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NAME ______________________________ DATE PERIOD _

Practice: Word Problems

A Plan for Problem Solving
Use the four-step plan to solve each problem.

Visit Crater Lake National Park

GEOGRAPHY For Exercises 1 and 2, use the

90 miles of trails
26 miles of shoreline
Boat tours available
Open 24 hours

poster information about Crater Lake

National Park in Oregon.

1. How many more miles of trails are

there than miles of shoreline in Crater
Lake National Park?

2. How many miles is it from Klamath

Falls to Crater Lake National Park?

3. SPORTS Jasmine swims 12 laps every

afternoon, Monday through Friday.
How many laps does she swim in one
week?

4. SPORTS Samantha can run one mile in

8 minutes. At this rate, how long will it
take for her to run 5 miles?

5. SPORTS On a certain day, 525 people

signed up to play softball. If 15 players
are assigned to each team, how many
teams can be formed?

6. PATTERNS Complete the pattern: 5, 7,

10, 14, ___, ___, ___

7. SHOPPING Josita received $50 as a gift.

She plans to buy two cassette tapes
that cost $9 each and a headphone set
that costs $25. How much money will
she have left?

8. BUS SCHEDULE A bus stops at the

corner of Elm Street and Oak Street
every half hour between 9 A.M. and
3 P.M. and every 15 minutes between
3 P.M. and 6 P.M. How many times will
a bus stop at the corner between 9 A.M.
and 6 P.M.?

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Lesson 11

Directions from Klamath Falls: Take

U.S. Highway 97 north 21 miles,
then go west on S.R. 62 for 29 miles.

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Practice: Word Problems

Divisibility Patterns
MONTHS OF THE YEAR For Exercises 13, use the table that shows how

many days are in each month, excluding leap years. (Every four
years, the calendar is adjusted by adding one day to February.)
JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. NOV. DEC.
31

1. Which month has a number of days

that is divisible by 4? During a leap
year, is this still true?

2. Which months have a number of days

that is divisible by both 5 and 10?
During a leap year, is this still true?

3. The total number of months in a year

are divisible by which numbers?

4. FOOD Jermaine and his father are in

charge of grilling for a family reunion
picnic. There will be 40 people
attending. Ground beef patties come 5
to a package. How many packages of
patties should they buy to provide 1
hamburger for each person? Will there
by any patties left over? If so, how
many?

5. RETAIL Li is stacking bottles of apple

juice on the shelf at her parents
grocery store. She has space to fit
4 bottles across and 6 bottles from front
to back. She has 25 bottles to stack.
Will all of the bottles fit on the shelf?
Explain.

6. FARMING Sally is helping her mother

put eggs into egg cartons to sell at the
local farmers market. Their chickens
have produced a total of 108 eggs for
market. Can Sally package the eggs in
groups of 12 so that each carton has
the same number of eggs? Explain.

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Practice: Word Problems

Prime Factors
ANIMALS For Exercises 13, use the table that shows the height and

weight of caribou.
Height at the Shoulder

Weight

inches

centimeters

pounds

kilograms

Cows (females)

107

220

Bulls (males)

125

400

180

1. Which animal heights and weights are

prime numbers?

2. Write the weight of caribou cows in

kilograms as a prime factorization.

3. ANIMALS Caribou calves weigh about

13 pounds at birth. Tell whether this
weight is a prime or a composite
number.

4. SPEED A wildlife biologist once found a

caribou traveling at 37 miles per hour.
Tell whether this speed is a prime or
composite number. Explain.

5. GEOMETRY To find the area of a floor,

you can multiply its length times its
width. The measure of the area of a
floor is 49. Find the most likely length
and width of the room.

6. GEOMETRY To find the volume of a box,

you can multiply its height, width, and
length. The measure of the volume of a
box is 70. Find its possible dimensions.

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Lesson 13

CARIBOU

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Practice: Word Problems

Powers and Exponents
1. SPACE The Sun is about 10 10 million
miles away from Earth. Write 10 10
using an exponent. Then find the value
of the power. How many miles away is
the Sun?

2. WEIGHT A 100-pound person on Earth

would weigh about 4 4 4 4 pounds
on Jupiter. Write 4 4 4 4 using an
exponent. Then find the value of the
power. How much would a 100-pound
person weigh on Jupiter?

3. ELECTIONS In the year 2000, the

governor of Washington, Gary Locke,
received about 106 votes to win the
election. Write this as a product. How
many votes did Gary Locke receive?

4. SPACE The diameter of Mars is about

94 kilometers. Write 94 as a product.
Then find the value of the product.

5. SPACE The length of one day on Venus

is 35 Earth days. Express this exponent
as a product. Then find the value of the
product:

6. GEOGRAPHY The area of San

Bernardino County, California, the
largest county in the U.S., is about
39 square miles. Write this as a
product. What is the area of San
Bernardino County?

7. GEOMETRY The volume

of the block shown can
be found by multiplying
the width, length, and
height. Write the volume
using an exponent. Find
the volume.

8. SPACE A day on Jupiter lasts about

10 hours. Write a product and an
exponent to show how many hours are
in 10 Jupiter days. Then find the value
of the power.

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MONEY For Exercises 13, use the table that shows the price of
admission to a movie theater.

Movie Theater Admission

Adults: $8
Children (under 13): $5
Matinee (before 6 P.M.): $3
1. Janelle (age 12) and her cousin,
Marquita (age 14), go to a 7:00 P.M.
show. Write an expression for the total
cost of admission. What is the total
cost?

2. Jan takes her three children and two

neighbors children to a matinee. All of
the children are under age 13. Write
an expression for the total cost of
admission. How much in all did Jan
pay for admission?

3. Connor (age 13), his sister (age 7), and

Connors parents go to a movie on
Saturday night. Write an expression for
the total cost. What is the total cost?

4. SOCCER Eduardo is 16. Eduardos dad

takes him and his younger sister to a
soccer match. Tickets are $17 for adults
and $13 for children (18 and under).
Write an expression for the total cost of
the tickets. What is the total cost of the
tickets?

5. MONEY Frankie orders two

hamburgers and a soda for lunch. A
hamburger is $3 and a soda is $1.00.
Write an expression to show how much
he paid for lunch. Then find the value
of the expression.

6. MONEY A store sells barrettes for $2

each and combs for $1. Shelby buys
3 barrettes and a comb. Kendra buys
2 barrettes and 4 combs. Write an
expression for the amount the two girls
spent all together. Find the total
amount spent.

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Lesson 15

Order of Operations

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Practice: Word Problems

Algebra: Variables and Expressions
TRAVEL For Exercises 1 and 2, use the table that shows the distance
between cities in Arizona.

Arizona Mileage Chart

Flagstaff

Phoenix

136 miles

Tucson

253 miles

117 miles

Nogales

317 miles

181 miles

Tucson

Nogales

117 miles

181 miles
64 miles

64 miles

1. To find the speed of a car, use the

expression d t where d represents the
distance and t represents time. Find
the speed of a car that travels from
Phoenix to Flagstaff in 2 hours.

2. To find the time it will take for a

bicyclist to travel from Nogales to
Tucson, use the expression d/s where d
represents distance and s represents
speed. Find the time if the bicyclist
travels at a speed of 16 miles per hour.

3. PERIMETER The

perimeter of a
rectangle can be
w
found using the
formula 2 2w,
where represents the length and w
represents the width. Find the
perimeter if 6 units and w 3
units.

4. PERIMETER Another formula for

perimeter is 2( w). Find the
perimeter of the rectangle in Exercise 3
using this formula. How do the answers
compare? Explain how you used order
of operations using this formula.

5. SHOPPING Write an expression using a

variable that shows how much 3 pairs
of jeans will cost if you do not know the
price of the jeans. Assume each pair
costs the same amount.

6. SHOPPING Write an expression using

variables to show how much 3 plain
T-shirts and 2 printed T-shirts will cost,
assuming that the prices of plain and
printed T-shirts are not the same.

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Practice: Word Problems

Algebra: Solving Equations
INSECTS For Exercises 13, use the table that gives the average lengths
of several unusual insects in centimeters.

Insect

Length (cm)

Insect

Length (cm)

Walking stick

Giant water bug

Goliath beetle

Katydid

Giant weta

Silkworm moth

Harlequin beetle

Flower mantis

2. The equation 7 y 13 gives the

length of a Harlequin beetle and one
other insect. If y is the other insect,
which insect makes the equation a true
sentence?

3. Bradley found a silkworm moth that

was 2 centimeters longer than average.
The equation m 4 2 represents this
situation. Find the length of the
silkworm moth that Bradley found.

4. BUTTERFLIES A Monarch butterfly flies

about 80 miles per day. So far it has
flown 60 miles. In the equation
80 m 60, m represents the number
of miles it has yet to fly that day. Find
the solution to the equation.

5. CICADAS The nymphs of some cicada

can live among tree roots for 17 years
before they develop into adults. One
nymph developed into an adult after
only 13 years. The equation 17 x 13
describes the number of years less than
17 that it lived as a nymph. Find the
value of x in the equation to tell how
many years less than 17 years it lived
as a nymph.

6. BEETLES A harlequin beetle lays eggs in

trees. She can lay up to 20 eggs over 2
or 3 days. After the first day, the beetle
has laid 9 eggs. If she lays 20 eggs in
all, how many eggs will she lay during
the second and third day?

Lesson 17

1. The equation 15 x 12 gives the

difference in length between a walking
stick and one other insect. If x is the
other insect, which insect is it?

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Geometry: Area of Rectangles
FLOOR PLANS For Exercises 16, use the diagram that shows the floor

plan for a house.

7 ft

Bath

2 ft

6 ft

10 ft

Closet

13 ft

2 ft
Closet

9 ft

Bedroom 1

Bedroom 2

13 ft

Hall

14 ft

Kitchen

Living/Dining Room

12 ft

18 ft

14 ft

1. What is the area of the floor in the

kitchen?

2. Find the area of the living/dining room.

3. What is the area of the bathroom?

4. Find the area of Bedroom 1.

5. Which two parts of the house have the

same area?

6. How much larger is Bedroom 2 than

Bedroom 1?

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Frequency Tables
ANIMALS For Exercises 13, use Table A. For Exercises 46, use Table B.

Table A

Table B

Insects Under a Rock

E
S
S
B
S
B

S
E
S
E
E
S

B
E
B
E
B
E

E
B
E
E
S
E

E
S
E
B
E
S

B
E
S
E
E
E

B beetle E earwig
S sow bug

Weights (lb) of Dogs at the Vet Clinic

Weight

Tally

Frequency

554

1120

5554

2130

55555

3140

4150

110

2. How many more earwigs did Maria

find than beetles?

3. When Maria writes her report, she will

list the insects in order of most
common to least common. What order
should she write in her report?

4. The strength of medicine given to a dog

depends on the dogs weight. There is a
different strength for each weight
group. For which weight group should a
veterinarian order the most medicine?
the least medicine?

5. Describe the scale and the interval in

Table B.

6. How many more dogs are in the most

frequent group than in the second most
frequent group?

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1. Maria is counting three types of insects

she finds under rocks in the park for an
ecology survey. Make a frequency table
showing her data from Table A.

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Bar Graphs and Line Graphs
TREES For Exercises 1, 3, and 4, use Table A. For Exercises 2, 5, and 6, use Table B.

Table A

Table B

Average Heights of Pine Trees

Tree
Eastern White
Lodgepole
Longleaf
Pitch
Ponderosa

Lemons Produced by My Tree

Height (ft)

Year

Number of Lemons

75
48
110
55
140

1999
2000
2001
2002
2003

26
124
122
78
55

1. You and Jorge are writing a report on

different kinds of pine trees. Make a
bar graph for the report that shows the
average heights of different kinds of
pine trees. Use the data from Table A.

2. Table B shows the number of lemons

your tree produced each year. Make a
line graph for the data in Table B.

3. Use your graph for Exercise 1. Which

tree is about half as tall as a
ponderosa?

4. How does the average height of a pitch

pine compare to the average height of a
lodgepole pine?

5. Use the line graph you made in

Exercise 2. Describe the change in fruit
production for your lemon tree.

6. FRUIT Suppose you want to make a

graph of the total number of lemons
produced by your lemon tree and the
total number of oranges produced by
your orange tree in one year. Would you
make a bar graph or a line graph?
Explain.

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Circle Graphs
SPORTS For Exercises 13, use Graph A. For Exercises 46, use Graph B.

Graph A

Graph B

Favorite Sports of
Mr. Franco's Class

Attendance at the Baseball Game

Age 46-60
14%

Age 61
and older
5%

Baseball
49%
Hockey
10%
Age 31-45
21%
Basketball
20%

Age 16-30
35%

1. Kwan surveyed Mr. Francos class to

find out the favorite sports of the class.
Which sport was the favorite of the
largest percent of students in the class?
Which sport was the favorite of the
smallest percent of students?

2. Which sports were the favorite of about

the same number of students?

3. Which sport is the favorite of half as

many students as basketball?

4. Mr. Jackson kept track of attendance at

the baseball game for an advertising
agency. The agency wants to target its
advertising to the age group that has
the highest percent in attendance. To
which group should the agency target
ads?

5. Which two age groups have about the

same percent of people?

6. Mr. Jacksons daughter is in the age

group with the second highest percent.
In which age group is Mr. Jacksons
daughter?

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Lesson 23

Football
21%

Age 0-15
25%

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Making Predictions
FITNESS For Exercises 13, use Graph A. For Exercises 46, use Graph B.

Graph A

Graph B
Sit-ups

Number of Sit-ups

Number of Students

Aerobics Class

10
8
6
4
2

60
50
40
30
20
10

Week

1. Refer to Graph A. Describe the change

in the number of students taking the
aerobics class.

2. Predict how many students will be in

the aerobics class in week 6 if the trend
continues.

3. Predict how many students will be in

the aerobics class in week 8.

4. Describe the change in the number of

sit-ups Cara can do.

5. Predict how many sit-ups Cara will be

able to do in week 6 if the trend
continues.

6. Predict the week in which Cara will be

able to do 80 sit-ups if the trend
continues.

