1. Dana bought a purse for 2/3 off the original price. What percent discount did she receive?
2. In the morning, it was -5 degrees in Sapville. By afternoon, it was 22 degrees. What was the difference in temperature from morning to afternoon?
3. Rob and Bailey rake yards after school. They earn $30 to rake 6 yards. One day, Rob raked his half of the yards plus 2 of Bailey's yards. How should they split the money for this day?
4. A swim meet is being held at the city pool. There are 180 students at the meet. 1/2 of the students are from Mississippi. 1/5 of the students are from Texas. The rest of the students are from Louisiana. How many are from Louisiana?
5. The ratio of instructors to students at the meet is 1 : 10. If 50 more students join the meet, how many more instructors are needed to keep the same ration?
6. Pat is training to run a race. On the first day of training, she runs a mile and lifts weights. From then on, he lifts weights every other day and he runs a mile every third day. In the first 15 days of training, on how many days did he both run a mile and lift weight?
7. Mary's mother will give her one dollar for her first "A" in
math. She will give her two more dollars for her second "A".
She will give her four more dollars for her third "A", and 8 more dollars
for the fourth "A".
If she continues this pattern, how many dollars will she get for making
her seventh "A"?
8. Michael washes cars in his neighborhood. He can wash one car in 45 minutes and he gets paid $12.00 per car his rate of pay per hour?
9. What is the best unit of measure for a paper clip?
10. One side of a square room is 32 feet long. What is the perimeter of this room? What is the area?
11. If you put four 6-inch square boards together to make a bigger square, what would be the area of the new larger board in square feet?
12. For a given recipe, the amount of flour is proportional to the number of cookies that the recipe will yield. If you double the amount of flour, you double the number of cookies. Construct a graph to illustrate this situation.
13. Students at Brownsville School were surveyed about their favorite lunch. 40 students were surveyed. Five students said that their favorite food is pizza. Six said that their favorite food is hamburgers. Fifteen said that their favorite is hotdogs and 20 said that their favorite is tacos.
Construct a graph to illustrate the findings in this survey.
If the number of students who were surveyed was increased to 120, about how many would prefer pizza?
14. The average of four boys' weights is 120 pounds. A fifth boy weighs 125 pounds. If his weight is included, what is the new average for the five boys?
15. Sarah moved to Kansas. She received letters from her five friends. Marie sent a letter after Sarah and Bell. Sarah and Bell sent a letter after Ryan and Sarah. Sarah sent a letter before Marie. Ryan sent a letter before Marie. Who sent the first letter?
16. Marco's Diner serves three types of hamburgers with two types of buns. He serves cheeseburgers, hamburgers, or bacon burgers on wheat or white buns. How many types of burgers could you order at the diner?
17. Which equation represents the data shown in the table?
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19. A large wall needs to be painted before the dance on Friday
at 7:00 P.M. The wall measures 30 feet by 20 feet. A section
2 feet by 3 feet has already been painted. It is now 4:00 P.M.
Mr. Wall says that he could paint 100 square feet in an hour. Could
he finish in time for the dance? Explain your answer.