2nd Nine Weeks Practice Problems

Question 1

Simplify:

16.318.3

Question 2

Last year, Anthony finished a race in 53.41 seconds. This year it took him 1.06 seconds longer to complete the same race. How long did it take him to complete this year’s race?

Question 3

The total cost of Carolyn’s catalog purchases is $128.76, including tax and shipping charges. If the tax is $7.22 and the shipping charge is $25.32, what is the cost of the items themselves?

Question 4

Ancient measurements were often given in reference to anatomical proportions. For instance, a finger was equivalent to about 0.75 inches. Given this approximation, how many fingers are in 18 inches?

Question 5

Which fraction is not equivalent to nine-tenths?

6054)

4036)

5045)

4027)

DB

CA

Question 6

How do you change a decimal to a percent?

Question 7

To change a fraction to a decimal, you …

Question 8

Change “two-thirds” to a decimal.

Question 9

Change 580% to a fraction.

Question 10

The Lopez family spent $2500 one month. $175 of that was spent on entertainment. What fraction was spent on entertainment?

Question 11

Simplify:

154

3

Question 12

Simplify:

313

214

Question 13

What is,

73

54

65

Question 14

What is,

32

6

Question 15

Simplify:

21

1232

12

Question 16

Simplify:

65

53

Question 17

Simplify:

1651

833

Question 18

Simplify:

657

61

11

Question 19

652

925

Question 20

What is

17112

17133

Question 21

Stuart is making a recipe that calls for three and one-half cups of flour, one and one-half cups of sugar, and one-eighth cup of baking powder. How many total cups of these three ingredients will Stuart use?

Question 22

Mrs. Mendoza bought ten and one-third pounds of ground beef. She used six and a half pounds to make hamburgers. How much ground beef did she have left?

Question 23

If a new car can go twenty-one and three tenths miles on 1 gallon of gas, how far can it go on half a gallon of gas?

Question 24

Manuel drives his car 595 miles in eight and a half hours. At this same rate, how far would he drive in one hour?

Question 25

Carmen cut a 12-yard piece of cloth into three pieces. The first two pieces were each three and three-fourths yards long. What was the length of the other piece?

Question 26

A camp employs 4 men, 6 women, 12 girls, and 8 boys. Last month, 3 girls left and were replaced by women. What part of the staff was then made up of women?

Question 27

What number is 30% of 60?

Question 28

6.4% of 87 is …

Question 29

8 is what percent of 50?

Question 30

225 is what percent of 90?

Question 31

On a 30 problem test, Henry gets 90% correct. How many problems did he get wrong?

Question 32

A bottle is filled with 4 oz. of perfume. If 20% of the perfume evaporates, how many ounces remain?

Question 33

A basketball player made 63 out of 75 free throws. What percent is this?

Question 34

In one year a new car decreased in value by 20%. If a car sold for $12,500 when it was new, what was it worth after one year?

Question 35

Last year, Amie earned $5.25 per hour at work. This year she earned $6.51 per hour. By what percent did her salary increase?

Question 36

Which one of the following proportions is true?

6036

159)

2511

52)

104

255

)43

34)

DC

BA

Question 37

Solve:

2443 x

Question 38

If , then x could equal ___. 164 xx

32)12)

8)32)

DC

BA

Question 39

A vertical flagpole casts a shadow 16 m long at the same time that a nearby tree, 5 m tall casts a shadow 4 m. long. The height of the flagpole is ____?

Question 40

Find the next three items in the pattern: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, …

Question 41

Find the mean for the set of data: 44, 35, 47, 40, 37, 43, 40, 37, 42, 37, 49.

Question 42

Ryan’s test scores from his math class are 85, 92, 87, 92, 99, 80, 83. Find the mean of these scores.

Question 43

Shasta’s bowling average after 3 games was 105. In her first two games her scores were 112 and 96. Find Shasta’s score in the third game.

Question 44

Arrange the numbers: three-fifth, 0.67, two-thirds, and 0.61 from smallest to largest.

Question 45

A 6-ounce can of frozen orange juice costs 48¢. Give the unit price in cents per ounce.

Question 46

The flow of water from a water faucet can fill a 3 gallon container in 15 seconds. Give the ratio of gallons to seconds as a rate in gallons per second.

Question 47

A car’s gas tank has a capacity of 75 liters. On a full tank of gas, the car travels 325 miles. What is the gas mileage in miles per liter?