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TRAFFIC For Exercises 1 and 2, use the table. For Exercises 3 and 4, use

the stem-and-leaf plot.

Number of Birds at a Watering
Hole Each Hour

Number of Trucks Passing Through

the Intersection Each Hour
5
19
32
10

15
18
26
6

6
19
34
8

42
22
19
40

34
23
29
14

Stem

28
21
21
17

1
2
3
4
5

Leaf
8
4
3
2
0

9
8
4
5
0

9
4 4
5 5 5 7 8
3 3 4 6 6 7
3|4 34 birds

1. Mr. Chin did a traffic survey. He wrote

down the number of trucks that passed
through an intersection each hour.
Make a stem-and-leaf plot of his data.

2. Refer to your stem-and-leaf plot from

Exercise 1. Mr. Chin needs to know the
range of trucks passing through the
intersection in one hour into which the
greatest number of hours fall.

3. What is the least number of birds at

the watering hole in one hour? What is
the greatest number?

4. What is the most frequent number of

birds to be at the watering hole in one
hour?

5. RVs Make a stem-and-leaf plot for the

number of RVs Mr. Chin counted in 12
hours: 3, 4, 9, 13, 7, 9, 8, 5, 4, 6, 1, 11.

6. RVs Write a few sentences that analyze

the RV data for Mr. Chins report in
Exercise 5.

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Lesson 25

Stem-and-Leaf Plots

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Mean
ANIMALS For Exercises 13, use the table about bears.

Bear

Average Height (ft)

Average Weight (lb)

Alaskan Brown
Black
Grizzly
Polar

8
6
7
7

1,500
338
588
850

1. You are writing a report on bears. You

are analyzing the data on heights and
weights in the table above. First look
for outliers. Identify the outlier for the
height data. Identify the outlier for the
weight data.

2. Find the mean of the bear weight data

with and without the outlier.

3. Describe how the outlier affects the

mean of the bear weight data.

4. WORK Carlos earned $23, $29, $25,

$16, and $17 working at an ice cream
shop after school. What is the mean
amount he earned?

5. CARS The cost of a tank of gas at nine

different gas stations is shown below.
What was the mean cost of a tank of
gas?

6. SCHOOL Sally received scores on math

quizzes as shown below. Find her mean
score with and without both outliers.
Quiz Scores: 84, 85, 91, 81, 52, 92, 99,
91, and 45

Cost of Gas: $17, $18, $22, $15, $17,

$16, $25, $21, and $20

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Median, Mode, and Range
SCIENCE For Exercises 13, use Table A. For Exercises 46, use Table B.

Table A shows the number of days it took for some seeds to germinate
after planting. Table B shows how tall the plants were after 60 days.

15
9

Table A

Table B

Number of Days for

Seeds to Germinate

Height (in.) of Plants

After 60 Days

20
21

30
21

15
15

17
15

19
17

13
21

17
14

2. Use your answer from Exercise 1.

Which measure of central tendency
best describes the data? Explain.

3. What is the range of the seed

germination data? Describe how the
data vary.

4. What are the mean, median, and mode

of the plant height data?

5. Refer to your answer in Exercise 4.

Which measure of central tendency
best describes the data? Explain.

6. What is the range of the plant height

data? Describe how the data vary.

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1. Refer to Table A. You are doing some

experiments with germinating seeds.
You are preparing a report on your
findings to a seed company. What are
the mean, median, and mode of the
data?

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Analyzing Graphs
BUSINESS For Exercises 1 and 2, use Graph A. For Exercises 3 and 4,
use Graphs B and C. The graphs show the number of DVDs and
videos sold by a video store.

Graph A

Graph B

March Sales

Sales

250
200
0

DVDs

Videos

Sales

Number Sold
(thousands)

350

Number Sold
(thousands)

Number Sold

400
300

Graph C

4
3
2
1

6
4
2

Month

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Fe
b
M .
ar
Ap .
r.
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ar
Ap .
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1. About how many times fewer DVDs

than videos appear to have been sold?

2. Explain how Graph A is misleading.

3. The graphs show the same data. Which

graph appears to shows that the
number of DVDs and videos sold
increased more rapidly? Explain.

4. The store owner is trying to get a loan

from the bank and wants to show that
business is good. Which graph should
the store owner show the bank?
Explain.

5. MARKETING A store advertises that it

has the lowest average price for
T-shirts in town. Find the mean,
median, and mode of the prices.

6. MARKETING Use your answer from

Exercise 5. Which measure of central
tendency describes the average T-shirt
price the most accurately? Explain.

T-Shirt Prices:
$14, $5, $10, $12, $5, $4, $13

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Representing Decimals
BASEBALL For Exercises 14, use the table.

The table shows lifetime batting averages for leading baseball players.

Lifetime Batting Averages for Leading Players

Team

Batting Average

Tony Gwynn

San Diego Padres

0.338

Mike Piazza

New York Mets

0.325

Derek Jeter

New York Yankees

0.320

Vladimir Guerrero

Montreal Expos

0.319

Edgar Martinez

Seattle Mariners

0.319

1. Write Mike Piazzas batting average in

word form.

2. Which digit is in the thousandths place

of each players batting average?

3. What is the batting average for the

New York Yankees player in expanded
form?

4. Which players average has a 3 in the

hundredths place?

5. BUILDING When measuring board

footage for some exotic woods, a
carpenter must use 1.25 for thickness
rather than 1 in her calculations. Write
1.25 in expanded form.

6. TRAVEL The summer camp Jason

attends is exactly four hundred twentythree and four tenths of a mile from his
home. Write four hundred twenty-three
and four tenths in standard form.

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Lesson 31

Player

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Comparing and Ordering Decimals
MUSIC For Exercises 14, use the table.

The table shows the percent of the music market for each type of music.
Music Industry Sales Statistics, 2001
Type of Music

Percent of Market

Pop

12.1

Country

10.5

Rock

24.4

Rap/Hip-Hop

11.4

R&B

10.6

1. Use or to compare the percents for

pop and rap/hip-hop. Which is greater?

2. Use or to compare the percents for

country and R&B. Which is greater?

3. If you owned a store that sells CDs,

which kind of music would you want to
sell, based on the table? Explain.

4. Suppose childrens songs have 12.05

percent of the market. Is this greater or
less than the percent for pop music?
Explain.

5. CONSTRUCTION Alberto is setting out

four boards of lumber. The lengths of
the boards are 4.5 feet, 4.52 feet, 4 feet,
and 4.505 feet. Order the lengths from
longest to shortest.

6. CONSTRUCTION Ella set out a board of

pine lumber that was 0.8 feet long and
a board of cedar lumber that was
0.80 feet long. Alberto said the cedar
board was longer. Is he correct?
Explain.

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Rounding Decimals
POPULATION For Exercises 1 and 2, use the table.

The table shows the number of people in the United States per square mile.
U.S. Population
Year

Number of people per

square mile of land area

1970

57.4

1980

64.0

1990

70.3

2000

79.6

1. Round the decimal for the number of

people per square mile in 2000 to the
nearest tens. Then round it to the
nearest ones.

2. Round the decimal for the number of

people per square mile in 1970 to the
nearest tens. Then round it to the
nearest ones.

EVERGLADES For Exercises 37, use the following information.

3. How much rain does the Everglades

National Park receive each year
rounded to the nearest inch?

4. How many visitors did the park have

rounded to the nearest tenth of a
million?

5. How many visitors did the park have

rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth
of a million?

6. What is the budget to the nearest

million?

7. What is the budget to the nearest

hundredth of a million?

8. SNOWBOARDING Mike, Jake, and Aaron

are buying snowboards. Mike is getting
his snowboard on sale for $219.49.
Jakes costs $279.97. Aarons costs
$234.95. Round each snowboard price
to the nearest dollar.

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year. It had 1.08025 million visitors in 2001, and its budget for 2003 was
$13.958 million.

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Estimating Sums and Differences
SPORTS For Exercises 13, use the table.

The table shows the percent of annual hospital visits due to sports injuries by
males 15 to 19 years of age.
Percent of Male Sports-Related Injuries in the U.S., 20002001
Sport

Percent

Sport

Percent

Basketball

25.9

Boxing, Wrestling

4.4

Football

21.3

Exercise

3.8

Baseball/softball

4.1

Bicycling

8.1

Soccer

4.6

Skateboarding

3.6

1. Use clustering to estimate the total

number of hospital visits due to injuries
in baseball/softball, exercising,
skateboarding, and boxing.

2. Use rounding to estimate how many

more visits were due to football injuries
than to soccer injuries.

3. Use front-end estimation to estimate the

total number of visits caused by injuries
in basketball and skateboarding.

4. BASKETBALL Len dribbled a basketball

for 43 seconds before Greg got the ball
away. Then Greg dribbled the ball for
11.525 seconds before Len got the ball.
Use front-end estimation to estimate
how many more seconds Len dribbled
the ball than Greg.

5. GARDENING Kevin is going to plant

three new types of vegetables in his
garden. The garden store sells packages
of tomatillo seeds for $1.67, chili pepper
seeds for $0.89, and pumpkin seeds for
$2.32. Use rounding to estimate how
much Kevin will spend on all three
packets of seeds.

6. TRAVEL Gloria drove 53.2 miles to her

grandmothers home. From her
grandmothers home she drove 12.67
miles to her aunts home. Use front-end
estimation to estimate how many miles
Gloria drove to get to her aunts home.
Then use rounding to estimate the
number of miles again.

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1. MICE The average length of the head

and body of a western harvest mouse
is 2.9 inches. The average length of
the tail is 2.8 inches. First, estimate
the total length of the mouse. Then
find the actual total length.

2. MUSIC A piano solo on a CD is

5.33 minutes long. A guitar solo is
9.67 minutes long. How much longer
is the guitar solo than the piano solo?
First estimate the difference. Then
find the actual difference.

3. WHALES The average length of a

humpback whale is 13.7 meters. The
average length of a killer whale is
6.85 meters. How much longer is the
humpback whale than the killer whale?

4. GARDENING Alan is connecting three

garden hoses to make one longer hose.
The green hose is 6.25 feet long, the
orange hose is 5.755 feet long, and the
black hose is 6.5 feet long. First,
estimate the total length. Then find
the actual total length.

5. ASTRONOMY Distance in space can be

measured in astronomical units, or AU.
Jupiter is 5.2 AU from the Sun. Pluto is
39.223 AU from the Sun. How much
closer to the Sun is Jupiter than Pluto?

6. ALGEBRA It is x miles from James

City to Huntley and y miles from
Huntley to Grover. How many miles is
it from James City to Grover? To find
out, evaluate x y if x 4.23 and
y 16.876.

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Adding and Subtracting Decimals

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1. COOKING Norberto uses three 14.7 oz
cans of chicken broth when he makes
his delicious tortilla soup. How many
total ounces of chicken broth does he
use?

2. TIME Amanda works on a farm out in

the hills. It takes her 2.25 hours to
drive to town and back. She usually
goes to town twice a week to get
supplies. How much time does Amanda
spend driving if she takes 8 trips to
town each month?

3. EXERCISE The local health club is

advertising a special for new members:
no initiation fee to join and only $34.50
per month for the first year. If Andy
joins the health club for one year, how
much will he spend on membership?

4. BIKING In order to train for a crossstate biking trip, Julie rides her bike
34.75 miles five times a week. How
many total miles does she ride each
week?

5. MONEY David wants to buy 16 bolts

from a bin at the hardware store. Each
bolt costs $0.03. How much will David
pay for the bolts?

6. INSECTS One wing of a Royal Moth is

0.75 inch across. How wide is the
moths wingspan when both wings are
open?

7. COSTUMES KJ is making costumes for

this years samba parade. The pattern
she is using calls for 2.125 yards of
fabric for each costume. How many
yards of fabric will she need to make
34 costumes?

8. PLANETS Earth is 1.496 108

kilometers from the Sun. What is this
distance written in standard form?

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Multiplying Decimals by Whole Numbers

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Multiplying Decimals
1. GIFTS Colin is filling 4.5 ounce bottles
with lavender bubble bath that he
made for gifts. He was able to fill 7.5
bottles. How many ounces of bubble
bath did he make?

2. GROCERY Ionas favorite peaches are

$2.50 per pound at the local farmers
market. She bought 3.5 pounds of the
peaches. How much did she spend?

3. SHOPPING Jennifer is buying new

school clothes. The items she wants to
buy add up to $132.50 before sales tax.
Sales tax is calculated by multiplying
the total amount by 0.08. What is the
amount of sales tax for the items?

4. DRIVING Ana bought a van that holds

20.75 gallons of gas and gets an
average of 15.5 miles per gallon. How
many miles can she expect to go on a
full tank?

5. INCOME Ishi makes $8.50 an hour

rolling sushi at Kyoto Japanese
Restaurant. His paycheck shows that
he worked 20.88 hours over the past
two weeks. How much did Ishi make
before taxes?

6. TRAVEL Manny is on vacation in

France. He rented a car to drive 233.3
kilometers from Paris to Brussels and
wants to figure out the distance in
miles. To convert from kilometers to
miles, he needs to multiply the total
kilometers by 0.62. How many miles
will Manny drive?

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1. ENTERTAINMENT Frank, Gina, Judy, and
Connie are splitting their dinner bill.
After tip, the total is $30.08. How much
does each owe if they split the bill four
ways?

2. FOOD There are 25 servings in a

12.5 ounce bottle of olive oil. How many
ounces are in a serving?

3. RUNNING Isabella has found that she

stays the most fit by running various
distances and terrains throughout the
week. On Mondays she runs 2.5 miles,
on Tuesdays 4.6 miles, on Thursdays
6.75 miles, and on Saturdays 4.8 miles.
What is the average distance Isabella
runs on each of the days that she runs?
Round to the nearest hundredth of a
mile.

4. BUSINESS Katherine spends $1,089.72

each month for rent and supplies to
run her hair salon. If she charges $18
for a haircut, how many haircuts must
Katherine do to cover her monthly
expenses? Round to the nearest whole
number.

