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Grade 6
Add, subtract, multiply, or divide two fractions: word problems
A pizza restaurant had
1
2
\frac{1}{2}
2
1
of a gallon of pizza sauce left at the end of the evening and divided it equally between
2
2
2
pizzas. How much sauce did they put on each pizza?
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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
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_____ gallons
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A cookie factory uses
1
8
\frac{1}{8}
8
1
of a barrel of oatmeal in each batch of cookies. The factory used
5
8
\frac{5}{8}
8
5
of a barrel of oatmeal yesterday. How many batches of cookies did the factory make?
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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
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_____ batches
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Maureen and Ashley own neighboring cornfields. Maureen harvested
4
4
4
acres of corn on Monday and Ashley harvested
5
8
\frac{5}{8}
8
5
of an acre. How many more acres did Maureen harvest than Ashley?
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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
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_
_
_
_
\_\_\_\_
____
acres
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Danielle bought
3
5
6
3\frac{5}{6}
3
6
5
pounds of green grapes and
1
1
2
1\frac{1}{2}
1
2
1
pounds of red grapes. How much more did the green grapes weigh than the red grapes?
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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
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_
_
_
_
\_\_\_\_
____
pounds
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A meteorologist recorded the rainfall in Westminster in two consecutive months. In the first month, there was
1
1
1
inch of rain. In the second month, there was
2
2
3
2\frac{2}{3}
2
3
2
inches of rain. What was the total amount of rainfall during the two months?
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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
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_
_
_
\_\_\_
___
inches
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Roxanne added
2
5
\frac{2}{5}
5
2
of a cup of yellow raisins and
7
7
10
7\frac{7}{10}
7
10
7
cups of black raisins to a batch of trail mix. How many cups of raisins did Roxanne add in all?
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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
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_____ cups
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An unknown metal has been found and the following experimental results have been tabulated in below. The table contains the grams of the unknown metal and the volume in milliliters of water displacement. Find a linear model that express volume as a function of the mass.
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Round your answers to
3
3
3
decimal places
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\begin{tabular}{|r|r|}
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\hline grams & Volume in
m
t
\mathrm{mt}
mt
\\
\newline
\hline
18
18
18
&
141
141
141
.
3
3
3
\\
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\hline
19
19
19
.
5
5
5
&
153
153
153
.
1
1
1
\\
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\hline
21
21
21
&
168
168
168
.
1
1
1
\\
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\hline
22
22
22
.
5
5
5
&
178
178
178
.
4
4
4
\\
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\hline
24
24
24
&
184
184
184
.
6
6
6
\\
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\hline
25
25
25
.
5
5
5
&
202
202
202
.
2
2
2
\\
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\hline
27
27
27
&
214
214
214
.
1
1
1
\\
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\hline
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\end{tabular}
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Volume
=
=
=
□
\square
□
x
+
x+
x
+
□
\square
□
where
x
x
x
is the grams of the unknown metal
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Laura, a pet store employee, wants to fit two fish tanks on one table. One fish tank is
2
1
8
2\frac{1}{8}
2
8
1
feet wide and the other fish tank is
1
1
1
foot wide. When placed next to each other, what is the total width of the two fish tanks?
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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
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_
_
_
\_\_\_
___
feet
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In making macaroni and cheese, Porter used
1
2
\frac{1}{2}
2
1
of a cup of cheddar and
3
5
\frac{3}{5}
5
3
of a cup of parmesan. How much cheese did Porter use in all?
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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
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_
_
_
\_\_\_
___
cups
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Vince owns two dogs. Each day, one dog eats
1
7
10
1\frac{7}{10}
1
10
7
scoops of dog food and the other dog eats
1
1
2
1\frac{1}{2}
1
2
1
scoops. Together, how much dog food do the two dogs eat each day?
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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
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_
_
_
_
\_\_\_\_
____
scoops
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A biologist studied how cells grow by adding liquid protein to cell samples. She reported in her study that she divided
8
1
3
8\frac{1}{3}
8
3
1
ounces of liquid protein evenly among
3
3
3
cell samples. How much liquid protein did she give to each cell sample?
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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
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_____ ounces
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Last week, a chocolate shop sold
4
1
6
4\frac{1}{6}
4
6
1
ounces of white chocolate. It sold
4
1
2
4\frac{1}{2}
4
2
1
times as much milk chocolate as white chocolate. How many ounces of milk chocolate did the shop sell?
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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
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_____ ounces
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How many pounds of candy that sells for
$
3.25
\$ 3.25
$3.25
per lb must be mixed with candy that sells for
$
2.75
\$ 2.75
$2.75
per lb to obtain
20
l
b
20 \mathrm{lb}
20
lb
of a mixture that should sell for
$
3.15
\$ 3.15
$3.15
per
l
b
\mathrm{lb}
lb
?
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□
\square
□
Ib of
$
3.25
\$ 3.25
$3.25
-per-lb candy must be mixed with
□
\square
□
Ib of
$
2.75
\$ 2.75
$2.75
-per-lb candy. (Type integers or decimals.)
