Word problems With Rational Numbers Test Review

If a plant grows 1/4 cm every day for 21 days, what is the total amount of growth?

• 82 cm
• 25 cm
• 17 1/4 cm
• 5 1/4 cm

Mailina is making cupcakes for her classmates. She puts  $\frac{1}{4}$  ounce of sprinkles on each cupcake and she has 14 ounces of sprinkles. How many cupcakes can she make using the sprinkles she has?

• 3 $\frac{1}{2}$

• 5 $\frac{3}{4}$

• $\frac{1}{56}$

• 56

There 120 students that play middle school sports. Of these students  $\frac{2}{5}$  of them play soccer.  How many students play soccer?

• 48

• 120

• 72

• 28

Chris decided to do his history homework a little bit each night. On the first night he did 1/5 of the homework, the second night he completed 1/4 of the homework, and the third night he worked 1/2 of the homework. How much of the homework has Chris completed?

• 19/20 or .95

• 1/2 or .5

• 1/3 or .33

• 1/10 or .1

A recipe needs $\frac{2}{5}$  a cup of cornstarch. Lisa wants to make  $\frac{3}{4}$   of the recipe. How much cornstarch should she use?

•  $1\frac{7}{8}$  

•  $\frac{8}{15}$  

•  $2\frac{1}{3}$  

•  $\frac{3}{10}$  

Ms. Canipe buys about 14.4 gallons of gas every week. How many gallons of gas does she buy in a 6 weeks?

• 8.64 gallons
• 864.4 gallons
• 864 gallons
• 86.4 gallons

• 10 hamburgers
• 2/20 hamburgers
• 8 hamburgers
• 14 hamburgers

A pitcher contains  3  1/2 quarts of milk.  Gabrielle pours 1.875 quarts into a smaller pitcher.  How many quarts of milk are left in the first pitcher?

• 1  3/4  quarts
• 1  5/8  quarts
• 1  1/4  quarts
• 4  3/4  quarts

 A bag of oranges costs $7.65. Five friends want to share the bag. How much will each friend pay?

• $38.25 
• $1.53
• $2.00
• $1.13

Seth had a 1.5 liter bottle of tomato juice.  He drank some.  There were 0.895 liters left when his sister, Beth, came to get a snack.  How much did Seth drink?

• -745 liters
• -880 liters
• 0.745 liters
• 0.605 liters