5. CONSTRUCTION It took Steve and his

construction crew 8 months to build a
house. After expenses, he was left with
$24,872.67 for himself. On average, how
much did Steve make per month?
Round to the nearest dollar.

6. GRADES Shane wants to figure out

what grade he is getting in math. His
test scores were 85.6, 78.5, 92.5, 67,
and 83.7. What was his average
test score? What grade will he receive?

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Grade

Average Score

90 100

80 89

70 79

60 69

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Lesson 43

Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers

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Dividing by Decimals
MARATHON For Exercises 1 and 2, use the table that shows course

records for the Boston Marathon.

Course Records for the Boston Marathon
Division

Record-holder

Year

Time (hours)

Mens Open

Cosmas Ndeti

1994

2.121

Womens Open

Margaret Okayo

2002

2.345

Mens Wheelchair

Heinz Frei

1994

1.356

Womens
Wheelchair

Jean Driscoll

1994

1.523

1. The Boston Marathon is 26.2 miles.

Use the times shown in the table to
calculate the miles per hour for each
division winner. Round to the nearest
thousandth.

2. To the nearest hundredth, how many

times greater was the mens open time
than the womens wheelchair time?

3. DRIVING The Martinez family drove

48.7 miles to the river. It took them 1.2
hours to get there. How fast did they
drive? Round to the nearest whole
number.

4. SHOPPING Nikki is buying some

refrigerator magnets for her friends.
Her total bill is $16.80. If magnets are
$0.80 each, how many magnets is she
buying?

5. SCALE MODEL Matt is making a scale

model of a building. The model is 3.4
feet tall. The actual building is 41.48
feet tall. How many times smaller is
the model than the actual building?

6. COOKING Yori has 14.25 cups of

cupcake batter. If each cupcake uses
0.75 cup of batter, how many cupcakes
can Yori make?

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1. GEOGRAPHY The state of Colorado is
nearly rectangular. It is about 589
kilometers by 456 kilometers. What is
the perimeter of Colorado?

2. FRAMING How many inches of matting

is needed to frame an 8.5 inch by
11 inch print?

3. GARDENING Jessica wants to put a

fence around her 10.5 foot by 13.75 foot
rectangular garden. How many feet of
fencing will she need?

4. SEWING Amy is making pillows to

decorate her bed. She is going to make
three square pillows that are each
2 feet by 2 feet. She wants to use the
same trim around each pillow. How
many feet of trim will she need for all
three pillows?

5. JOGGING Before soccer practice, Jovan

warms up by jogging around a soccer
field that is 100 yards by 130 yards.
How many yards does he jog if he goes
around the field four times?

6. POSTER Ted is making a stop sign

poster for a talk on safety to a first
grade class. He will put a strip of black
paper around the perimeter of the stop
sign. Each of the stop signs eight sides
is 16.34 inches. How long a strip of
paper will he need?

7. FLAG Jo is making a triangular banner.

Each of the three sides is 14.567 inches
long. If she puts a braided trim around
the banner, how much trim will she
need?

8. PYRAMIDS The Great Pyramid at Giza,

Egypt, has a square base, with each
side measuring 0.229 kilometer. If you
could walk once all the way around the
pyramid at its base, how far could you
walk?

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Perimeter

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Circumference
AUDIO MEDIA For Exercises 13, use the table that shows the sizes of three main
audio media: vinyl, CD, and mini-disc. Use 3.14 for .

Diameters of Audio Media

Medium

Diameter (inches)

Vinyl Disc

Compact Disc (CD)

Mini Compact Disc (Mini-disc)

2.5

1. What is the circumference of a CD?

2. When a record player needle is placed

on the outside edge of a vinyl record,
how far does the needle travel in one
rotation?

3. What is the difference between the

circumference of a vinyl disc and a
mini-disc?

4. CROP CIRCLES On June 8, 1992 a crop

circle with an 18-meter radius was
found in a wheat field near
Szekesfehervar, 43 miles southwest of
Budapest. What was its circumference?

5. SEQUOIAS The largest living thing in

the world is the General Sherman
sequoia in Sequoia National Park,
California. It is 272 feet high, has a
diameter of 36.5 feet, and has an
estimated weight of 2,150 tons. What is
the sequoias circumference to the
nearest tenth of a foot?

6. MONSTER TRUCKS A monster truck fleet

uses 23 degree tires 66 inches tall,
43 inches wide, mounted on 25-inch
diameter wheels. What is the
circumference of a monster truck wheel
to the nearest tenth of an inch?

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1. WAREHOUSE A warehouse has three
shelves that can hold 8, 12, or 16
skateboards. Each shelf has sections
holding the same number of
skateboards. What is the greatest
number of skateboards that can be put
in a section? Explain.

2. FRUIT Mei has 15 oranges, 9 peaches,

and 18 pears. She wants to put all of
the fruit into decorative baskets. Each
basket must have the same number of
pieces of fruit in it. Without mixing
fruits, what is the greatest number of
pieces of fruit Mei can put in each
basket? Explain.

3. SHIPPING Oscar needs to ship 14 rock

CDs, 12 classical CDs, and 8 pop CDs.
He can pack only one type of CD in
each box, and he must pack the same
number of CDs in each box. What is the
greatest number of CDs Oscar can pack
in each box? Explain.

4. GARDENING Jill wants to put

45 sunflower plants, 81 corn plants,
and 63 tomato plants in her garden. If
she puts the same number of plants in
each row and if each row has only one
type of plant, what is the greatest
number of plants Jill can put in one
row? Explain.

5. MONEY The list

Wednesday $36
shows the
Thursday
$54
amounts of
Friday
$72
money the club
leader collected from members for a
camping trip. Each member paid the
same amount. What is the most the
camping trip could cost per member?
Explain.

6. MONEY Use the information from

Exercise 5. How many members have
paid to go on the camping trip if the
price is the greatest possible price per
member?

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Greatest Common Factor

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Simplifying Fractions
For Exercises 13, use the following information
and the table at the right. Write your answers in
simplest form.
In a frequency table, the relative frequency of a
category is the fraction of the data that falls in that
class.
To find relative frequency, divide the frequency by
the total number of items.

1. STATISTICS What is the relative

frequency of people with brown eyes?

Eye Color Survey

Color

Tally

Frequency

Brown

552

Blue

Green

Hazel

Violet

2. STATISTICS What is the relative

frequency of people with hazel eyes?

4

15

3. STATISTICS What is the relative

frequency of people with brown or hazel
eyes?

4. ANIMALS Lions sleep about 20 hours a

20
day. Write
as a fraction in simplest
24

form.

5

6

5. MARBLES Carlota has 63 marbles.

Twenty-eight of her marbles are aggies.
What fraction of Carlotas marbles are
aggies? Write the answer in simplest
form.

6. MOVIES Fourteen of the top thirty alltime grossing childrens films were
14
animated films. Write
as a fraction
30

in simplest form.

7

15

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Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions
1. MILEAGE Brownsville is 75 miles away

47
2. SWIMMING Steven swam
meters

from Frisco. Write the distance as an

improper fraction.

crossing Lady Jay Creek. Write the

distance he swam as a mixed number.

75 m
6

3. FOOD Kenjis favorite recipe calls for

4. PUPPY Nikkis puppy weighs

33 cups of flour. Write the amount of

25
pounds. Write the puppys weight as
7

flour he needs as an improper fraction.

a mixed number.

34 lb
7

87
6. GEOGRAPHY Hampshire Hill is

9

meters tall. Write its height as a mixed

number.

she is too tired to keep going. Write the

distance she can run as an improper
fraction.

92 m
3

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5. EXERCISE Koto can run 47 miles before

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Least Common Multiple
1. FORESTRY Omar is planting trees. He
has enough trees to plant 6, 7, or 14
trees in each row. What is the least
number of trees Omar could have?

2. BUSES The Line A bus arrives at the

bus stop every 25 minutes, and the
Line B bus arrives every 15 minutes.
They are both at the bus stop right
now. In how many minutes will they
both be at the bus stop again?

3. MARCHING BAND The high school

marching band rehearses with either
6 or 10 members in every line. What is
the least number of people that can be
in the marching band?

4. TIME In a clock, a large gear completes

a rotation every 45 seconds, and a
small gear completes a rotation every
18 seconds. How many seconds pass
before the gears align again?

5. ROSES Dante is planting his rose

garden. He knows he can plant all of
his roses by planting 12 or 15 rose
bushes in every row. What is the least
number of rose bushes Dante could
have?

6. FAMILY Every 7 years the Lancaster

family has a family reunion. Every 6
years they update their family tree. If
they both had a photo taken and
updated their family tree in 1997, in
what year will both events occur again?

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1. SHOES Toya is looking in her closet. If

2. BUDGET Daniel spends 3 of his money

7
4
on rent and of his money on food.
9

1
2
of her shoes are black and are
3
5

brown, does she have more black shoes

or more brown shoes? Explain.

Does he spend more money on food or

rent? Explain.

food; 4 3

3. WOODWORKING Isi drilled a hole that

4. FOOD In a recent survey, 2 of the

is 5 inch wide. She has a screw that is

people surveyed said their favorite food

9
5
inch wide. Is the hole wide enough to
6

was pizza, 1 said it was hot dogs, and

4
3
said it was popcorn. Which food was
10

fit the screw? Explain.

favored by the greatest number of

people? Explain.

pizza; 2 3 1

5. OFFICE SUPPLIES A blue paper clip is

6. GUMBALLS A red gumball is 5 inch

8
5
across. A green gumball is inch
6
across, and a blue gumball is 7 inch
9

1
inch wide. A silver paper clip is
6
3
inch wide, and a red paper clip is
8
1
inch wide. What color paper clip has
3

across. List the gumballs in order from

smallest to largest.

the smallest width? Explain.

red, blue, green

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Comparing and Ordering Fractions

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Writing Decimals as Fractions
1. FIELD TRIP About 0.4 of a biology class
will be going on a field trip. Write the
decimal as a fraction in simplest form.

2. EARTH Eighty percent of all life on

Earth is below the oceans surface.
Write 0.80 as a fraction in simplest
form.

4

5

3. VENUS The planet Venus is 67.24

million miles away from the Sun. Write
the decimal as a mixed number in
simplest form.

4. SATURN If you weighed 138 pounds on

Earth, you would weigh 128.34 pounds
on Saturn. Write the weight on Saturn
as a mixed number in simplest form.

17
128
lb
50

5. MERCURY If you were 10 years old on

Earth, you would be 41.494 years old
on Mercury. Write the age on Mercury
as a mixed number in simplest form.

6. INTERNET According to recent figures,

4.65 million people in the Middle East
are online. Write the decimal as a
mixed number in simplest form.

13
4

20

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Writing Fractions as Decimals
1. PLANETS The planet Mercury is roughly

2. MARBLES Lin has a marble that is

2
the size of Earth. Write the fraction
5

5
inch wide. Write the marbles width
8

as a decimal.

3. HOMEWORK Miko has finished 6 of

0.625 in.

4. EXERCISE Tate has been dancing for 5

of an hour. Write this fraction as a

decimal.

Lesson 57

her homework. Write the fraction as a

decimal.

6. COOKING A recipe calls for 22 cups of

5. SPORTS Charlie played tennis for

33 hours. Write the mixed number as a

milk. Write the mixed number as a

decimal.

7. HEIGHT Winona is 24 the height of her

8. RECESS Jennifer has been spinning in

circles for 43 minutes. Write the

little brother. Write the mixed number

as a decimal.

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Rounding Fractions and Mixed Numbers
1. EXERCISE Judy walked 65 miles. To the
8

2. ANIMALS Marias hamster weighs 34

pounds. How many pounds is this to

the nearest half pound?

nearest half mile, how many miles did

she walk?

31 lb
2

4. CARPENTRY Jan has cut a board to

make a shelf. The board is 32 feet long.

library to the school. How many miles

is this to the nearest half mile?

5. LUMBERING Pat needs to haul away

How many feet is this to the nearest

half foot?

6. CLOTHING Mandy is making table place

13 tons of wood from the lot. The

mats that will take 21 yards of cloth. If

maximum weight his pickup truck is

supposed to carry is 1 ton. How many
trips should Pat make to haul all the
wood away? Explain.

cloth is sold in half yards, how many

yards of cloth will Mandy need to buy?
Explain.

21 yd; 1 is more than a whole

yd and less than a half yd.

7. EXERCISE Julien is preparing for a

5-mile race. He can choose from a

8. CRAFTS Marisa wants to glue her

61-inch by 84-inch painting onto
4

47-mile course to train on or a 52-mile

8
5

foam backing. The foam backing comes

in sheets that are 6 inches by 9 inches
or 7 inches by 9 inches. Which sheet of
foam should Marisa buy? Explain.

course. Which course should he choose?

Explain.

7 in. by 9 in.; 61 in. is greater

4
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3. TRAVEL It is 97 miles from the

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Estimating Sums and Differences
CLOTHING For Exercises 14, use the table. It shows articles of clothing
and the yardage of cloth needed to make them.

Amount of Cloth Needed to Make Clothing

Article of Clothing

Amount of Cloth (yards)

Bandana

1

3

Vest

7

8

Pants

Shirt

Jacket

1. Jan wants to make a bandana and a

vest from the same cloth. About how
many yards of cloth will she need?

5
8
9

2. About how much more cloth will a vest

need than a bandana?

1 1 or about 1 yd more

3. Gloria wants to make pants and a

matching shirt from the same cloth.
About how much cloth will she need?

4. Sam is trying to decide whether to

make a jacket or a shirt. About how
much more cloth would he need to buy
for a jacket than for a shirt?

6 3 or about 3 yd more

5. GARDENING Juan is building a fence

around a triangular garden. About how
much fencing should he buy to be sure
he has enough?

6. GARDENING Refer to the drawing in

Exercise 5. About how much longer is
the longest side of the garden than the
shortest side, to the nearest whole
number?

3 8 ft

2 8 ft
1

5 8 ft

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MAPS For Exercises 13, use the

drawing at the right that shows
distances between major sites on
the Avenue of the Americas in
New York City.