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How many pounds of candy that sells for
$
1.75
\$ 1.75
$1.75
per lb must be mixed with candy that sells for
$
1.25
\$ 1.25
$1.25
per
l
b
\mathrm{lb}
lb
to obtain
20
l
b
20 \mathrm{lb}
20
lb
of a mixture that should sell for
$
1.50
\$ 1.50
$1.50
per
l
b
\mathrm{lb}
lb
?
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□
\square
□
lb of
$
1.75
\$ 1.75
$1.75
-per-lb candy must be mixed with
□
\square
□
lb of
$
1.25
\$ 1.25
$1.25
-per-lb candy.
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(Type integers or decimals.)
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Sebastian has
12
12
12
more trophies than Megan. Megan has
t
t
t
trophies.
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How many trophies does Sebastian have?
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Write your answer as an expression.
\newline
□
\square
□
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Sarah received
$
55
\$55
$55
for her birthday. She used some of that money to buy
3
3
3
shirts priced at
m
m
m
dollars each.
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How much money does Sarah have left?
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Write your answer as an expression.
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$
\$
$
◻
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Jack had
3
3
3
bags of golf balls with
b
b
b
balls in each bag; then his friend gave him
6
6
6
more golf balls.
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How many golf balls does Jack have now?
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Write your answer as an expression.
\newline
□
\square
□
balls
\text{balls}
balls
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The garden club earned
$
15
\$15
$15
per hour by weeding neighborhood gardens for
t
t
t
hours. A generous donor has agreed to double their earnings.
\newline
How much did the garden club earn in all?
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Write your answer as an expression.
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$
\$
$
◻
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4
4
4
) Using the table above, what percentage of patients did not exercise
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1
1
1
\newline
given that they did not catch a cold? Do not round your answer.
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0.24
0.24
0.24
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Use the table below to answer questions
5
5
5
-
7
7
7
.
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5
5
5
) What percentage *
1
1
1
of those surveyed listen to pop music? Round to the nearest percent.
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\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|}
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\hline & Vote Red & Vote Blue & Total \\
\newline
\hline Listen to Pop &
30
30
30
&
100
100
100
&
130
130
130
\\
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\hline \begin{tabular}{c}
\newline
Listen to \\
\newline
Country
\newline
\end{tabular} &
90
90
90
&
5
5
5
&
95
95
95
\\
\newline
\hline Total &
120
120
120
&
105
105
105
&
?
?
?
\\
\newline
\hline
\newline
\end{tabular}
\newline
Your answer
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6
6
6
) Using the table above, what percentage of students voted blue?
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Round to the nearest whole percent.
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Your answer
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B.E.S.T. EOC Geometry > Segments formed by intersecting chords wsiz
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Find the value of
x
x
x
.
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Write your answer as a whole number or a decimal.
\newline
x
=
x=
x
=
\newline
□
\square
□
\newline
Submit
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8
8
8
. A jeweler created a parallelogram-shaped pendant.
1
4
\frac{1}{4}
4
1
of the pendant is covered in emeralds,
1
6
\frac{1}{6}
6
1
of it is covered in rubies,
1
12
\frac{1}{12}
12
1
of it is covered in diamonds, and the rest of it is covered in sapphires. How many square centimeters of the pendant are covered in sapphires? Round to the nearest tenth.
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First try was incorrect
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Mr. Pewser counted the number of marbles in a bag.
\newline
Use the circle graph to answer the question below.
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Total Marbles
\newline
What percentage (to the nearest tenth) of the marbles were not green?
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symbol required
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A STORY OF RATIOS
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Lesson
18
18
18
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605
605
605
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Anariesah
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April
/
10
/
2024
/ 10 / 2024
/10/2024
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Example
1
1
1
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Fold the net used in the Opening Exercise to make a rectangular prism. Have the two faces with the largest area be the bases of the prism. Fill in the first row of the table below.
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Examine the rectangular prism below. Complete the table.
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Name:
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5
5
5
−
4
-4
−
4
Additional Practice
1
1
1
.
2
−
4
2-4
2
−
4
Pairs of values on the coordinate plane.
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2
2
2
.
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3
3
3
. A store charges
$
140
\$ 140
$140
for every
10
10
10
bags of fertilizer a farmer buys.
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a. Complete the table. Graph the values.
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\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|}
\newline
\hline \begin{tabular}{l}
\newline
Fertilizer \\
\newline
(bags)
\newline
\end{tabular} &
10
10
10
& \multicolumn{
2
2
2
}{|c|}{} \\
\newline
\hline Cost (s) &
140
140
140
&
30
30
30
&
40
40
40
&
70
70
70
\\
\newline
\hline
\newline
\end{tabular}
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b. How much would a farmer pay for
50
50
50
bags of fertilizer? Explain.
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4
4
4
. A car uses
5
5
5
gallons of gas for every
120
120
120
miles it travels.
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a. Complete the table. Graph the values.
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Nicholas used a
$
10
\$ 10
$10
bill to pay for a granola bar that only costs
p
p
p
dollars.
