1. 2nd Nine Weeks Practice Problems

2. Question 1 Simplify:

3. Question 2 Last year, Anthony finished a race in 53.41 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. Question 5 Which fraction is not equivalent to nine-tenths?

7. Question 6 How do you change a decimal to a percent?

8. Question 7 To change a fraction to a decimal, you …

9. Question 8 Change “two-thirds” to a decimal.

10. Question 9 Change 580% to a fraction.

11. Question 10 The Lopez family spent $2500 one month. $175 of that was spent on entertainment. What fraction was spent on entertainment?

12. Question 11 Simplify:

13. Question 12 Simplify:

14. Question 13 What is,

15. Question 14 What is,

16. Question 15 Simplify:

17. Question 16 Simplify:

18. Question 17 Simplify:

19. Question 18 Simplify:

20. Question 19

21. Question 20 What is

22. 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?

23. 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?

24. 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?

25. 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?

26. 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?

27. 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?

28. Question 27 What number is 30% of 60?

29. Question 28 6.4% of 87 is …

30. Question 29 8 is what percent of 50?

31. Question 30 225 is what percent of 90?

32. Question 31 On a 30 problem test, Henry gets 90% correct. How many problems did he get wrong?

33. Question 32 A bottle is filled with 4 oz. of perfume. If 20% of the perfume evaporates, how many ounces remain?

34. Question 33 A basketball player made 63 out of 75 free throws. What percent is this?

35. 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?

36. 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?

37. Question 36 Which one of the following proportions is true?

38. Question 37 Solve:

39. Question 38 If, then x could equal ___.

40. 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 ____?

41. Question 40 Find the next three items in the pattern: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, …

42. Question 41 Find the mean for the set of data: 44, 35, 47, 40, 37, 43, 40, 37, 42, 37, 49.

43. Question 42 Ryan’s test scores from his math class are 85, 92, 87, 92, 99, 80, 83. Find the mean of these scores.

44. 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.

45. Question 44 Arrange the numbers: three- fifth, 0.67, two-thirds, and 0.61 from smallest to largest.

46. Question 45 A 6-ounce can of frozen orange juice costs 48¢. Give the unit price in cents per ounce.

47. 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.

48. 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?