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Like Denominators

6
mi
20

Avenue of the Americas, New York City

1. Carla walked from the Empire State

Building to the Museum of Modern Art.
How far did she walk?

2. Julie walked from Central Park South

to the Museum of Modern Art. Jolene
walked from Radio City Music Hall to
the Museum. How much farther did
Julie walk than Jolene?

3
mi
20

3. Dion walked from Central Park South

to the Empire State Building. How far
did he walk?

4. COOKING Tiffany made a glass of

punch from fruit juice concentrate. She
used 1 cup concentrate and 3 cup
4

water. How much more water than

concentrate did Tiffany use?

5. ART Beng is creating a painting. He

6. CONSTRUCTION Mr. Hayashi is

has 5 of a tube of red paint and 3 of a

8
8

repairing his sidewalk. He mixed 5

tube of green paint. How much more

red paint does he have than green
paint?

pound of cement with sand and water

to make concrete. The next day he

mixed 7 pound of cement with sand

and water. How many pounds of cement

altogether did Mr. Hayashi use?

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1
c
2

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Adding and Subtracting Fractions with
Unlike Denominators
BUSINESS For Exercises 14, use the table below. It lists the fractions of
United States car sales held by several companies in 2001.

Leading Car Sales in U.S. in 2001

Company

Fraction of Sales

Company A

1

5

Company B

4

25

Company C

2

5

Company D

3

20

1. What fraction of the U.S. sales did

Company C and Company B hold
together?

2. How much greater was the fraction of

the market of Company A than of
Company D?

1

20

3. How much more than Company As

fraction of the market did Company C
have?

4. Find the total fraction of the market

that Company D and Company B hold
together.

31

100

5. TRAVEL Gabriellas travel shampoo

6. EXERCISE Bill and Andy were racing to

see who could run the farthest in

bottle holds 1 cup of shampoo. Before

2
leaving on vacation, she filled the bottle

5 minutes. Bill ran 5 of a mile, and

to the top with 1 cup of shampoo. How

Andy ran 3 of a mile. How much

much shampoo was already in the

bottle?

farther did Andy run than Bill?

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Solve. Write answers in simplest form.
1. SCHOOL Liwanu spent 22 hours on his
5

2. FARMING Mr. Garcia planted 47 acres

8
5
of wheat and 1 acres of corn. How
8

math homework and 13 hours on his

5
science homework. How much time did
he spend doing math and science
homework?

3. COOKING Trey wants to make biscuits

and muffins. He needs 21 cups of flour
4
for the biscuits and 15 cups of flour for
8

much more wheat did he plant than

corn?

31 acres
4

4. COOKING Gina wants to make cookies.

The recipe for blueberry muffins calls
for 23 cups of flour. The recipe for
4

cornmeal muffins calls for 11 cups of

the muffins. How much flour does Trey

need altogether?

flour. How many more cups of flour

would Gina need for blueberry muffins
than corn muffins?

15 c
12

5. WEIGHT Crystals baby brother weighed

6. BOOKS Kyle read 35 books and Jan

6
1
read 2 books. How many more books
3

71 pounds at birth. After one month,

her brother weighed 84 pounds. How

did Kyle read than Jan?

much weight did the baby gain?

7. ANIMALS The average length of a

8. RECYCLING The class collected

Rufous hummingbird is 31 inches. The

95 pounds of glass bottles and

average length of a Broad-tailed

61 pounds of aluminum cans. How

hummingbird is 41 inches. How much

many pounds of glass and aluminum

did the class collect in all?

shorter is the Rufous hummingbird?

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Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers

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Subtracting Mixed Numbers with Renaming
Solve. Write in simplest form.
1. EXERCISE Seth has already walked
5
3
miles. It takes 1 miles to get to
8
8

2. COOKING Aviva needs fresh lemon juice

to make cheesecake. She bought
2 lemons but needed only 11 lemons

school. How much further does he have

to go?

for the amount of juice she needs. How

much lemon does she have left over?

3
of a lemon
4

3. WORK In 2000, 17 million workdays

were lost due to strikes and labor
disputes. In 2001, there were only

4. TRAVEL It usually takes Amalie 13

hours to get to her aunts house. Due to

Thanksgiving traffic, this year it took

11 million days lost. How many more

31 hours. How much longer did it take

workdays were lost in 2000?

5. CARS A 2002 SUV can accelerate from

this year?

6. SCULPTURE Jose has 81 cups of Plaster

59
0 to 60 mph in 10
seconds. A sports

of Paris powder. If Jose uses 53 cups

86
car takes 9
seconds to get from 0

for a sculpture, how much plaster will

he have left?

100

to 60 mph. How much faster does the

sports car get to 60 mph?

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10

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Estimating Products
Estimate by using rounding or compatible numbers. Show how you found your
estimates.
The table lists the grams of saturated fat
per tablespoon of some common fats.

Grams of Saturated Fat per Tablespoon

4

5
4
1
5
71
5
31
5

Safflower Oil
Olive Oil
Butter
Cream Cheese

1. Jenny is making muffins. The recipe

calls for 4 tablespoons of oil. If she uses
safflower oil, about how many grams of
saturated fat would she be adding to
the muffin batter?

2. Curtis spread 2 tablespoons of butter

on his slice of bread. About how many
grams of saturated fat did Curtis add
to the slice of bread?

3. Rubin is fond of bagels and cream

4. WATER Marcia is making a habit of

drinking at least 7 cups of water a day.
About how many cups of water did she

cheese. He spread 52 tablespoons of

3
cream cheese on his bagel and ate the
bagel. About how many grams of
saturated fat did Rubin eat by eating
the cream cheese?

5. TRAVEL Seth has been driving for

43 hours at 62 miles per hour. About
4

71 2 7 2 14
5

drink if she drank 3 the number of

cups she wanted to drink? about

6 c; 3 7 3 8 6
4

6. MAIL The U.S. Postal Service delivers

about 199 billion pieces of mail each
year. Of this mail, 4 is sent by big

how many miles has he driven?

commercial users. About how many

pieces of mail are sent by big
commercial users each year?

199 4 200 4 160

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FOOD For Exercises 13, use the table.

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Multiplying Fractions
COOKING For Exercises 1 and 2, use the recipe for chocolate frosting.

Chocolate Frosting Recipe

1
cup butter
3

2 ounces melted unsweetened chocolate

2 cups powdered sugar
1
teaspoon vanilla
2

2 tablespoons milk

1. Georgia wants to cut the recipe for

chocolate frosting in half for a small
cake that shes making. How much of
each ingredient will she need?

2. Suppose Georgia wanted to double the

recipe; what would the measurements
be for each ingredient?

3. COMPUTERS 1 of todays college

5
students began using computers
between the ages of 5 and 8. If a college
has 3,500 students, how many of the
students began using computers
between the ages of 5 and 8?

4. EXERCISE A paper published in a

medical journal reported that about

5. ANIMALS Catherine walks her dog 3

4
mile every day. How far does she walk

6. MUSIC If you practice a musical

11
of girls ages 16 to 17 do not exercise
25

at all. The entire study consisted of

about 2,500 girls. About how many did
not exercise?

instrument each day for 2 of an hour,

each week?

how many hours of practice would you

get in each week?

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Multiplying Mixed Numbers
FOOD For Exercises 13, use the table. The table shows Keiths food

options for a 7-day outdoor survival course.

Food Options for 7-day Outdoor Survival Course
1 plastic jar 43 cups

peanut butter

5
2
14 cups
3
61 cups
6
8 boxes 161 cups
4
1
3 cups
3
1 box 84 cups
5

dried noodles/rice
dried fruit/nuts
concentrated juice boxes
beef jerky
powdered milk

5 packages 152 cups

dehydrated soup

4 cans 53 cups

canned tuna/meat

1. Keith wants to divide his tuna over the

seven-day course. How many cups of
tuna meat can Keith plan on

2. Keith would like to bring enough

concentrated juice in order to have
21 cups available per day. How much
4

consuming each day?

juice does he need and is 8 boxes of

concentrated juice enough?

153 c; yes
4

4. MEASUREMENT Bill wants to put a

large mural on a wall that is
91 feet long and 81 feet wide. Find
3

the area of the wall. If the mural is

100 square feet, will it fit on the wall?

755 ft2; no
6

5. PAINTING Pam is mixing 31 batches of

6. COOKING To make a batch of fruit

paint. If one batch calls for

punch, Steve needs 22 cups blackberry

23 tablespoons of detergent to add to

juice. If he wants to make 23 batches

the tempera powder, how many

tablespoons of detergent will Pam
need?

of punch, how many cups of blackberry

juice will he need?

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3. Six other students have been advised to

bring the same menu on the course.
How many cups of dried fruits and nuts
will the students be bringing all
together?

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Dividing Fractions
1. PIZZA Norberto has 9 of a pizza. The

2. CARPENTRY Laura wants to cut a board

pizza will be divided equally among

6 people. How much will each person
get?

into three equal pieces. The board is

5
feet long. How long will each piece
8
5

be?

3. PETS Errol uses 1 can of wet dog food

ft
24

4. ICE CREAM Julia ate 1 pint of mint

for his dog, Muddy, each day. How many

servings will he get from 5 cans of dog
food?

chocolate chip ice cream. Mark ate

3
pint of malt ice cream. How many
4

times more ice cream did Mark eat?

11 times
2

6. SCHOOL Kirsten has 3 hour left to

5. GARDENING Talia wants to give away

6 bundles of rosemary from her herb

finish 5 math problems on the test.

How much time does she have to spend
on each problem?

garden. If she has 1 pound of rosemary,

how much will each bundle weigh?

3
h
20

7. FOOD Joe has 1 of a cake he would like

8. INTERNET 3 of college students use the

Internet more than the library. 9 use

to split among 3 people. What part of

the cake will each person get?

100

the library more. How many times

more students use the Internet?

81 times
3

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2. FOOD DeLila has 41 pies to divide

1. VIDEOTAPES Lyle is putting his

videotapes on a shelf. The shelf is
12 inches long. If each videotape is

equally among 9 people. How much will

1
2

each person get? of a pie

11 inches wide, how many videotapes

2
can he put side-by-side on the shelf?

3. GARDENING Maurice mows lawns on

Saturday. Last week it took him 51

4. COOKING Chris is cutting a roll of

cookie dough into pieces that are

1
1
inch thick. If the roll is 10 inches
2
2

hours to finish. This week it took only 5

hours. How many times longer did it

long, how many pieces can he make?

take last week than this week?

5. SPORTS Tanya Streeter holds the world

record for free-diving in the ocean. She

6. GARDENING Catherine got 93 pounds

of cherries from her tree this year. Last

dove 525 feet in 31 minutes. How many

2
feet per minute did she dive?

year she only got 61 pounds. How

4
many times more pounds did she get

1
2

this year than last year? 1 times

7. SEWING Jeanne has 33 yards of fabric.

8. EXERCISE Del Ray can run 201 miles in

She needs 14 yards to make a pair of

5
pants. How many pairs of pants can
she make?

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1
9

can he run? 9 mi per h

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Dividing Mixed Numbers

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Sequences
1. SPORTS Thomas is getting in shape for
track. He is starting with a 2 mile run

2. WATER Kevin is pumping water from a

small pond into a water tank. At 9 A.M.
the water level was 2 inches. At 11 A.M.

and will increase the run by 1 mile

it was 31 inches. At 1 P.M. it was

each week for 4 weeks. What will his

distance be for the second, third, and

5 inches. If the pattern continues, what

will the level be at 3 P.M.? Explain.

fourth weeks?

61 in.; The tank is filling at a rate

2
of 0.75 in. per h.

3. BACKPACKING A group of backpackers

started with 5 pounds of cheese. On the

4. FROGS The frog population in a

Japanese garden is growing at an
alarming rate. The counts taken show
there were 14 frogs to start, then 28,
then 56, then 112. If they continue to
grow at this rate, what will the next
count be? Explain.

second day they had only 21 pounds.

On the third day they had 11 pounds.

4
If the pattern continues, how much will
they have on the fourth day? Explain.

5. MONEY James borrowed $315 from his

parents for a snowboard. He agreed to
pay them back in monthly payments. In
February he owed $265. In March he
owed $215. In April he owed $165.
What are his monthly payments? How
much will he owe in August?

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6. TRAVEL Jessica is on a road trip. At

noon she still had 372 miles to go. At
1 P.M. she had 307 miles to go. At 2 P.M.
she had 242 miles to go. At this rate,
how many miles will Jessica have left
to go at 5 P.M.? Explain.

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1. MONEY Katryn owes her father $25.
Write this number as an integer.

2. GEOGRAPHY Mt. Whitney in California

is 14,494 feet above sea level. Write
this number as an integer.

3. GEOGRAPHY Badwater in Death Valley

is 282 feet below sea level. Write this
number as an integer.

4. SCHOOL Dick forgot to put his name on

his homework. His teacher deducts 5
points for papers turned in without
names on them. So, Dick lost 5 points
from his score. Write this number as an
integer.

5. GEOGRAPHY Multnomah Falls in

Oregon drops 620 feet from the top to
the bottom. Suppose a log is carried by
the water from the top to the bottom of
the falls. Write the integer to describe
the location of the log now.

6. TRAVEL The train left the station and

traveled ahead on the tracks for 30
miles. Write an integer to describe the
new location of the train from the
station.

7. WEATHER The table shows the average

normal January temperature of four
cities in Alaska. Compare the
temperatures of Barrow and Fairbanks,
using , , or . Then compare the
temperatures of Barrow and
Anchorage.

8. WEATHER Use the table from

Exercise 7. Write the temperatures of
the four cities in order from highest to
lowest temperature.

City

Temperature (F)

Anchorage
Barrow
Fairbanks
Juneau

15
13
10
24

13F 10F; 13F 15F

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Integers

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Adding Integers
1. GAME To play a game on a game board,
Drew puts his game piece on START.
On his first turn, he moves his game
piece ahead 7 spaces. On his second
turn, Drew moves his game piece back
4 spaces. How many spaces away from
START is his game piece now?

