2nd Nine Weeks Practice Problems

Question 1 Simplify:

Question 2 Last year, Anthony finished a race in 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?

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:

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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 % of 87 is …

Question 29 8 is what percent of 50?

Question 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?

Question 37 Solve:

Question 38 If, then x could equal ___.

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?