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100

If a 32.6 ft tall flagpole casts a 158.2 ft long shadow then the shadow that a 5.8 ft tall woman casts is this long rounded to the nearest whole number.

What is 28 ft?

100

In a party, 20 soft drinks are required for every 12 guests, therefore this many soft drinks would be required for 120 guests.

What is 200 drinks?

100

Simplify: 

x^4 * x^5

What is x^9?
100

Write this scientific notation number in standard notation:

1.5 x 10^3

What is 1,500?

100

Find the square root of 484.

What is 22?

200

A model igloo has a scale of 1 in:4 ft, therefore a real igloo that is 24 ft wide would be this wide on the model.

What is 6 inches?

200

In Jack's class, 8 out of the students are tall and 32 are short.  In Michael's class 18 students are tall and 10 students are short. This is the class with the higher ratio of tall to short students.


What is Michael's?

200

Simplify:

(3x^3)^4

What is 81x^12?

200

Write this standard number in scientific notation:

0.000372

What is 3.72 x 10^4?

200

Find the square root of 676

What is 26?

300
A 42 ft tall tree casts a 7 ft long shadow, at the same time an adult giraffe casts a 2 ft shadow and is this tall.

What is 12 feet?

300

The bakers at a bakery can make 150 bagels in 5 hours.  At the same rate, this is how many bagels they can make in 12 hours.

What is 360?

300

Simplify:

3x^4 / 7x^5y^4

What is 3/7xy^4?

300

This is the standard form for the scientific notation number 6 x 10^-6

What is 0.000006?

300

Find the square root of 0.01

What is 0.01?

400

The distance between San Jose and Mount Pleasant on a map is 7 cm with a scale of 1 cm:7 km, the two cities would be this far apart in actuality.

What is 49 km?

400

The price of 5 apples at the Quick Market is $2.15 and the price of 6 of the same apples at Market World is $3.25.  This store has the better buy.

What is the Quick Market?

400

Simplify:

2^-2

What is 1/4?

400

Write this standard number in scientific notation


6.034 x 10^9

What is 6,034,000,000?

400

Find the square root of 961.

What is 31?
500

A telephone booth that is 28 feet tall casts a shadow that is 14 feet long, therefore the height of a lawn ornament that casts a 9 ft shadow would be this.

What is 18 ft?

500
You can buy 6 cans of green beans at the supermarket for $5.40.  At the same rate of cost, this is the price of 50 cans of green beans.

What is $45?

500

Simplify:

(x/4y^2z)^-3

What is 64y^6z^3/x^3?

500

Any number or variable to the power of 1 is this and any number or variable to the power of 0 is this.

What is itself and 1?

500

The square root of 30 is between these two integers.

What is 5 and 6?