6th Grade Rates & Percentages

There are 15 pieces of fruit in a bowl and 6 of them are apples. What percentage of the pieces of fruit in the bowl are apples?

• 0.06%

• 0.4%

• 6%

• 40%

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CCSS.7.RP.A.2

CCSS.7.RP.A.3

Select all of the trips that would take 2 hours.

• Drive 60 miles per hour between Buffalo and Seneca Falls, which are 120 miles apart.

• Walk 3 miles per hour to school, which is 1.5 miles away.

• Take a train going 80 miles per hour from Albany to New York City, which are 160 miles apart.

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CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

Lin’s family has completed 70% of a trip. They have traveled 35 miles. How far is the trip?

• 24.5 miles

• 50 miles

• 59.5 miles

• 200 miles

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Lin runs 5 laps around a track in 6 minutes. How many minutes per lap is that?

• 1.2 minutes

• 5/6 of a minute

• 1 minute

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

Lin runs 5 laps around a track in 6 minutes. How many laps per minute is that?

• 1.2 laps

• 5/6 of a lap

• 1 lap

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CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

Lin runs 5 laps around a track in 6 minutes. If Lin runs 21 laps at the same rate, how long does it take her?

• 24 minutes

• 17.5 minutes

• 25.2 minutes

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

A ship captain is mapping a trip and wants to know the distance the ship will travel over certain time intervals. Assuming that the ship travels at a constant speed, what is its speed?

• 0.5 hours per 12.5 miles

• 12.5 miles per hour

• 25 miles per hour

• 3.75 miles per hour

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Which weighs more: a watermelon that weighs 7.5 kilograms or a baby that weighs 12 pounds? Note: 1 pound is about 0.45 kilograms.

• The watermelon weighs more, because it's older than the baby.

• The baby weighs more, because it's a human, not a plant.

• The watermelon weighs more, because 12 pounds is is about 5.4 kilograms.

• The baby weighs more, because 7.5 kilograms is more than 16 pounds.

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

Elena and Jada are 12 miles apart on a path when they start moving toward each other. Elena runs at a constant speed of 5 miles per hour, and Jada walks at a constant speed of 3 miles per hour. How long does it take until Elena and Jada meet?

• 2 hours

• 8 hours

• 1.5 hours

• They don't meet.

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CCSS.HSA.CED.A.1

What is 25% of 2 hours?

• 45 minutes
• 30 minutes
• 0.3 hours
• 0.5 minutes

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C