Multiplying/Dividing Rational Numbers

Mr. Parker had $86 to buy school supplies for his class. He bought 32 boxes of pencils and 32 packages of notebook paper. Each package of paper cost $1.09, and each box of pencils cost $0.75. How much money did Mr. Parker have left?

Cynthia started a yoga club and has 18 members. Each member pays $9.99 per month. On the first day of the month, 7 members paid their fee. The remaining members paid on the fourth day of the month. How much money was collected on the fourth day of the month?

There are 20 cars in a parking lot. - Geico provides insurance to ⅗ of the cars. - AllState provides insurance to one-tenth of the cars. - State Farm provides insurance to the remaining cars. How many cars in this parking lot does State Farm provide insurance to?

Twelve PTA members want to buy supplies for students. They need to raise $527.86 to buy the supplies. They have already raised $349.11. If each PTA member raises the same amount of money, how much money must each member raise?

Katherine’s Kitchen had 36 people order breakfast on Sunday morning. - 2/9 of the people ate waffles only. - ¼ of the people ate eggs and waffles. - The remaining people ate eggs only. How many people ate eggs only for breakfast?

Cassie spent 3 ¼ hours cleaning her neighbor’s house. - She spent ¾ hour doing laundry. - She spent ⅔ hour cleaning the kitchen. - She spent the remaining time cleaning the bathroom. How much MORE time did Cassie spend doing the laundry than cleaning the kitchen?

Jorge sold candles for three weeks to raise money for a field trip. How many total candles did Jorge sell for the fundraiser?

Marvin had 2 spools of thread. Each spool contained 10 5/8 yards of thread. Marvin used 4 yards from each spool. How many yards of thread did Marvin have left?

• 13 1/4 yards

• 12 1/4 yards

• 11 1/4 yards

• 10 1/4 yards

One weekend, Latoya and Tyler mowed lawns to earn spending money. Together, they earned $13.50 an hour for 8 hours of work. Each received half the total earnings. If Latoya then spent $18 on a video game, how much money did she have left?

• $36

• $27

• $18

• $9

Javier plays on a soccer team. In two games, he scored ⅗ of the total number of points for his team. His team scored 50 points in the first game and 45 points in the second game. What was the number of points Javier scored in these two games?