3rd 9 Weeks Benchmark Review 6th Grade Math Calera Middle School

1 At the carnival the ratio of rides to games was 9:8. For every _____ games there are _____ rides.

2 For every 5 boys on a softball team there is 1 girl. What is the ratio of boys to girls?

3 At the pet store the ratio of dogs to cats was 6:4. For every _____ cats there are _____ dogs.

4 Reduce the ratio: 50 : 35

5 Reduce the ratio: 45:20

6 Reduce the ratio: 14 : 63

7 A recipe called for the ratio of sugar to flour to be 5 : 1. If you used 35 ounce of sugar, how many ounces of flour would you need to use?

8 A teacher had 21 red pens. If the ratio of red pens to blue pens she owned was 3 : 1, how many pens did she have total?

9 A chess player played 20 games total. If he won 2 of the games, what is the ratio of games he lost to games he won?

10 A video game store was getting rid of old games, selling them 3 for $34.26. If they sold 2 games, how much money would they have made?

11 A pet store was selling mice 5 for $8.35. If they ended up selling 2 mice, how much money would they have earned?

12 At the baseball stadium the price for popcorn is $15.36 for 6 bags. If you wanted to buy 2 bags of popcorn, how much would it cost?

13 An ice company charged $3.40 for 4 bags of ice. If a convenience store bought 6 bags of ice, how much would it have cost them?

14 A supermarket had bags of red grapes for $27.09 for 7. The also had bags of green grapes priced at $14.96 for 4. Which type of grape is most expensive?

15 Which two baseball teams have equivalent ratios of walks to the number of runs scored? Games Walks # of Runs Scored Yankees 3 48 Cubs 27 Braves 2 25 Red Soxs 4 64

16 Which two teachers received equivalent ratios of apples from their total number of students? Teachers Received Apples Number of Students Jones 3 48 Smith 51 Thompson 2 34 Brown 36

17 Write each as a percent. Use repeating decimals when necessary. 1⁄8

18 Write each as a percent. Use repeating decimals when necessary. 3/8

19 Write each as a percent. Use repeating decimals when necessary. 2/3

20 Write each as a fraction in simplest form. 58%

21 Write each as a fraction in simplest form. 20%

22 Write each as a fraction in simplest form. 23%

23 Write each as a percent. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent. 0.425

24 Write each as a percent. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent. 0.05

25 Write each as a percent. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent. 3.63

26 Write each as a percent. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent. 0.006

27 Write each as a decimal. Round to the thousandths place. 9%

28 Write each as a decimal. Round to the thousandths place. 65%

29 Write each as a decimal. Round to the thousandths place. 0.3%

30 Write each as a decimal. Round to the thousandths place. 115.9%

31 There are 36 carpenters in a crew. On a certain day, 29 were present. What percent showed up for work? (round to the nearest tenth)

32 A metal bar weighs 8.15 ounces. 93% of the bar is silver. How many ounces of silver are in the bar? (round to the nearest thousandth)

33 A woman put $580 into a savings account for one year. The rate of interest on the account was 6½%. How much was the interest for the year in dollars and cents? (Round to the nearest cent)

34 A student answered 86 problems on a test correctly and received a grade 98%. How many problems were on the test, if all the problems were worth the same number of points? (Round to the nearest whole number)

35 Manuel found a wrecked Trans-Am that he could fix. He bought the car for 65% of the original price of $7200. What did he pay for the car? (Round to nearest dollar)

36 Pamela bought an electric drill at 85% off the regular price. She paid $32.89 for the drill. What was the regular price? (Round to the nearest cent)

37 Ben earns $12,800 a year. About 15% is taken out for taxes. How much is taken out for taxes?