2. GAME Fritas game piece is on square

24 of a game board. She draws a card
that says, Move back 4 spaces. Then
she draws a card that says, Move back
2 spaces. On which square is Fritas
game piece now?

3. WEATHER The temperature outside is

0F. If the temperature drops 14
overnight, what was the overnight low
temperature?

4. WEATHER The temperature outside is

16F. Then the temperature rises
20 degrees. What is the current outdoor
temperature?

5. ANIMALS An ant crawls 14 centimeters

down into an ant hole. It then crawls
6 centimeters up to the queens nest.
Write and solve an addition sentence
that gives the location of the ant.

6. ANIMALS Monarch butterflies travel an

average of about 15 feet off the ground.
One butterfly flies to a height of
22 feet. Tell how much higher it flies
than average.

7. ANIMALS Pacific salmon swimming up

the Columbia River travel 2 feet under
water. Suppose one salmon darts 3 feet
up and out of the water. How far out of
the water did the salmon jump?

8. ANIMALS Plankton (microscopic

animals) float on the top of a pond at
night to feed. They drop to the bottom
of the pond during the day. Express
their daytime location as a negative
number if the top of the pond is at sea
level and the pond is 4 feet deep.

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Subtracting Integers
MONEY For Exercises 14, use the transaction register.

A transaction register is used to record money deposits and withdrawals from

a checking account. It shows how much money Mandy, a college student, had
in her account as well as the 4 checks she has written so far.
Date

Description of Transaction

9/04

spending money from parents

9/07

college bookstore textbooks

9/13

graphing calculator

9/16

bus pass

9/24

Charlies Pizza

Payment Deposit Balance

$500

$291
$99
$150
$12

1. Subtract each withdrawal to find the

balance after each check was written. If
Mandy spends more than $500, record
that amount as a negative number.

2. Which check did Mandy write that

made her account overdrawn?

3. Mandy called home and asked for a

loan. Her parents let her borrow $500.
What is her balance now?

4. After her parents let her borrow the

$500 from Exercise 3, Mandy wants to
spend $300 on clothes and $150 on
decorations for her dorm room. Does
she have enough money in the bank?
Express her balance with an integer if
she buys these items.

5. WEATHER At 2 P.M., the temperature

was 9F. If the temperature drops
20 degrees, what is the new
temperature?

6. BASKETBALL During a high school

basketball game, the home team scored
51 points and the opponents scored 62
points. What is the point differential
(the difference between the number of
points scored by a team and its
opponent) for the home team?

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Check No.

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Multiplying Integers
1. BASKETBALL A basketball player who
makes a basket scores 2 points for her
team. Tanya made 9 baskets in the
game. Write a number sentence to show
many points she scored for her team.

2. HEALTH Jim was recovering in the

shade from a walk in the hot desert.
His temperature dropped 2F each hour
for 2 hours. What was the total change
in his temperature?

3. WEATHER The outside temperature is

3F and falling at a rate of 2 degrees
per hour. What will the temperature be
in 5 hours?

4. POPULATION A small town is losing

residents at a rate of 24 residents per
year. If this pattern continues for
5 years, what will be the change in
relation to the original population?

5. SCIENCE A pebble falls into a pond.

From the surface, it descends at a rate
of 2 feet per second. Where is the
pebble in relation to the surface of the
pond after 5 seconds?

6. CONSTRUCTION A construction company

is starting to excavate a hole for a new
underground parking garage. If the
company excavates 3 feet every hour
for 4 hours, what will be the depth of
the hole in relation to the surface?

7. WEATHER The outside temperature is

20F and rising at a rate of 5 degrees
per hour. How long will it be before the
temperature reaches 0F?

8. SCIENCE For each kilometer above

Earths surface, the temperature
decreases 7C. If the temperature at
Earths surface is 8, what will be
the temperature 7 kilometers above
the surface?

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1. SKATING Judges in some figure skating
competitions must give a mandatory
5-point deduction for each jump missed
during the technical part of the
competition. Marisa has participated in
5 competitions this year and has been
given a total of 20 points for jumps
missed. How many jumps did she miss?

2. SKATING Miranda is an excellent

spinner who averages 3 points on her
spins during competitions. Last year
her total spin points equaled 21.
About how many spins did she
successfully complete?

3. WEATHER The temperature dropped

32F in 4 hours. Suppose the
temperature dropped by an equal
amount each hour. What integer
describes the change?

4. SKATING Dans scores for speed this

season are 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 0. What
is his average speed score for the
season? (Hint: The average is the sum
of the points divided by the number of
scores.)

5. FOOTBALL A football team was

penalized 30 points in 3 plays. Suppose
the team was penalized an equal
number of yards on each play. Write an
integer that gives the yards for each
penalty.

6. BASKETBALL A team scored a total of

27 points for three-point field goals in
the season. How many 3-point field
goals did they make?

7. TRACK Anna and Sara both ran 5 laps

of a race. When Anna finished, Sara
was 15 meters behind Anna. Suppose
Sara fell behind the same number of
meters during each lap. Write an
integer that describes how far Sara fell
behind in each lap.

8. BAKING Maria was penalized a total of

12 points in 6 baking contests for not
starting on time. Suppose she was
penalized an equal number of points
at each competition. Write an integer
that describes the penalty during
each contest.

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Dividing Integers

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The Coordinate Plane
MONEY For Exercises 14, use the table and the coordinate plane.

School buttons sell for $2 each. When you have completed the table and the
graph, both the table and graph will show the costs of purchasing up to 5
school buttons.
Number of
Buttons Sold
1
2
3
4
5

Price ($)

10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
O
origin

y-axis

x-axis
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1. Now complete the second column of the

table by writing the cost of each
number of buttons.

2. To prepare to graph the data, make a

list of ordered pairs from the table.

3. Graph the ordered pairs. Label each

point with its ordered pair. Describe the
graph of the points.

4. Describe the coordinate plane that you

have completed. How is it different
from other systems you have used?

5. TRACK If it takes Trixie 8 minutes to

run a mile, then 8m represents her
total time where m is the number of
miles she has run. List the ordered
pairs (number of miles, total time) for
0, 1, 2, and 3 miles.

6. TRACK If you were to graph the ordered

pairs from Exercise 5, what would their
graph look like?

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Properties
2. COMPUTER GAMES In Carlotas
computer game, she goes up one level
every time she earns 210 points.
Carlota has just gone up a level for the
eighth time. Use the Distributive
Property to calculate mentally how
many points Carlota has.

3. ENROLLMENT The sixth grade class at

Parkview Middle School has 25
blondes, 18 redheads, and 25 brunettes.
Use mental math to figure out how
many students are in the sixth grade.

4. GYM CLASS In gym class, students were

put into groups. Each group had 4 boys
and 3 girls. If 7 groups were formed,
how many students were in the class?

5. SPORTS CARS Every day for 11 days,

Tylia saw 23 sports cars pass her
bedroom window. Write a numerical
expression to describe how many sports
cars she saw in all. Rewrite the
expression using the Distributive
Property so that you can mentally
calculate how many sports cars she
saw.

6. MARBLES Devon has 16 blue marbles,

22 green marbles, and 14 red marbles
in a bag. Write a numerical expression
to describe the total number of marbles
in the bag in the order given in the
problem. Then rewrite the expression to
make it easier to mentally calculate
how many marbles are in the bag.

7. BOWLING It costs $5.75 per person for

one game of bowling and $2.25 to rent
one pair of shoes. What does it cost for
five friends to go bowling? Write two
different numerical expressions to
describe the cost for five friends. Then
use one to calculate the total cost for
five friends.

8. GIFTS Ms. Bautista made 22 gift

baskets for her students. Each basket
had 5 apples and 3 oranges. How many
pieces of fruit did Ms. Bautista use?

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1. HOMEWORK Jacy spends half an hour

every night studying math and an hour
every night studying science. Over five
days, how much time does Jacy spend
on his homework? Write two
expressions you can use to find the
answer. Then answer the question.

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Solving Addition Equations
1. BIRTHDAYS Albertos birthday is 7 days
after Coreys birthday. Albertos
birthday is on the 9th. Write and solve
an equation to find the day of Coreys
birthday.

2. AGE Megan and Jason are brother and

sister. Jason is 4 years older than
Megan. If Jason is 16 years old, write
and solve an equation to find Megans
age.

3. PAPER AIRPLANES Rebecca and Ricardo

are both testing their paper airplanes.
Rebeccas plane flew 6 feet further than
Ricardos plane. If Rebeccas plane flew
10 feet, write and solve an equation to
find how far Ricardos plane flew.

4. BASEBALL CARDS Ren and Chet have

just started collecting baseball cards.
Ren has 13 more baseball cards than
Chet. Ren has 27 cards. Write and solve
an equation to find how many baseball
cards Chet has.

5. SKATING Susan and Ruby went skating.

Ruby skated 30 minutes longer than
Susan. If Ruby skated for 45 minutes,
write and solve an equation to find how
long Susan skated.

6. STUNT FLYER A stunt airplane is flying

at 150 feet. It ascends to 325 feet. Write
and solve an equation to find the
change in altitude of the airplane.

7. SAVINGS Oscar is saving money to buy

a jacket that costs $47. He has already
saved $25. Write and solve an equation
to find how much more money Oscar
needs to save.

8. RECYCLING Bonnie has 27 more cans

than Jackie. If she has 56 cans, write
and solve an equation to find how
many cans Jackie has.

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1. BIRDS A house cat, Sophie, scared away
5 birds when she arrived on the porch.
If 3 birds remain, write and solve an
equation to find how many birds were
on the porch before Sophie arrived.

2. APPLES David brought apples to school

one day. After giving one to each of his
5 closest friends, David had 6 apples
left. Write and solve an equation to find
how many apples David brought to
school.

3. BASKETBALL The basketball team is

practicing after school. Four students
have to leave early. If 12 basketball
players remain, write and solve an
equation to find how many students
are on the basketball team.

4. MARBLES Virginias mother gave her

marbles for her birthday. Virginia lost
13 of them. If she has 24 marbles left,
write and solve an equation to find how
many her mother gave her.

5. MONEY Claudio went for a walk. While

he was walking, $1.35 fell out of his
pocket. When he returned home, he
counted his money and had $2.55 left.
Write and solve an equation to find
how much money was in Claudios
pocket when he started his walk.

6. HANG GLIDING Aida was hang gliding.

After losing 35 feet in altitude, she was
gliding at 125 feet. Write and solve an
equation to find her height when she
started hang gliding.

7. SHARKS The average great

hammerhead shark is 11.5 feet long.
The average great hammerhead shark
is 13.5 feet shorter than the average
whale shark. Write and solve an
equation to find the length of the
average whale shark.

8. JOKES At a party, Tex told 17 fewer

knock-knock jokes than he did riddles.
If he told 23 knock-knock jokes, write
and solve an equation to find how
many riddles Tex told at the party.

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Solving Multiplication Equations
1. BAND SOLO Kais solo in the next school
band performance is 4 times as long as
Denas solo. Kais solo is 12 minutes
long. Write and solve an equation to
find the length of Denas solo.

2. CATS Steves tabby cat eats 5 times as

often as his black cat. The tabby cat ate
10 times yesterday. Write and solve an
equation to find how many times the
black cat ate.

3. FOOTBALL In last nights football game,

the home team earned 3 times as many
points as the visiting team. They won
the game with 21 points. Write and
solve an equation to find how many
points the visiting team had.

4. MONEY Paz has 3 times as much

money in her wallet as in her pocket.
There is $18 in her wallet. Write and
solve an equation to find how much
money is in her pocket.

5. MORNINGS It takes Jun 3 times as long

as it takes Kendra to get ready in the
morning. It takes Jun 45 minutes to get
ready. Write and solve an equation to
find how long it takes Kendra.

6. FISH In his home aquarium, Enli has

12 times as many guppies as he has
goldfish. Enli just counted 72 guppies.
Write and solve an equation to find
how many goldfish he has.

7. MUSIC Rays favorite song is 2 times

longer than Melis favorite song. Write
and solve an equation to find the
length of Melis favorite song if Rays
lasts 6 minutes.

8. TRAILS The forest trail to Round Lake

is 3 times longer than the rocky trail to
Round Lake. The forest trail is 15 miles
long. Write and solve an equation to
find the length of the rocky trail.

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1. FIRE TRUCKS Fire Station A has one
more than twice as many fire trucks as
Fire Station B. If Fire Station A has
three fire trucks, write and solve an
equation to find how many fire trucks
Fire Station B has.

2. TOY CARS Tanisha has 7 less than 4

times as many toy cars as Fernando. If
Tanisha has 9 cars, write and solve an
equation to find how many toy cars
Fernando has.

3. ADDRESS Danielle and Erin live on the

same street. Danielle lives at number
13. If Danielles house number is 5 less
than 3 times Erins house number,
write and solve an equation to find
Erins house number.

4. BIRTHDAY CAKE Mrs. Zeng is slicing her

sons birthday cake. To make sure
everyone will have enough, she slices
the cake so that the number of slices is
6 more than twice the number of people
at the party. If she slices the cake into
20 slices, write and solve an equation to
find how many people are at the party.

5. DINOSAURS The largest complete

dinosaur we know of was a
Brachiosaurus. It reached a length of
23 meters. Its length was one less than
twice its height. Write and solve an
equation to find the height of the
Brachiosaurus.

6. BABY-SITTING Last week, Enrique

earned $30.00 baby-sitting. Enrique
earned $5.00 less than 7 times what
Rhea earned. Write and solve an
equation to find how much money Rhea
earned baby-sitting last week.

7. ELECTION Raj received 8 more than 3

times as many votes as Vinny in a
school election. Raj received 44 votes.
Write and solve an equation to find
how many votes Vinny received.

8. JACK-O-LANTERN It took Suki 127

minutes from start to finish to carve
her pumpkin. Carving the pumpkin
took her 13 fewer minutes than 10
times as long as it took her to pick the
pumpkin out at the pumpkin patch.
Write and solve an equation to find
how long it took Suki to pick out her
pumpkin.

