1. 3rd 9 Weeks Benchmark Review
6th Grade Math
Calera Middle School

2. 1
At the carnival the ratio of rides to games was 9:8. For every _____ games there are _____ rides.

3. 2
For every 5 boys on a softball team there is 1 girl. What is the ratio of boys to girls?

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

5. 4
Reduce the ratio: 50 : 35

6. 5
Reduce the ratio: 45:20

7. 6
Reduce the ratio: 14 : 63

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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?

11. 10
A video game store was getting rid of old games, selling them 3 for $ If they sold 2 games, how much money would they have made?

12. 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?

13. 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?

14. 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?

15. 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?

16. 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

17. 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

18. 17
Write each as a percent. Use repeating decimals when necessary.
1⁄8

19. 18
Write each as a percent. Use repeating decimals when necessary.
3/8

20. 19
Write each as a percent. Use repeating decimals when necessary.
2/3

21. 20
Write each as a fraction in simplest form.
58%

22. 21
Write each as a fraction in simplest form.
20%

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

24. 23 Write each as a percent. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
0.425

25. 24 Write each as a percent. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
0.05

26. 25 Write each as a percent. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
3.63

27. 26 Write each as a percent. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
0.006

28. 27
Write each as a decimal. Round to the thousandths place. 9%

29. 28
Write each as a decimal. Round to the thousandths place.
65%

30. 29
Write each as a decimal. Round to the thousandths place.
0.3%

31. 30
Write each as a decimal. Round to the thousandths place.
115.9%

32. 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)

33. 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)

34. 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)

35. 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)

36. 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)

37. 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)

38. 37
Ben earns $12,800 a year. About 15% is taken out for taxes. How much is taken out for taxes?