was flooded during a big storm. He needs to re-carpet the entire floor. If the basement is 15 feet wide and 9 feet long, how much carpet should he buy?
He should buy 135 square feet of carpet. This is an area problem since we are talking about the whole floor. 15 X 9 =135
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True or false. 2 and 1/8 < 21/8
It is true because 21/8 = 2 and 5/8
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Multiply 343 X 9. Show TWO different strategies to solve it.
The answer is 3,087
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A hippo is 4 feet tall. A giraffe is three times as much. How tall is the giraffe?
The giraffe is 12 feet tall. 4 x 3=12 or 4 + 4 +4 =12
300
How many right angles added together equals a straight angle?
2 right angles because 90degrees + 90degrees = 180 degrees (which is a straight angle)
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A square garden measures 56 feet on the north side. How many feet of fence should the gardener buy to protect the garden from rabbits?
The gardener should buy 224 feet of fence. Since it is a square all of the sides are equal. To find the perimeter I do 56+56+56+56=224
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Andrea had 5 feet of string. He cut off 1 and 3/4 of the string. How much string does he have now?
He has 3 and 1/4 feet of string.
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How many tens are in 10,000
The answer is 1,000 because 10 x 1,000= 10,0000
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List ALL of the factor pairs for 48.
1 x 48, 2 x 24, 3 x 16, 4 x 12, 6 x 8
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How many hours and minutes is 245 minutes?
4 hours and 5 minutes
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During P.E. students were asked to run a lap around the rectangular soccer field. If the field is 16 yards wide and 5 yards long, how many yards will the students have to run to complete a lap?
The students will have to run 42 yards. Since they are running laps we are finding the perimeter. 16+16+5+5=42.
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A recipe calls for 2 and 3/4 cups of flour. If I double the recipe, how much flour should I need? Be sure to write your answer as a proper fraction.
I will need 5 and 2/4 or 5 and 1/2.
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The fourth grade teachers had 362 Legos. If we wanted to split the Legos evenly between 19 students, how many Legos will each student get?
Each student will get 19 Legos. Since we can only use whole Legos we have to ignore the remainder.
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There are 38 girls and 25 boys going on a field trip. Each lunch table can seat only 4 students. How many lunch tables will the class need?
They will need 16 tables. 38+25=63. 63 divided by 4 = 15 remainder 3. One table will not be full.
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Mrs. Faherty and her family leave their house at 8:15 AM to drive to Ohio. They stop for lunch at 11:45 and spend 3/4 of an hour eating. They get back in the car and continue driving until 5:45 PM when they arrive in Columbus, Ohio. How much total time did they spend driving in the car?
3 and 1/2 hours driving in the morning
45 minutes for lunch
5 hours and 15 mins driving in the afternoon
= 8 hours and 15 minutes driving (woa that's a long time!)
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Tom is making a square poster for a school project. The poster covers 81 square inches of the wall. How wide is the poster?
The poster is 9 inches wide. We already know the area is 81 square inches. Since the sides of the squares are all equal, I am looking for two of the same number to multiply together to get the area of 81. 9X9=81