Daphne bought 3 paintbrushes at $4.25 each, an easel for $30.00, and 8 tubes of paint at $2.95 each. How much money did she spend altogether?
Question 2
2.
Roberto needs 10 kilograms of clay for a ceramics project. He already has three pieces that weigh 1.3 kg, 2.4 kg, and 0.9 kg. How much more clay does he need?
Question 3
3.
Sing Lu jogs around a park near her house 3 times a week. The distance around the park is 0.8 mile. How many laps around the park are necessary to run 6 miles?
Question 4
4.
Karen's hobby is chemistry. For one experiment she used 3 liters of water and 3 empty beakers. She poured 0.7 L into the first beaker and twice that amount into the second. How much water was left for the third beaker?
Question 5
5.
Mia makes decorative candies by pouring melted chocolate into molds. Each mold holds 0.4 oz of chocolate. Mia bought a 20- ounce bag of chocolate but has already used 10.4 oz. How many candies can she make with the chocolate she has left?
Question 6
6.
Luis bought two pieces of wax to make candles. One piece weighed 3.49 kg, and the other weighed 4.71 kg. If wax costs $1.80 per kg, how much did Luis spend altogether?
Question 7
7.
Keo's model airplane uses 0.03 L of fuel each minute it flies. If the fuel tank holds 0.5 L, how long can the plane fly without refueling? (Round to the nearest 0.1 minute.)
Question 8
8.
A scale model of a train has an engine that is 17.2 cm long and 10 cars that are each 13.5 cm long. Each centimeter on the model represents 0.8 m on the actual train. How long is the actual train?
Question 9
9.
Roger made a leather belt in crafts class. He attached a buckle at one end and punched 5 equally spaced holes at the other. If the distance between the first hole and last hole is 10 cm, how far apart are the holes?
Question 10
10.
Where do generals keep their armies?
Use this to answer questions 11-13
In golf, a player's average is found by adding the player's scores on several rounds of golf and dividing by the number of scores. The quotient is rounded to the nearest hundredth. Find the average for each golfer.
In ice skating, a performance is rated by several judges. The highest and lowest ratings are dropped. The remaining ratings are added. Find the scores for each skater.
Question 14
14.
Judges' ratings:
8.3, 8.8, 8.6, 8.3, 8.5, 8.0, 8.4
Question 15
15.
Judges' ratings:
7.9, 7.6, 7.9, 8.1, 7.9, 8.0, 7.7
Question 16
16.
Judges' ratings:
9.8, 9.9, 10.0, 9.7, 9.9, 9.8, 9.6
Use this to answer questions 17-19
In baseball, a player's batting average is found by dividing the number of hits by the number of times at bat. The quotient is rounded to the nearest thousandth. Find the batting average for each player.
Question 17
17.
Hits: 195
At bats: 788
Question 18
18.
Hits: 794
At bats: 2,954
Question 19
19.
In 24 years of professional baseball, Ty Cobb got 4,191 hits in 11,429 times at bat.
Use this to answer questions 20-22
In diving, each dive is given a number called the degree of difficulty. A dive is rated by several judges. The degree of difficulty is multiplied by the sum of the judges' ratings. Find the scores for each dive.
Question 20
20.
Difficulty: 1.5
Ratings: 6.5, 6.0, 6.5, 7.5
Question 21
21.
Difficulty: 2.7
Ratings: 8.0, 8.0, 8.5, 8.0
Question 22
22.
Difficulty: 2.4
Ratings: 9.5, 9.0, 9.0, 8.5
Use this to answer questions 23-22
In basketball, a player's scoring average is found by dividing the number of points scored by the number of games played. The quotient is rounded to the nearest tenth. Find the scoring average for each player.
Question 23
23.
Points: 1,444
Games: 165
Question 24
24.
Points: 5,712
Games: 380
Question 25
25.
In 14 years of professional basketball, Wilt Chamberlain played in 1,045 games and scored 31,419 points.
Question 26
26.
What should you do if a health food salesman knocks on your door?
