Lesson 4.1
Ganesh is making a scale model of the Space Needle in Seattle,Washington, for a report on the state of Washington. The Space Needle is 605 feet tall. If the model is 1/100 of the actual size of the Space Needle, how tall is the model?
What is 6.05 feet?
Marci mailed 9 letters at the post office. Each letter weighed 3.5 ounces. What was the total weight of the letters that Marci mailed?
What is 31.5?
At a dry cleaning store, it costs $1.79 to clean a man's dress shirt and $8.25 to clean a suit. Thomas brought in 4 shirts and 1 suit to be cleaned. How much will he pay for the dry cleaning?
What is $15.41?
A scientist at a giant panda preserve in China measured the length of a newborn cub as 15.5 centimeters. The cub's mother was 9.5 times as tall as the length of the cub. How tall is the mother?
What is 147.25 centimeters?
Michael exchanged 1,000 U.S. dollars for the Croatian currency, which is called Kuna. The exchange rate was 5.81 Kuna to$1. How many Croatian Kuna did Michael get?
What is 5810.00?
Madison is in charge of buying the hamburger meat for her company's annual picnic. She needs to buy enough meat to make 1,000 hamburgers. Each hamburger will weigh 0.25 pound. How many pounds of hamburger meat should Madison buy?
What is 250 pounds?
Laurie is in training for a race. When she trains, Laurie runs on a path that is 1.45 miles long. Last week, Laurie ran on this path 6 times. How many miles did Laurie run on the path last week?
What is 8.7 miles?
Ari is setting up a fish tank for his goldfish. The tank holds 15 gallons of water. If each gallon of water weighs 8.3 pounds, how much will the water in Ari's fish tank weight?
What is 124.5 pounds?
A builder buys 16.1 acres of land to develop a new set of walking trails and baseball fields. The builder plans to use 0.25 of the land for baseball fields. How many acres will the builder use for the baseball field?
What is 4.025?
During a track meet, Calvin drinks 0.6 liter of water. Melinda drinks 0.8 times as much as water as Calvin during the track meet. How many liters of water does Melinda drink during the track meet?
What is 0.48?
What expression is equal to 9.45?
What is 0.27 X 35?
Tim wants to rent a bike at the state park. It costs $3.95 per hour for the first 4 hours. After 4 hours, the cost is $2.50 per hour. How much would it cost Tim to rent a bike for 5 hours?
What is $18.30?
Mandy,Jeremy, and Lily went to an amusement park during their summer vacation. Mandy spent $16.25 at the amusement park. Jeremy spent $3.40 more then Mandy spent. Lily spent 2 times as much money as Jeremy spent. How much money did Lily spend at the amusement park?
What is $39.30?
Emily stopped at a produce stand to buy some tomatoes. Tomatoes cost $1.25 per pound at the stand. Emily bought 5 tomatoes that weighed 1.8 pounds in total. How much did Emily pay for the tomatoes?
What is $2.25?
The school store is expecting a big demand for sweatshirts because the football team is playing in a championship game next week. The store placed an order for 100 sweatshirts. Each sweatshirt costs $8.95. How much did the order of sweatshirts cost the store?
What is $895?
Mrs. Greene needs to store 21 math books on a shelf during school vacation. Each math book is 2.4 centimeters thick. If Mrs. Green stacks the math books on top of each other, how tall does the shelf have to be?
What is 50.4 centimeters?
Jeremiah always bicycles to and from work. The total length of a trip to and from work is 14.6 kilometers. Last month, Jeremiah worked 18 days. How many kilometers did he bicycle to and from work last month?
What is 262.8 Kilometers?
Kareem was doing research for a report about the longest rivers on the Earth. He read that the Nile River is 4.16 X 10 miles long. How should Kareem write the length of the Nile river in standard form on his report?
What is 4,160?
Rhianna made a shelf to store her collection of rocks and shells. She used 5 pieces of wood that were each 3.25 feet long. How much wood did Rhianna use in all to make the shelf?
What is 16.25 feet?
The Barbers are keeping track of their family energy costs. It costs the Barberas $0.16 per week to run their dishwasher. How much will it cost them to run their dishwasher for 52 weeks?
What is $8.32