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Solving Two-Step Equations

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Functions
1. DRAGONS The Luck Dragons that live
in the Enchanted Forest weigh 4x
pounds when they are x years old.
Write a function table that can be used
to find the weights of 6-year old, 8-year
old, and 10-year old Luck Dragons.

2. ROLLER COASTER Twelve people are

able to ride the Serpent of Fire roller
coaster at one time. Write a function
table that shows the total number of
people that have been on the roller
coaster after 1, 2, 3, and 4 rides.

3. MOVIES At the local movie theater it

costs $10.00 for 2 students to see a
movie. It costs $15.00 for 3 students,
and it costs $20.00 for 4 students. Let
the number of students be the input.
What is the function rule that relates
the number of students to the cost of
tickets?

4. HOMEWORK At Elmwood Middle

School, sixth graders spend 1 hour
every night doing homework. Seventh
graders spend 2 hours, and eighth
graders spend 3 hours. Let the
students grade be the input. What is
the function rule between the students
grade and the amount of time the
students spend on homework every
night?

5. BEADS A bead shop sells wooden beads

for $3 each and glass beads for $7 each.
Write a function rule to represent the
total selling price of wooden (w) and
glass (g) beads.

6. Use the function rule in Exercise 5 to

find the selling price of 20 wooden
beads and 4 glass beads.

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Graphing Functions
2. CD RACK A CD rack fits 3 CDs across.
When one shelf is full, the shelf has 3
CDs on it. When two shelves are full, it
has 6 CDs, and when three shelves are
full it has 9 CDs. Let the number of full
shelves be the input and the number of
CDs be the output.
y
14
Graph the function. 12
10
8
6
4
2

1
O

1 2 3 4 5 6 7x

3. TELEPHONE Althea made a graph of

how many friends call her after school.
She let the number of hours that
passed be the input and the number of
people who called be the output. Look
at her graph and determine the
function rule.
y
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

(2, 4)

4. DOLPHINS The more dolphins Toni uses

in the dolphin show, the more people
attend the show. She let the number of
dolphins be the input and the number
of attendees be the output, and made a
graph of the function. Look at her
graph and
y
70
determine the
60
function rule.
50
(5, 50)
40
30
20
10

(1, 2)
(0, 0)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7x

5. BOTANY Jessie planted a bean plant

that was 2 inches tall. Each day it grew
1 inch. Tanya planted a bean plant that
was 1 inch tall. It grew 2 inches per
day. Write the function rule for each
bean plant.

(3, 30)
(1, 10)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7x

6. BOTANY Graph each function from

Exercise 5 on the same coordinate
plane. What does the intersection of the
two graphs represent?
y

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1. LIBRARY Tia visited the library 3 times.

The first time, she spent 1 hour and
checked out 4 books. Then she spent
2 hours and checked out 5 books. On
her last visit, she spent 3 hours and
checked out 6 books. Let the number of
y
hours be the input
7
and the number
6
5
of books be the
4
output. Graph the
3
function.
2

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Ratios
1. FOOTBALL In the NFL 20012002
season, the Miami Dolphins won
11 games and the Oakland Raiders
won 10 games. What is the ratio of
wins for the Dolphins to wins for the
Raiders?

2. GARDENING Rod has 10 rosebushes, 2 of

which produce yellow roses. Write the
ratio 2 yellow rosebushes out of
10 rosebushes in simplest form.

3. TENNIS Nancy and Lisa played 20 sets

of tennis. Nancy won 12 of them. Write
the ratio of Nancys wins to the total
number of sets in simplest form.

4. AGES Oscar is 16 years old and his

sister Julia is 12 years old. What will
be the ratio of Oscars age to Julias age
in 2 years? Write as a fraction in
simplest form.

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5. MOVIES Four friends paid a total of $32

for movie tickets. What is the ratio $32
for 4 people written as a unit rate?

6. WORKING At a warehouse, the

employees can unload 18 trucks in
6 hours. What is the unit rate for
unloading trucks?

7. ANIMALS A reindeer can run 96 miles

in 3 hours. At this rate, how far can a
reindeer run in 1 hour? Explain.

8. SHOPPING Jenny wants to buy cereal

that comes in large and small boxes.
The 32-ounce box costs $4.16, and the
14-ounce box costs $2.38. Which box is
less expensive per ounce? Explain.

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Solving Proportions
1. SCHOOL The ratio of boys to girls in
history class is 4 to 5. How many girls
are in the class if there are 12 boys in
the class? Explain.

2. FACTORIES A factory produces

6 motorcycles in 9 hours. Write a
proportion and solve it to find how
many hours it takes to produce
16 motorcycles.

6
16
; 24 h
9
x

3. READING James read 4 pages in a book

in 6 minutes. How long would you
expect him to take to read 6 pages?

4. COOKING A recipe that will make

3 pies calls for 7 cups of flour. Write a
proportion and solve it to find how
many pies can be made with 28 cups
of flour.

p
3
; 12 pies
28
7

5. TYPING Sara can type 90 words in

4 minutes. About how many words
would you expect her to type in
10 minutes?

6. BASKETBALL The Lakewood Wildcats

won 5 of their first 7 games this year.
There are 28 games in the season.
About how many games would you
expect the Wildcats to win this season?
Explain your reasoning.

20 games; Sample answer: If

the season, 5 x.

7. FOOD Two slices of Dans Famous

Pizza have 230 Calories. How many
Calories would you expect to be in
5 slices of the same pizza?

8. SHOPPING Andy paid $1.40 for

4 grapefruits. Write a proportion and
solve it to find how many grapefruits
he can purchase for $2.10.

$1.40
$2.10
; 6 grapefruits
4
x

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Scale Drawings and Models
1. MAPS On a map with a scale of
1 inch 9 miles, the distance between
two towns is 3 inches. What is the
actual distance between the two towns?

2. BLUEPRINTS On an architects blueprint,

the front of a building measures
27 inches. The scale of the blueprint is
1 inch 2 feet. How wide will the front
of the actual building be?

3. MODELS The model of an airplane has

a wingspan of 20 inches. The model has
a scale of 1 inch 4 feet. What is the
wingspan of the actual airplane?

4. ARCHITECTURE The drawing for a

building has a scale of 1 inch 3 feet.
The building in the drawing has a
height of 14 inches. How tall will the
actual building be?

5. ROCKETS A model of the Saturn V

rocket has a scale of 1 inch 12 feet.
If the model rocket is 30 inches tall,
how tall was the actual Saturn V
rocket?

6. CARS Ron took a photograph of his car

and then measured the length of the
car in the photograph. The length was

7. MODELS A model of a 4-cylinder

gasoline engine is built on a scale of
1 inch 6 inches. If the length of
the model engine is 9 inches, how long
is the actual engine?

8. PHOTOGRAPHY A photo lab technician

is going to reduce a photograph that
is 9 inches wide using a scale of

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photograph is 1 inch 4 feet, how long

is Rons actual car?

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Modeling Percents
1. FOOTBALL In the 20012002 season,
the Dallas Cowboys football team
won 45% of their games. Make a
model to show 45%.

2. LANDSCAPING Jacob is making a 10 foot

by 10 foot patio in his backyard using
paving stones that are 1 foot square.
The shaded area of the model indicates
the finished part of the patio. What
percent of the patio has Jacob finished?

55%

3. ART Lydia is making a collage using

100 photographs arranged in a square
pattern. The shaded area in the model
indicates the part of the collage already
covered by photos. What percent of the
collage is finished?

4. ENERGY In the year 2000, nuclear

energy accounted for 8% of the
energy used in the U.S. Make a
model to show 8%.

5. GAMES The figure shows the starting

position for a game played on a 10 by
10 board. The shaded squares contain
game pieces. What percent of the
squares on the board contain game
pieces?

6. MUSIC In the school chorus, 52% of the

girls sing soprano and 44% sing alto.
Which of these two sections of the
chorus has more girls? Explain using
models.

Sample answer: There are more

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1. TOYS The Titanic Toy Company has a
4% return rate on its products. Write
this percent as a fraction in simplest
form.

2. MUSIC There are 4 trombones out of 25

instruments in the Landers town band.
What percent of the instruments are
trombones?

3. SHOPPING Alicias favorite clothing

store is having a 30% off sale. What
fraction represents the 30% off sale?

4. FOOD At Bens Burger Palace, 45% of

the customers order large soft drinks.
What fraction of the customers order
large soft drinks?

9

20

5. BASKETBALL In the 20012002 NBA

season, Shaquille ONeal of the Los
Angeles Lakers made 60% of his field
goals. What fraction of his field goals
did Shaquille make?

6. SCHOOL In Janies class, 7 out of

25 students have blue eyes. What
percent of the class has blue eyes?

17
7. TESTS Michael answered
questions

8. RESTAURANTS On Saturday afternoon,

41
telephone calls taken at The
50

correctly on his test. What percent of

the questions did Michael answer
correctly?

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Overlook restaurant were for dinner

reservations. What percent of the
telephone calls were for dinner
reservations?

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Percents and Fractions

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Percents and Decimals
1. COMMUTING According to the 2000 U.S.
census, 76% of U.S. workers commute
to work by driving alone. Write 76% as
a decimal.

2. BASEBALL Barry Bondss batting

average for the 2002 season was 0.370.
Write 0.370 as a percent.

3. ELECTIONS In the 2002 U.S. midterm

elections, 39% of eligible adults voted.
What is 39% written as a decimal?

4. BASKETBALL In the 20012002 season,

Jason Kidd of the New Jersey Nets had
a field goal average of 0.391. What is
0.391 written as a percent?

5. SPORTS When asked to choose their

favorite sport, 27% of U.S. adults who
follow sports selected professional
football. What decimal is equivalent to
27%?

6. AGE Lawrence is 18 years old and his

brother Luther is 12 years old. This
means that Lawrence is 1.5 times older
than Luther. What percent is
equivalent to 1.5?

7. WATER About 5% of the surface area of

the U.S. is water. What decimal
represents the amount of the U.S.
surface area taken up by water?

8. POPULATION China accounts for 0.207

of the worlds population. What percent
of the worlds population lives in
China?

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Percent of a Number
2. AGE Theresa is 60% as old as her sister
Mala, who is 20 years old. How old is
Theresa?

3. TIPPING Charlie wants to leave a 15%

tip for a meal that costs $40. How
much should Charlie leave for a tip?

4. SALES TAX Charmaine wants to buy a

shirt for $15. If the sales tax is 4% of
$15, how much will she pay in sales
tax?

5. FOOTBALL In the 20012002 regular

season, the Green Bay Packers won
75% of their games. There were 16
regular season games. How many
games did Green Bay win?

6. BASEBALL During the 2002 World

Series, Rich Aurilia of the San
Francisco Giants had a batting average
of 250 or 25%. He was at bat 32 times.
How many hits did he get?

7. RUNNING Thomas finished the race in

120 minutes. James took 95.5% as long
as Thomas to finish the race. How long
did it take James to finish the race?

8. SHOPPING A DVD player that normally

costs $160 is on sale for 70% of its
normal price. What is the sale price of
the DVD player?

Lesson 107

1. SCHOOL There are 520 students at

Northridge High School. 80% of these
students take the bus. How many
students take the bus?

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Estimating with Percents
1. SCHOOL At Westside High School, 24%
of the 225 sixth grade students walk to
school. About how many of the sixth
grade students walk to school?

2. BASKETBALL In the 2002 regular season

the WNBA Cleveland Rockers won
31.25% of their games. They had 32
games in their regular season. About
how many games did they win?

3
30 9 games
10

3. SALES TAX The sales tax rate in Lacon

is 9%. About how much tax would you
pay on an item that costs $61?

4. SPORTS The concession stand at a

football game served 178 customers. Of
those, about 52% bought a hot dog.
About how many customers bought a
hot dog?

1
180 90 customers
2

5. READING Max has completed 39% of his

reading assignment. If there are
303 pages in the assignment, about
how many pages has Max read?

6. SHOPPING A store is having a 20% sale.

That means the customer pays 80% of
the regular price. About how much
would you pay for an item that
regularly sells for $44.99?

answer: 4 45 $36

7. SLEEP A recent study shows that people

spend about 31% of their time asleep.
About how much time will a person
spend asleep during an average 78 year
lifetime?

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water, on average. About how much
water will be in a person that weighs
138 pounds?

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Theoretical Probability
Write each answer as a fraction, a decimal, and a percent.
PARTY For Exercises 1 and 2, the spinner shown is spun once.

The spinner shows the prizes a person can win at a party.

yo-yo whistle

cap

yo-yo

1. What is the probability that a person will

spin a cap? a whistle? a cap or yo-yo?

2. What is the probability that a person

will spin a stuffed animal? Explain.
What is the probability that a person
will win a prize?

3. WEATHER The weather report says there

is an 85% chance it will be very hot
tomorrow. Should you get ready to use the
air conditioner? Explain.

4. EATING HABITS 7% of Americans are

vegetarians. If you ask a random person
whether he or she is a vegetarian,
what is the probability that the person
is not a vegetarian? Explain.

5. SCHOOL Theresa is taking a multiplechoice test and does not know an answer.
She can guess answer A, B, C, D, or E.
What is the probability that Theresa will
guess correctly? incorrectly?

6. NUMBER CUBE You roll a number cube.

How likely is it that you will roll a
number less than 1? less than 7?
Explain.

7. FOOD Mrs. Phillips has 10 identical cans

without labels. She knows that she had
1 can of peas, 5 cans of corn, 1 can of
carrots, and 3 cans of beets. She opens one
can. What is the probability it is carrots?
corn or beets?

8. In Exercise 7, how likely is it

Mrs. Phillips will open a can of corn?
a can of peas? Explain.

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ring

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Outcomes
1. OUTINGS Olivia and Candace are
deciding between Italian or Chinese
food and then whether to go to a
movie, walk in the park, or go for a
bike ride. Draw a tree diagram to
show the sample space. How many
choices do they have?

2. PETS Terence is going to get a parrot. He

can choose among a yellow, green, or
multi-colored female or male parrot.
Draw a tree diagram showing all the
ways Terence can choose. What is the
probability he will choose a yellow
female?