\newline
How much change did Nicholas receive from the cashier?
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Write your answer as an expression.
\newline
$
\$
$
□
\square
□
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2
2
2
A group of
66
66
66
third graders and
14
14
14
adults are going on a field trip to the zoo in small buses. Each bus holds
10
10
10
people.
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How many buses will be needed for the trip to the zoo?
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A
10
10
10
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B
8
8
8
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C
70
70
70
\newline
D
9
9
9
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6 rac{1}{2} ext{ years is how many weeks} ext{?}
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Trish and Jaz both bought a small cheescake. Trish ate
40
%
40\%
40%
of her cheesecake and Jaz ate
30
%
30\%
30%
of his cheesecake. Trish says that in total they ate
40
%
+
30
%
=
70
%
40\% + 30\% = 70\%
40%
+
30%
=
70%
of the cheesecakes. a. Can you explain what Trish has done wrong? b. What proportion of the cheesecakes did they actually eat? Give your answer as a percentage, fraction and decimal.
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The garden club earned
15
$
$
15\$\$
15$$
\) per hour by weeding neighborhood gardens for
t
t
t
hours. A generous donor has agreed to double their earnings. How much did the garden club earn in all? Write your answer as an expression.
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Ruth is training for a half-marathon. On Saturday, she ran
3
3
3
miles in
34
34
34
.
5
5
5
minutes. On Sunday, she ran
2
2
2
.
5
5
5
miles in
28
28
28
minutes. How much faster, in minutes per mile, was her pace on Sunday than on Saturday?
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Write your answer as a decimal or a whole number.
\newline
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Quiz
3
3
3
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Liam had
$
250
\$ 250
$250
. Then, he and his classmates bought a present for their teacher, evenly splitting the
$
p
\$ p
$
p
cost among the
24
24
24
of them.
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How much money does Liam have left?
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Write your answer as an expression.
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$
\$
$
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work:
11
11
11
.
4
4
4
HW -
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HW Score:
27.59
%
,
8
27.59 \%, 8
27.59%
,
8
of
29
29
29
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Question
9
9
9
,
11
11
11
.
4
4
4
.
3
3
3
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points
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Points:
0
0
0
of
1
1
1
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Save
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The probability of rolling an even number on a
10
10
10
-sided die is
□
\square
□
.
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(Type an integer or a simplified fraction.)
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Compare the rates to find which is the better value.
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$
23
\$ 23
$23
for
4
4
4
burgers or
$
26
\$ 26
$26
for
5
5
5
burgers
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The unit rate for
$
23
\$ 23
$23
for
4
4
4
burgers is
$
□
\$ \square
$
□
per burger. The unit rate for
$
26
\$ 26
$26
for
5
5
5
burgers is
$
□
\$ \square
$
□
per burger. So, is the better value.
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To get ready for school, Traci spent
1
20
\frac{1}{20}
20
1
of an hour getting dressed and
1
10
\frac{1}{10}
10
1
of an hour doing her hair. What is the total amount of time she spent getting ready?
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Give your answer in simplest form.
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4
4
4
friends evenly divided up an
n
n
n
-slice pizza. One of the friends, Harris, ate
1
1
1
fewer slice than he received. How many slices of pizza did Harris eat? Write your answer as an expression.
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slices of pizza
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Suppose a charity received a donation of
$
14.7
\$14.7
$14.7
million. If this represents
39
%
39\%
39%
of the charity's donated funds, what is the total amount of its donated funds? Round your answer to the nearest million dollars.
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Sicilia randomly selected
25
%
25\%
25%
of the Sound Sleep email subscribers and asked them how many hours of sleep they average each night. Of the subscribers surveyed,
16
16
16
average less than
6
6
6
hours of sleep each night. Based on the data, what is the most reasonable estimate of the number of Sound Sleep email subscribers who average less than
6
6
6
hours of sleep?
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Choose
1
1
1
answer:
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(A)
16
16
16
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(B)
48
48
48
\newline
(C)
64
64
64
\newline
(D)
400
400
400
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4
4
4
friends evenly divided up an
n
n
n
-slice pizza. One of the friends, Harris, ate
1
1
1
fewer slice than he received.
\newline
How many slices of pizza did Harris eat?
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Write your answer as an expression.
\newline
slices of pizza
\text{slices of pizza}
slices of pizza
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In a bag full of small balls,
1
4
\frac{1}{4}
4
1
of these balls are green,
1
8
\frac{1}{8}
8
1
are blue,
1
12
\frac{1}{12}
12
1
are yellow and the remaining
26
26
26
white. How many balls are blue?
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A square with a perimeter of
39
39
39
units is dilated by a scale factor of
4
3
\frac{4}{3}
3
4
. Find the perimeter of the square after dilation. Round your answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary.
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Answer: units
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Liam had
250
250
250
. Then, he and his classmates bought a present for their teacher, evenly splitting the
$
p
\$p
$
p
cost among the
24
24
24
of them. How much money does Liam have left? Write your answer as an expression.
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