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2. Grade 5

3. Grade 6 2009 MCAS Grade 6 Mathematics
Question 7: Number Sense and Operations
The table below shows the distance, in
kilometers, Lisa ran each day for 5 days.
Write the five distances in order from greatest to least.
Estimate the average distance, in kilometers, Lisa ran each day for the 5 days. Explain your estimation strategy.
To prepare for a race, Lisa plans to run 100 kilometers over a number of days.
Based on your answer to part (b), estimate the number of days it will take Lisa to run 100 kilometers. Explain your estimation strategy.

4. Grade 7

5. Grade 8 Ms. Gleason is opening a new restaurant.
2009 MCAS Grade 8 Mathematics
Question 14: Patterns, Relations, and Algebra
Ms. Gleason is opening a new restaurant.
She has enough booths to seat up to 40 people.
She is ordering tables to fill the rest of the seating space.
Each table can seat up to 6 people.
If t represents the number of tables Ms. Gleason orders, write an expression to show the total number of people that can be seated at booths and tables.
Write an inequality that could be used to determine t, the number of tables Ms. Gleason needs to order so that she has enough seating at booths and tables for at least 125 people.
Solve the inequality from part (b) to determine the number of tables Ms. Gleason needs to order. Show or explain how you got your answer.

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