1. 7th Grade Math 2012-2012-2013 Thanksgiving Day Packet
Complete ALL problems and show all work in PENCIL for EACH problem IN YOUR MATH NOTEBOOK. No Packet will be accepted incomplete or after Monday, November 26, 2012

2. Complete the conversion chart GLE 1
Decimals
Percents
Fractions
o.456
1/6
17.7%
2.3
3/100
167%

3. GLE 1
1. On the last science test, Mia correctly answered 9/10 of the questions. What percent of the questions did Mia answer correctly?
Last baseball season, Ryan got a hit 32.8% of the times he batted. What decimal represents how often Ryan got a hit?

4. GLE 2 Order the integers from least to greatest. /
/ / / /16

5. GLE 1-2 Draw a number line. Locate each number on the number line.
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/ / / /14

6. GLE 5
Multiply or divide the decimals to find an answer to the story problem.
1. Geoff has 5.4 pounds of chocolate that he wants to split evenly among 8 people. How much chocolate will each person get?
2. It took Minday 2.58 hours to mow the lawn. It took Kylie 0.8 times the amount of time it took Mindy. How long did it take Kylie to mow the lawn?

7. GLE 5
Multiply or divide the fractions to find an answer to the story problems
1. Carl jogs 2 and ¾ miles every day. How many miles does Carl jog each week?
2. Because of a difference in gravity, a person on the moon would weigh about 1/6 as much as he or she weighs on earth. Tom weighs 186 pounds on earth. How much would Tom weigh on the moon?

8. GLE 4 Use the distributive property to complete the equation.
1. Savida planted 8 rows of Bald Cypress trees. Each row has 22 trees. Use the distributive property to find the total number of trees Savida planted.
2. Lola has 5 boxes of crayons. Each box has 64 crayons. Use the distributive property to find the total number of crayons as Lola.
3. John has 7 CDs. Each CD has 13 songs. Use the distributive property to find the total number of songs John has on all 7 CDs.

9. GLE 3
– ( ) / 4 * 3^2
4^ / ( )

10. GLE 11 Set up a proportion Understanding the Process is Key
Noah stopped at a gas station near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He used 8 gallons of gasoline to travel 176 miles. How much gasoline will Noah need to travel 330 miles?
Keisha words as a paralegal for Clark and Edwards Insurance Company. She can type 5,425 words in 5 minutes. How many words can Keisha type in 1 minute?

11. GLE 10 Real Life Math Problem Solving
During the women’s basket ball season, the LSU tigers won 31 games
1. What is the ratio of games won to games lost?
2. What is the ratio of games lost to games won?
3. What is the ratio of games won to the total number of games played?
4. What is the ratio of games lost to the total number of games played?

12. GLE 11 What is the missing value Understanding Math takes PRACTICE
Math is Awesome

13. GLE 10
A car travels 165 miles in three hours. Write the rate as a fraction.
Tommy bought 4 pounds of apples for $4.60. What is the unit price of the apples, in dollars per pound?
Density is a unit rate with the unites g/cm^3. If 241,5 grams (g) of gold has a volume of 12.5 cubic centimeters (cm^3), what is the density of gold? (Challenge yourself)

14. GLEs 6-7 Part/whole = percent / 100 1. What percent of 16 is 24?
2. What is 38% of 124?
3. Sophia answered 70% of the questions correctly on her last math test. If Sophie answered 42 questions correctly, how many questions were on the test?

15. GLEs 6-7
Charles is buying a new basketball from the local sporting goods store. The basketball cost $34. If the sales tax is 6% in his state, what is the total cost of the basketball?
Sue is on vacation in a state where the sales tax rate is 5%. She bought a T-shirt that cost $18. With the tax added, what was the total cost of the shirt?

16. GLE 7
Problem Solving
Step 1 Determine what the problem is asking you to figure out.
Step 2 Evaluate the information given
Step 3 Estimate a reasonable answer
Step 4 Calculate the exact answer

17. GLE 7
1. Chad went fishing at Lake Ponchatrain five days last week. On Monday, he caught 28 fish; on Tuesday, he caught 41 fish; on Wednesday, he caught 33 fish; on Thursday , he caught 17 fish. How many fish did Chad catch on Friday if he caught a total of 175 fish during the five days?

18. GLE 12 Evaluate the following expression for x = 4 and y = 7 3x – 5y

19. GLE 12
Three years ago, Hannah bought a used car with 4,500 miles on it. The car now has 42,700 miles on it. How many miles, m, did Hannah put on the car?
Write an equation to represent the situation. Solve.

20. Problem Solving
1. List 10 possible combinations you could get with 4 darts. The numbers on the targets are Try to establish some logical method of doing this

21. Problem Solving
Compare different pay scales. Decide if it is better to receive $300 a week or to be paid hourly at a rate of $7.50 per hour. What factors could affect your decision?

22. Problem Solving
Groups of campers were going to an island. On the first day 10 went over and 2 came back. On the second day, 12 went over and 3 came back. If this pattern continues, how many would be on the island at the end of a week? How many would be left?

23. Problem Solving
Six teams are involved in a round robin tournament. In such a tournament, each team plays every other team once and only once. It does not matter who wins the games. Therefore, how many games in all are played? You may want to call your teams A,B,C OR 1,2,3.

24. Problem Solving
Gordon Green thumbs likes to grow huge plants. He once grew a zucchini that started out at 6 inches, then grew 9 inches to be 15 inches on the second day. Each day the zucchini grew by the same amount as the day before plus another 3 inches. On which day would the zucchini be longer than 11 feet?

25. Problem Solving
Upon your arrival on Monday morning, you observe a snail making its way up the wall of your cabin. Each day, it carefully works its way 30 inches up the wall. At night, though, it slips back down 12 inches. The cabin wall is 9 feet high. If the snail started on Monday, will it reach the top of the cabin wall before you leave on Friday afternoon?