8.1.A  Nancy wrote 33/100 of her science report on Monday, 0.17 of her report on Tuesday, 21% of her report on Wednesday, and 0.29 of her report on Thursday.  On what day did Nancy write the greatest number of pages?  On what day did Nancy write the least number of pages?

8.1.A  Last weekend several stores at Allen Premium Outlet Stores had sales. The prices were reduced by 43.5%, 7/10, ½, 33.3%, and 2/3.  List the price reductions form greatest to least.

8.1.A

8.2.B  Kathy went to the store with $12 to spend. She bought 3 cans of her favorite soda for 75 cents and a bag of chips for $1.25. How much change did she receive?

8.2.B  During a period of intermittent power outage, the temperature in a restaurant freezer ranged from - 9°c to 7°c. How much warmer was the high temperature than the low temperature?

8.2.B  Someone harvesting apples in a large orchard picked 5 1/3 pounds at one location, 3 ¾ pounds at a second location, and 8 1/6 pounds at a third location. What is the total weight of apples harvested?

8.3.B  Monique made a scale side-view drawing of an office building. The actual building has a height of 17.5 meters and a width of 26.6 meters. Her drawing has a height of 8.5 cm. What is the width, in centimeters, of the scale drawing of the building?

8.3.B  Mr. Tekton is planning to remodel a studio apartment that has 441 square feet of living space. The estimated cost is $41,895. Someone else is spending $56,240 to remodel an apartment next door, at the same cost per square foot. What is the living area of the larger apartment?

8.3.B

8.4.A

 A bottled juice manufacturer employs 290 workers. It plans to increase its work force by 5 employees per month until it has grown in size by 60%. Which equation can be used to determine m, the number of months that amount of growth will take? a) 5m + 290m = 464 b) 5m = 464 c) 1.6(5m + 290) = 464 d) 1.6m = 464

8.4.A  Graph the following points:  What equation represents these points? a) Y=2x – 3 b) Y=1/2x + 3 c) Y = 2x + 3 d) Y=1/2x - 3 x y -7-31

8.4.A

8.5.A  Dr. Orlov ran a 14-kilometer race last year, in a time of 55 minutes. This year Dr. Orlov would like to run the same race in 0.8 hours. How many kilometers per hour should Dr. Orlov run to complete the race in 0.8 hours? (d=rt)

8.5.A

8.6.A  Regular hexagon MNPQRS is similar to hexagon TUVWXY. What scale factor was used to dilate regular hexagon MNPQRS to TUVWXY if RQ is 3.2 cm and XW is 4.8 cm?

8.6.A

8.8.C  Rachel take her outgrown clothing to the homeless shelter in a rectangular box having dimensions 1.5 feet by 1.3 feet by 2 feet. What is the approximate volume of the box?

8.8.C

8.9.A

8.9.B  These figures are similar. What is the length of x? x 16 mm 25 mm 14 mm 12 mm

8.11.A  Heather randomly draws a straw from a box containing 7 white straws, 4 blue straws, 3 greens straws, and 2 red straws. Then she replaces the straw and draws a straw again. What is the probability that she draws a red straw the first time and a blue straw the second time.

8.11.A

 Two students will be selected randomly from each class to be class representatives for student council. If a class has 14 boys and 16 girls, what is the probability that both students selected will be girls?

8.13.B