Outcome
IM
IW
IB
CM
CW
CB

3. CAKE Julia is ordering a birthday

cake. She can have a circular or
rectangular chocolate or vanilla cake
with chocolate, vanilla, or maple
frosting. Draw a tree diagram showing
all the possible ways Julia can order
her cake. How many options does she
have?

4. GAMES Todd plays a game in which you

toss a coin and roll a number cube. Draw
a tree diagram to find all possible
outcomes. What is P(heads, odd
number)?

5. SCHOOL Melissa can choose two

classes. Her choices are wood shop,
painting, chorus, and auto shop. List
all the ways two classes can be
chosen.

6. SHOPPING Kaya has enough allowance to

purchase two new baseball caps from the
five he likes. How many ways can he
choose?

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Making Predictions
MOVIES For Exercises 13, use
the table of results of Jeremys
survey of favorite kinds of
movies.

SLEEP For Exercises 47, use the table

of results of the Better Sleep Councils

survey of Americans to find the most
important factors for good sleep.

Favorite Movie Type

Type
People
Drama
12
Foreign
3
Comedy
20
Action
15

Most Important Factors

for Good Sleep
Good Mattress
32
Daily Exercise
20
Good Pillows
8
Healthy Diet
11
Other Factors
29

1. MOVIES How many people did Jeremy

use for his sample?

2. If Jeremy were to ask any person to

name his or her favorite type of movie,
what is the probability that it would be
comedy?

3. If Jeremy were to survey 250 people,

how many would you predict would
name comedy?

4. SLEEP Predict how many people out of

400 would say that a good mattress is
the most important factor.

5. What is the probability that any person

chosen at random would not say that a
healthy diet is the most important
factor?

6. Suppose 250 people were chosen at

random. Predict the number of people
that would say good pillows are the
most important factor.

7. What is the probability that any person

chosen at random would say that daily
exercise is the most important factor
for a good night sleep?

8. ICE CREAM Claudia went to an ice

cream shop to conduct a survey. She
asked every tenth person who entered
the shop to name his or her favorite
dessert. Did Claudia select a good
sample? Explain.

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, 0.4, or 40%
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Probability and Area
GAMES For Exercises 15, use the following information and the game boards
below.
Game Board 1 is for a beanbag toss game in which you are blindfolded and toss a beanbag
at the board. The game board shows a birds head with eyes, beak, and a hole for a mouth.
Game Board 2 is for a dart game in which you randomly throw a dart at the board.
Game Board 1
Game Board 2
12 in.
30 in.
18 in.
30 in.

1. Refer to Game Board 1. The shaded

region represents the mouth hole.
Dawn will randomly throw a beanbag
at the board. What is the probability
that the beanbag will go into the
mouth hole? What is the probability
that the beanbag will not go into the
mouth hole?

2. Use your answer from Exercise 1.

Predict how many beanbags will go into
the mouth hole if Dawn throws 20
beanbags. Explain.

1
for one bag, and the ratio must
5

be the same for 20 bags, or

4
. So, 4 out of the 20 beanbags
20

will go into the mouth.

3. Use your answer from Exercise 1.
Predict how many beanbags will not go
into the mouth hole if Dawn throws
40 beanbags.

4. Refer to Game Board 2. Pam will

randomly throw a dart at the
dartboard. What is the probability that
her dart will land in the shaded region?
Explain.

2
, 0.4, or 40%; Sample answer:
5

Since the shaded region is

whole is 2.
5

5. Use your answer from Exercise 4.

Predict the number of darts that will
land in the shaded area if Pam
randomly throws 60 darts.

6. SKYDIVING A skydiver is dropped from

a plane above a field that is 35 yards by
16 yards. In the center is a region of
sand that is 7 yards by 7 yards. What is
the probability that the skydiver will
land in the sandy region?

7
, 0.0875, or 8.75%
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GAMES For Exercises 13, use the spinner and the letter cards and the
following information.

Brad is playing a game with his little sister in which you spin the spinner and
randomly choose a letter card. The spinner tells how many words you must
name that begin with the letter on the letter card you choose.

1. What is the probability of spinning an

even number and choosing a vowel?

E
K

2. What is the probability of spinning an

even number and a consonant?
Explain.

1
, 0.5, or 50%; Sample answer:
2

There are 3 out of 4 chances to

3. Find P(even and M). What are the

possible numbers of words beginning
with M that Brad or his sister will
have to name?

4. WEATHER The probability of snow on

Monday is 0.2. The probability of snow
on Tuesday is 0.4. What is the
probability that it will snow on both
days?

2
, 0.08, or 8%
25

5. GAMES Stephen is playing a game with

two coins. In order to score points, both
coins must land on heads or both must
land on tails. What is the probability
that Stephen will score points on one
toss?

6. FOOD A bakery sells muffins and

beverages. The beverages are coffee,
tea, orange juice, and milk. There are
five kinds of muffins. If a customer
chose a beverage and a muffin at
random, what is the probability the
customer would choose a milk and a
blueberry muffin?

1
, 0.05, or 5%
20

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Length in the Customary System
toolbox with length 2 feet, width 11 feet,
2
and height 3 feet. What are the
dimensions of Anthonys box in inches?

3. WEATHER Raquel and her family are

moving from Portland, Oregon, to
Seattle, Washington. She is comparing
annual rainfall to prepare for her move.

2. TRIATHLON Julie is training for a small

triathlon where she will run 3 miles,
bike 10 miles, and swim 150 yards. How
many yards will Julie run? How many
feet will she swim?

4. SEWING Abe needs 13.5 feet of fabric to

make a bedspread. How many yards
does he need?

41 yd

Portlands annual rainfall is 31 feet.

Seattles annual rainfall is 37 inches.

Which city gets more rain?

5. TRAVEL On her trip to New York City,

Celia read that the famous Woolworth
building was built in 1913 and stands
792 feet tall. How high is the building in
yards?

6. FOOTBALL The length of a football field

is 100 yards. How many feet is that?
How many inches?

7. SCHOOL Krista lives 1 mile from school.

8. CRAFTS David is making a pattern for

the mouth of a puppet. The mouth will
be a rectangle of red felt fabric. The

Desiree lives 872 yards away from

school. Who lives closer? Explain.

rectangle will be 3 inch wide and

8
1
2 inches long. Draw a pattern for
4

David.

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1. WOODWORKING Anthony is building a

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Capacity and Weight in the Customary System
1. COOKING Sylvia is making a pot of stew
that needs 1 quart of beef broth. How
many cups of beef broth does she need?

2. CANDY Wade works at the candy shop.

He wrapped 56 pieces of fudge to sell.
How many total pounds of fudge did he
wrap if each piece weighed 1 ounce?

31 lb
2

3. TRUCKS Shaunas truck can handle up to 4. GIFTS Jason made 34 bottles of flavored
2 tons of weight. She wants to haul
olive oil to give to his class. How many
3,500 pounds of wood. How many tons of
pints of flavored olive oil did Jason make
wood is that? Can she haul all of it at
if each bottle holds 8 fluid ounces?
once?

5. CIDER Mary bought five gallons of apple

cider for her birthday party. She expects
20 guests. How many cups of cider will
each guest get?

6. PETS Pam has a 4-pound bag of dry cat

food. Every day she puts out 4 ounces of
dry cat food for her cat. For how many
days will the bag of cat food be enough
to feed her cat? Explain.

7. LUNCH Suzie fills a 1-pint thermos with

milk each day for lunch. How many
times will she be able to fill her thermos

8. COOKING James is making a quart of

won ton soup using canned chicken
broth. A can of chicken broth holds
14 fluid ounces. How many cans will
James need to buy? Explain how you
found your answer.

with 1 gallon of milk? Explain how you

found your answer.

Sample answer: 1 qt 4 c, 4 c

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Length in the Metric System
TRAVEL For Exercises 1 and 2, use the figures below.

pa
oth

ste
?

1. Gabe is going on a trip to San Diego.

He is taking a tube of toothpaste and a
toothbrush holder. How long is the tube
of toothpaste in centimeters and in
millimeters?

2. How long is the toothbrush holder in

centimeters and in millimeters?

3. SWIMMING Harry takes diving lessons

at the community pool. He is trying to
estimate the depth of the deepest part
of the pool. Which is the most likely
estimate: 3.5 centimeters, 3.5 meters, or
3.5 kilometers? Explain.

4. INSECTS Michaela is an entomologist, a

scientist who studies insects. When she
measures the length of the leg of a fly,
what metric unit of measure does she
most likely use?

5. SCHOOL Roshawn rides his bike

6. BRIDGES Paula noticed an error in the

following statement, The Golden Gate
Bridge in San Francisco, California, is
the second longest suspension bridge in
North America spanning 1,260
kilometers. What is the error Paula
found? Explain.

21 miles to and from school. What type

2
of measurement would he use if he
were to convert the distance to metric
units? Explain.

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Mass and Capacity in the Metric System
1. ANTS Earl has an ant farm. What
metric unit of mass would Earl use to
measure one of his ants?

2. MEDICINE Garry is taking a

tablespoonful of cough syrup for his
cold. What is the metric unit of
measure most likely used for his
recommended dosage? Estimate the
amount.

3. WEIGHTLIFTING Amy does three sets of

squats with 85 pounds at the gym.
What metric unit of measure would
Amy use to measure the weight she
lifts?

4. FISHING Which is the most likely unit

of measure Jacob finds on his fishing
weights: milligram, gram, or kilogram?

5. DOGS What metric unit of mass would

Toni most likely use to measure the
mass of her dog?

6. AQUARIUMS Sage is making a fish tank

out of an old 5-gallon glass water
bottle. What unit of metric measure
should she use to decide how much
water the bottle will hold? Estimate the
amount.

7. PETS Carlas dog eats 321 grams of beef

chow and 410 grams of chicken chow
each day. Medas dog eats 1 kilogram of
mixed chow each day. Whose dog eats
more chow each day? Explain your
reasoning.

8. SHOPPING Liquid detergent comes in

1.62-liter bottles and 1,500-milliliter
bottles. Which bottle contains more
detergent? Explain your reasoning.

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1. MEDICINE Stephanos got a travel pack
of 4 aspirin, each 500 milligrams. How
many total grams are in the pack?

2. SNAILS While doing a report on snails,

Kay learned that the average snail
moves about 0.013 meter per second.
How many centimeters per second does
a snail move?

3. SPORTS The Wildcats water cooler

holds 15.3 liters of sports drink. How
many milliliters is that?

4. BAKING A box of specialty baking flour

holds 1.8 kilograms. How many angel
food cakes can be made with a recipe
that calls for 100 grams of flour?

5. WRESTLING As a Sumo wrestler, Ishi

must weigh a minimum of
70 kilograms. How many grams is that?

6. SOCCER Joey walks 4.2 kilometers to

soccer practice. How many meters does
he walk?

7. MILK Each week Mrs. Lopez has six

946-milliliter bottles of milk delivered
to her home. How many liters is each
bottle?

8. EARTH Beths class is studying

earthquakes. They learned that the
Pacific plate, a huge section of the
Earths crust, moves 45 millimeters per
year. How many centimeters per year is
that?

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Changing Metric Units

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Measures of Time
1. BUS RIDES Cheryl rides the city bus to
and from ballet practice. Her ride to
the dance studio takes 48 minutes. Her
ride home takes 1 hour 7 minutes.
What is the total time Cheryl rides the
bus?

2. ECLIPSES Heather has seen two solar

eclipses; one on June 21, 2001, which
took 4 min 57 s and the other on
August 11, 1999, which took 2 min 23 s.
How much longer did the Sun take to
complete the eclipse in 2001?

3. TRAVEL The Rosenberg family is taking

a road trip. First they will drive
9 hours 53 minutes to camp in the Red
Rock Canyons. Then they will drive
8 hours 21 minutes to ski near Salt
Lake City. What will be their total
driving time?

4. RUNNING The Boston Marathon course

record holder in the Womens Open is
Margaret Okayo. She ran the course in
2 hours, 20 minutes, and 43 seconds.
Jean Driscoll is the record holder in the
Womens Wheelchair division with a
time of 1 hour 34 minutes 22 seconds.
How much longer did it take Okayo to
finish the course?

5. BEACH Toni left at 6:45 A.M. to go

surfing. She got home 7 hours and
26 minutes later. What time did she get
home?

6. HOMEWORK James started doing his

homework at 10:35 A.M. and stopped at
1:17 P.M. What was the total time he
spent on homework?

7. TRAVEL Kevin is flying from San

Francisco, California, to Hartford,
Connecticut, with a layover in New
York. His flight from California to New
York will take 5 hours and 22 minutes.
His flight from New York to
Connecticut will take 53 minutes. What
is his total flying time?

8. PAINTING Geri worked on her painting

this morning from 10:15 A.M. to
12:32 P.M., then again in the afternoon
from 4:45 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. How much
time did she spend total working on
her painting?

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Angles
SHOPPING For Exercises 13, use the
circle graph that shows preferred
shopping days of United States
shoppers.

Preferred Shopping Days for United States Shoppers

4% Monday
5% Tuesday
13% no
preference
7%
Sunday

29%
Saturday

12%
Wednesday
13%
Thursday

1. Find the approximate measure of each

angle formed by the sections of the
circle graph.

2. Find the sum of the measures of the

angles of the circle graph.

3. If the shoppers with no preference

could be persuaded to shop on
Wednesdays, what would be the new
angle measure of the Wednesday
section of the graph?

4. CARPENTRY Jorge is building a

standard bookshelf. For the books to sit
squarely on the shelves, will he be
using obtuse, right, or acute angles
when placing the shelves in the
bookcase?

5. TILING Fatima is tiling her bathroom

floor. She cut a square tile along one of
the diagonals. What is the angle
measure created by the diagonal and a
side of the tile?

6. PIZZA Cody has half a pizza to share

with two of his friends. What angle
measure should Cody use to cut half of
the pizza into three equal pieces?

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Using Angle Measures
1. TIME Marissa started working on her
homework at noon. Since then the
minute hand has moved 180. What
time is it now?

