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Grade 6
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The Board of Regents at Hazelbury College plans to expand the availability of health care for students on campus. Members of the board want to determine whether expanding the availability of virtual clinics or of in-person clinics would better meet students' needs. Each board member randomly surveys
20
20
20
students to see if there is a preference. Here are the data from one board member's sample:
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Virtual clinics
7
7
7
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In-person clinics
11
11
11
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No preference
2
2
2
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What percentage of the students in this board member's sample prefer in-person clinics?
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%
\%
%
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Oliver's town voted on a new speed limit.
20
%
20\%
20%
of the
55
55
55
votes were in favor of the new speed limit. How many votes were in favor?
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_____ votes
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A school staff meeting had
10
10
10
teachers in attendance,
20
%
20\%
20%
of whom were first-year teachers. How many first-year teachers were in the meeting?
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_
_
_
\_\_\_
___
first-year teachers
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Damon's class just held a class election.
60
%
60\%
60%
of the
25
25
25
students in the class voted. How many students voted?
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_
_
_
_
\_\_\_\_
____
students
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30
%
30\%
30%
of the tickets sold at a school carnival were early-admission tickets. If the school sold
40
40
40
tickets in all, how many early-admission tickets did it sell?
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_____ early-admission tickets
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This morning, Janet took a history test. There were
30
30
30
multiple-choice problems on the test and Janet answered
80
%
80\%
80%
of them correctly. How many problems did Janet get right?
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_
_
_
\_\_\_
___
problems
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30
30
30
\% of the tickets sold at a water park were child tickets. If the park sold
80
80
80
tickets in all, how many child tickets did it sell?
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_
_
_
_
_
\_\_\_\_\_
_____
tickets
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Pedro took a math quiz last week. There were
40
40
40
problems on the quiz and Pedro answered
70
%
70\%
70%
of them correctly. How many problems did Pedro get correct?
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_
_
_
_
\_\_\_\_
____
problems
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Riley ordered a set of purple and green pins. She received
10
10
10
pins, and
40
%
40\%
40%
of them were purple. How many purple pins did Riley receive?
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_
_
_
_
\_\_\_\_
____
pins
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The art club had an election to select a president.
30
%
30\%
30%
of the
60
60
60
members of the club voted in the election. How many members voted?
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_
_
_
\_\_\_
___
members
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At Hunter's Hats,
70
%
70\%
70%
of the
50
50
50
hats are baseball caps. How many baseball caps are there?
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_
_
_
_
\_\_\_\_
____
caps
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Ivan, Bella, and lan agreed to share a pizza which was cut into
10
10
10
slices. Ivan ate
40
%
40\%
40%
of the pizza.
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How many slices did he eat?
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□
\square
□
slices
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All students in Ridgewood Junior High School either got their lunch in the school cafeteria or brought it from home on Tuesday.
20
%
20\%
20%
of students brought their lunch.
41
41
41
students brought their lunch. How many students in total are in Ridgewood Junior High School?
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Answer:
□
\square
□
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There were some oval and circular shapes in a box.Durai put
48
48
48
more circular shapes in the box.Then
40
%
40\%
40%
of the shapes in the box were oval shapes. Later Durai put another
135
135
135
oval shapes in the box.
60
%
60\%
60%
of the shapes in the box were oval shapes now.How many curcular shapes were in the box at first?
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55
%
55\%
55%
of students are boys.
80
%
80\%
80%
of boys and
60
%
60\%
60%
love singing. What is the percentage of students love singing
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7
7
7
. A group of people is standing in a line at a movie theatre. Three-eights of the people were boys and one-quarter of the people were girls. How much of the group were adulis?
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In Texas, about
1
1
1
person in
8
8
8
lives in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. What percent of people in Texas live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area?
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5
%
5 \%
5%
of the children who play tennis also play rounders.
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There are
8
8
8
children in the club who play both tennis and rounders.
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How many children are there in the sports club altogether?
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Harsh has
a
a
a
number of girlfriends and Bixby has
b
b
b
number of girlfriends.
30
%
30\%
30%
of
a
a
a
are female and
50
%
50\%
50%
of
b
b
b
are male. Whats the probability that I get two females if I pick one randomly each from
a
a
a
and
b
b
b
?
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e) Tama is running out of money to spend on new shoes. He only has
$
10
\$ 10
$10
left after buying the shoes.
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He spent
60
%
60 \%
60%
of his money on food and one fifth of his money on petrol.
\newline
Calculate how much money Tama started with.
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All students in Ridgewood Junior High School either got their lunch in the school cafeteria or brought it from home on Tuesday.
2
%
2 \%
2%
of students brought their lunch.
40
40
40
students brought their lunch. How many students in total are in Ridgewood Junior High School?
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Answer:
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Bob's gift shop sold a record number of cards for Mother's Day. One salesman sold
41
41
41
cards, which was
5
%
5 \%
5%
of the cards sold for Mother's Day. How many cards were sold for Mother's Day?
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Answer:
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The
9
9
9
students in the Environmental Club represent
4
%
4 \%
4%
of the students in the seventh grade. How many students are in the seventh grade?
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Answer:
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Bob's gift shop sold a record number of cards for Mother's Day. One salesman sold
41
41
41
cards, which was
10
%
10 \%
10%
of the cards sold for Mother's Day. How many cards were sold for Mother's Day?
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Answer:
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All students in Ridgewood Junior High School either got their lunch in the school cafeteria or brought it from home on Tuesday.
20
%
20 \%
20%
of students brought their lunch.
41
41
41
students brought their lunch. How many students in total are in Ridgewood Junior High School?
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Answer:
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there are
40
40
40
7
7
7
th graders in a club. if this is
80
%
80\%
80%
of the club, then how many students are in the club
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Mindy and Troy combined ate
9
9
9
pieces of the wedding cake. Mindy ate
3
3
3
pieces of cake and Troy had
1
3
\frac{1}{3}
3
1
of the total cake.
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\$\(2\) What fraction of the days in March are Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays?
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A group of children were on a bus. Three children got off the bus at the first stop. At the next stop,
12
12
12
kids got on the bus. There are now twice as many kids on the bus as there were at the start. How many kids are on the bus?
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Nayeli lights a
4
m
2
4 m^{2}
4
m
2
space with
12
12
12
candles. Citlali lights a
10
m
2
10 m^{2}
10
m
2
space with
30
30
30
of the same type of candles.
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Whose space is lit brighter?
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Choose
1
1
1
answer:
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(A) Nayeli's area
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(B) Citlali's area
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(C) The spaces are equally bright.
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