5th BM Practice Word Problems #1

John and Matt were having a race.  John's time was 43.05 seconds.  Matt's times was 43.5 seconds.  Who won the race?  How do you know?

• John
• Matt

John and Matt were having a race.  John's time was 24.15 seconds.  Matt's times was 24.1 seconds.  Who won the race?  How do you know?

• John
• Matt

Beth's friend timed her holding her breath in the pool.  Her time was 4.87 seconds rounded to the nearest hundredth.  Which of the following could represent a more EXACT time?

• 4.889
• 4.867
• 4.879
• 4.876

Beth's friend timed her holding her breath in the pool.  Her time was 8.54 seconds rounded to the nearest hundredth.  Which of the following could represent a more EXACT time?

• 8.546
• 8.054
• 8.543
• 8.548

 Howard and John shared a pie.  Howard ate 1/5 of the pie and John ate 5/10 of the pie.  What fraction of the pie did they eat together?

• 3/15
• 2/10
• 4/5
• 7/10

 Howard and John shared a pie.  Howard ate 1/8 of the pie and John ate 2/4 of the pie.  What fraction of the pie did they eat together?

• 5/8
• 3/12
• 3/8
• 7/10

6 + 3 x (50 - 15) =

• 135
• 21
• 102
• 111

5 + 2 x (20 - 15)

• 15
• 35
• 36
• 16