2. BICYCLING Scott went for a bike ride.

After heading east for a while he
turned left 57. Draw an angle showing
Scotts route.

3. PIZZA Rene cut a pizza into eight equal

slices. Draw a picture showing how
Rene cut the pizza. What is the angle
measure of each slice?

4. PIZZA Refer to Exercise 3. What would

the angle measure be of three pieces
side by side? Draw the angle.

5. CLOCKS Give examples of times when

the hour hand and minute hand make
a 30 angle, a 60 angle, and a 150
angle. Draw three clocks showing these
times.

6. TILING Stasia has 4 pieces of tile. One

angle on each piece measures 38, 22,
68, and 51. Which two pieces should
she use side by side to make a right
angle?

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Bisectors
KITES For Exercises 16, use the design shown. It shows the kite

design Steve is using to build a kite.

1. For which line segment should Steve

use B
D
as a perpendicular bisector
when making his kite?

2. Should Steve use C

A
as a perpendicular
bisector for
DB
? Why or why not?

3. Which angles, if any, does B

D
bisect?

4. Should Steve use A

E
as a bisector for
BAD? Why or why not?

5. Use a compass and a straightedge to

show where the perpendicular bisector
for B
D
would be. Use a dashed line and
label it
XY
.

6. Use a compass and a straightedge to

bisect BAD. Use a dashed line and
label the bisector A
Z
.

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Two-Dimensional Figures
STAINED GLASS For Exercises 16,

use the design for a stained glass

window shown.
O

T
M

F
Q

1. Find and name two triangles in the

design.

2. Is there a regular quadrilateral in the

design? If so, where is it?

3. Find and name an octagon in the

design.

4. Can you find a parallelogram in the

design? Identify it.

5. Is the pentagon CQRST a regular

pentagon? Explain.

6. If the perimeter of the window is 8 feet,

what is the length of each side? How do
you know?

COMMON OBJECTS For Exercises 7 and 8, use the list of polygons you see on a

regular basis.
door

stop sign

textbook cover

vinyl album cover

computer screen

CD case

7. Which object on the list is not a

quadrilateral? What type of polygon is
it?

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are regular? If so, what are they?
Explain.

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GAMES For Exercises 14, use the following information. Katie and
Natalie designed a symmetry game for a math assignment. The
strategy of the game is for Katie and Natalie to sit on opposite sides
of the board and see the exact same thing on the board.

1. The board they designed is shown

below. If Katie and Natalie sit where
the K and N are placed, will they see
the same thing? In other words, does
the board have rotational symmetry?

2. The number 1991 is written in each

oval of the board. Do Katie and Natalie
see the same thing? Explain.

K
N

3. Suppose the number 1961 is written

instead. Do Katie and Natalie see the
same thing? Explain.

4. What are three more numbers that can

be used in this game?

5. NUMBERS Frank and Cassandra drew

lines of symmetry for the numbers 1
through 6. Frank says that five
numbers do not have any lines of
symmetry. Cassandra says that only
four do not have any lines of symmetry.
Who is correct? Explain.

6. NUMBERS Refer to Exercise 5. Are there

any numbers with more than 1 line of
symmetry? If so, which one(s)? Explain.

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Lines of Symmetry

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Similar and Congruent Figures
TILING For Exercises 16, use the following
information. Amy is using the design at the
right to tile a hexagon-shaped floor. Before
deciding which colors to use, she wants to
identify all similar and congruent shapes.

1. Suppose Amy cut a red tile the size of

ACE. What other triangle in the
design would that tile fit? In other
words, what triangle is congruent to
ACE?

2. Amy is looking for congruent

quadrilaterals that are neither squares
nor rectangles. Can you identify them?

3. Find a triangle that is similar to but

not congruent to BCK.

4. Amys friend suggested that she cut

four congruent white triangular tiles
and place them in the design so that
they are not overlapping and do not
share common sides. Is that possible? If
so, name the four triangles.

5. Can you help Amy find a shape that is

either similar or congruent to AKDJ?

6. Is the hexagon GIKNLJ similar to

ABCDEF? How do you know?

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Area of Parallelograms
1. SUNFLOWERS Norman is a sunflower
farmer. His farm is in the shape of a
parallelogram with a height measuring
3 kilometers and a base measuring
4.2 kilometers. To the nearest tenth of
an acre, what is the total land area
Norman uses?

2. VOLLEYBALL Ella and Veronica are in

charge of making a banner for the
volleyball game this Saturday. How
much poster paper will they need for a
parallelogram-shaped banner with
height 31 feet and base 6 feet? Explain
2

how you found your answer. 21 ft2;

height, 31, to find the area.

4. FLAGS Use the flag from Exercise 3.

How many square inches will Joseph
cover with black paint?

Lesson 141

3. FLAGS Joseph is painting the flag of

Brunei (a country in Southeast Asia)
for a geography project at school. How
many square inches will he cover with
white paint?
White
Black

8 2 in.
1

7 2 in.

Yellow
72 in.

5. QUILTING The pattern shows the

dimensions of a quilting square that
Sydney will use to make a quilt. How
much blue fabric will she need? Explain
how you found your answer.

6. QUILTING Use the quilting pattern from

Exercise 5. How much pink fabric will
Sydney need?

6 in.
red

red
pink
3 in.

blue
8 in.

green
12 in.

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Area of Triangles
For Exercises 16, round to the nearest tenth if necessary.
1. CARPETING Courtney wants to carpet
part of her bedroom that is shaped like
a right triangle with base 4 meters and
height 5.2 meters. How much carpet
will she need?

2. LAWN Mrs. Giuntinis lawn is triangleshaped with a base of 25 feet and a

height of 10 feet. What is the area of
Mrs. Giuntinis lawn? Explain how you
found your answer.

area of a triangle is 1bh. So,

1
25 10 125.
2

3. BUILDING Norma has an A-frame cabin.

The back is shown below. How many
square feet of paint will she need to
cover the back of the cabin?

15 ft

4. SNACKS The dough that will be used to

make a pig in a blanket is shown below.
Before it is rolled around a sausage, it
is brushed with vegetable oil. What is
the area that needs to be covered with
oil? Explain how you found your
answer.

25 ft

6 cm
14 cm

42 cm2; Sample answer: The

1
6 14 or 42.
2
5. SAILING Daniel just bought a used
sailboat with two sails that need
replacing. How much sail fabric will
Daniel need if he replaces sail A?

6. SAILING Use the picture from

Exercise 5. How much sail fabric will
Daniel need if he replaces sail B?

1121 ft2
2

A
3

9 4 ft

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B
1

12 2 ft

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Area of Circles
For Exercises 14, find each area to the nearest tenth. Use 3.14 for .
1. SWIMMING POOLS Jensens parents put
him in charge of ordering a cover for
their new swimming pool. The pool is
in the shape of a circle and has a
radius of 14 feet. What will the area of
the cover need to be?

2. BASKETBALL Thompson School will

paint the center circle of the basketball
court with yellow paint, one of the
school colors. The circle has a radius of
2 feet. What is the area that will be
painted yellow?

3. BASEBALL The pitchers mound on a

regulation baseball field has a diameter
of 18 feet. What is the area of a
pitchers mound?

4. CAMPING A group of campers needs to

clear away twigs and bark on the
ground to make a fire circle for people
to safely sit around the campfire. What
is the area that they need to clear?

8 ft

201.0 ft2
For Exercises 5 and 6, find each area
to the nearest tenth. Use 3.14 for .
Use the following information.

first measurement

SCIENCE Hal and Frank are conducting

2.5 m
second measurement

5. What was the area covered by waves

the first time it was measured?

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the second time it was measured?
Explain how you found your answer.

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a science experiment. They drop a pebble

into a pond and measure the radius of
the circles of waves.

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Three-Dimensional Figures
1. TENNIS As professional tennis players,
Venus and Serena Williams strike
tennis balls with rackets. Draw the
figure that represents a tennis ball.
What type of figure is this?

2. BACKPACKING Below are pictures of

some of the objects Kelly takes with
her for backpacking trips. Identify the
figure each picture represents.

Tent

triangular prism

Sleeping Bag

cylinder
3. MECHANICS A mechanic uses a funnel
when he or she puts fluids into cars.
What type of figure does a funnel
represent? Draw the figure.

4. DESIGN Rachael Johnson is a toy

designer. She uses square blocks of
wood to make alphabet blocks. Draw
and name the figure that an alphabet
block represents.

5. FIGURES Alice and Julie were arguing

over the name of this figure. What is
the name of the figure? How do you
know?

6. CANDLES Kevin arranged several

scented candles on his kitchen table
before his birthday party started. Use
the picture of Kevins arrangement to
name the type of figure each candle
represents.

a. square
c
a

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Find the volume to the nearest tenth if necessary.
1. OLYMPICS Olympic gold medal winner
Ian Thorp competes in a pool with
required dimensions 25 meters by
50 meters by 2 meters. What is the
volume of the Olympic-sized pool?
Explain how you found your answer.

2. DUMP TRUCKS Raphael drives a

standard-sized dump truck. The
dimensions of the bed of the truck are
length 15 feet, width 8 feet, and height
6 feet. What is the volume of the bed of
the dump truck?

3. GIFTS William has some antique

bottles. He is going to fill the bottles
with bath soap and give them away as
gifts. Use the figure to find the volume
up to the fill line of a bottle.

4. JEWELRY Janine keeps her jewelry in a

jewelry box like the figure below. Find
the volume of Janines jewelry box.

3 in.
Fill Line

4.5 in.
9 in.

6 in.

4 in.

121.5 in3

3 in.

5. RECYCLING The town of Riverview

provides a rectangular recycling bin for
newspapers to each household. What is
the greatest volume of newspapers the
recycling bin can hold?

6. CANDLE MAKING Kyle will fill the

candle mold with liquid candle wax.
Find the amount of liquid wax that will
be contained in the mold. Explain how
you found your answer.

132.9 in3; To find the

NEW
SPA
PER

11.5 in.
16 in.

20.5 in.
12 in.

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Volume of Rectangular Prisms

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Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms
For Exercises 16, round each surface area to the nearest tenth if necessary.
1. GIFTS Fatima is wrapping a gift box for
her nephews birthday. The boxs
dimensions are 16 inches long by
10 inches wide by 5 inches high. What
is the surface area of the box?

2. FOOD Antoine is wrapping a block of

cheese that is 22 centimeters long by
6.5 centimeters high by 10 centimeters
wide with plastic wrap. What is the
surface area of the cheese block?

856 cm2

3. PAINTING Kyle is painting the front

door of his house. The dimensions of
the door are 80 inches by 30 inches by
2 inches. If he paints all of the surfaces,
how much area will he paint? Explain.

4. CARPENTRY Bryan is sanding a set of

speaker boxes that he built for his
room. What is the surface area of each
box?

13 ft2
2 ft

1.5 ft
1 ft

5. CARPENTRY Cindy is putting oak veneer

(thin wood covering) on the entire
surface of her hope chest. How much
veneer will she need?

6. TOY MAKING Trey is covering blocks of

wood with wallpaper to make building
blocks for his baby sister. If he covers
all the surfaces, how much wallpaper
will he need? Think of a short way to
solve this problem and explain.

3.5 ft
3 in.

5 ft

3 in.

2.5 ft

3 in.

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Practice: Word Problems

Visit Crater Lake National Park

GEOGRAPHY For Exercises 1 and 2, use the

poster information about Crater Lake

1. How many more miles of trails are

2. How many miles is it from Klamath

3. SPORTS Jasmine swims 12 laps every

4. SPORTS Samantha can run one mile in

5. SPORTS On a certain day, 525 people

6. PATTERNS Complete the pattern: 5, 7,

7. SHOPPING Josita received $50 as a gift.

8. BUS SCHEDULE A bus stops at the

Mathematics: Applications and Concepts, Course 1

Directions from Klamath Falls: Take

NAME ________________________________________ DATE ______________ PERIOD _____

Practice: Word Problems

1. Which month has a number of days

2. Which months have a number of days

3. The total number of months in a year

4. FOOD Jermaine and his father are in

5. RETAIL Li is stacking bottles of apple

6. FARMING Sally is helping her mother

Mathematics: Applications and Concepts, Course 1

NAME ________________________________________ DATE ______________ PERIOD _____

Practice: Word Problems

1. Which animal heights and weights are

2. Write the weight of caribou cows in

3. ANIMALS Caribou calves weigh about

4. SPEED A wildlife biologist once found a

5. GEOMETRY To find the area of a floor,

6. GEOMETRY To find the volume of a box,

Mathematics: Applications and Concepts, Course 1

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Practice: Word Problems

2. WEIGHT A 100-pound person on Earth

3. ELECTIONS In the year 2000, the

4. SPACE The diameter of Mars is about

5. SPACE The length of one day on Venus

6. GEOGRAPHY The area of San

7. GEOMETRY The volume

8. SPACE A day on Jupiter lasts about

Mathematics: Applications and Concepts, Course 1

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Practice: Word Problems

Movie Theater Admission

2. Jan takes her three children and two

3. Connor (age 13), his sister (age 7), and

4. SOCCER Eduardo is 16. Eduardos dad

5. MONEY Frankie orders two

6. MONEY A store sells barrettes for $2

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Practice: Word Problems

Arizona Mileage Chart

1. To find the speed of a car, use the

2. To find the time it will take for a

4. PERIMETER Another formula for

5. SHOPPING Write an expression using a

6. SHOPPING Write an expression using

Mathematics: Applications and Concepts, Course 1

NAME ________________________________________ DATE ______________ PERIOD _____

Practice: Word Problems

Giant water bug

2. The equation 7 y 13 gives the

3. Bradley found a silkworm moth that

4. BUTTERFLIES A Monarch butterfly flies

5. CICADAS The nymphs of some cicada

6. BEETLES A harlequin beetle lays eggs in

1. The equation 15 x 12 gives the

Mathematics: Applications and Concepts, Course 1

NAME ________________________________________ DATE ______________ PERIOD _____

Practice: Word Problems

plan for a house.

1. What is the area of the floor in the

2. Find the area of the living/dining room.

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