Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers
In the morning, Karen drove to the store and used 3 gallons of gas. In the afternoon, she drove to the movie theater and used 7/10 of a gallon of gas. How much gas did Karen use in all?
3 7/10 or 37/10 gallons
Hassan built a tower of blocks that was 3 centimeters high. He used 2 identical blocks to build the tower. What was the height of each of the blocks?
1.5 cm
How many cats does Miss Potter have?
2
What is our mascot?
Highland Cow
There is no Roman numeral for which number?
Zero
Kelsey bought 3 1/3 pounds of green grapes and 1 1/2 pounds of red grapes. How much more did the green grapes weigh than the red grapes?
1 5/6 or 11/6
A pasta factory made 55 pounds of pasta in 4 minutes. How much pasta, on average, did the factory make each minute?
13.75 pounds
How many years has Miss Potter taught?
11 years
What year did TMS open?
2017
What number is spelled with the same number of letters as the actual number itself?
Four - 4
Ashley's pet cat weighed 2.5 pounds. Then the cat gained 0.4 pounds. How much does the cat weigh now?
2.9 pounds
Steve and his brother made 1/3 of a gallon of lemonade to sell at their lemonade stand. They divided the lemonade equally between 2 paper cups. How much lemonade was in each paper cup?
1/6 cup
How many states has Miss Potter been to?
50
6
What is pi rounded to the hundredth place?
3.14
A bee colony produced 0.7 pounds of honey, but bears ate 0.5 pounds of it. How much honey remains?
0.2 pounds
Alana's bird feeder holds 6 2/3 cups of birdseed. Alana is filling the bird feeder with a scoop that holds 1 2/3 cups. How many scoops of birdseed will Alana put into the feeder?
4 scoops
What instrument does Miss Potter play?
Violin
How many students does TMS have?
996 (you get it correct if you are within 50 students)
What shape are soccer balls typically made up of?
pentagons and hexagons
Today Maggie is carrying her history textbook and her lunch in her backpack. If the history textbook weighs 3/4 of a pound and her lunch weighs 7/8 of a pound, how much weight is in Maggie's backpack?
1 5/8 or 13/8 pounds
There are 4 4/5 pounds of bricks in a bag. Each brick weighs 2 2/5 pounds. How many bricks are in the bag?
2 bricks
Which bone is Miss Potter missing?
One in her thumb
Which grade has the most students?
8th
Every odd number has which letter in it?
e