Lesson 70 Stories About Fractions

One half of the 32 children were boys. How many boys were there?

• 16

• 12

• 18

• 14

One third of the 24 coins were quarters. How many quarters were there?

• 8

• 6

• 10

• 12

Forty-two million is how much greater than twenty-four million?

• 18 million

• 20 million

• 16 million

• 22 million

There were 150 seats at the Round Table. If 128 seats were filled, how many seats were empty?

• 22

• 20

• 18

• 24

Angela ran 100 meters in 12.14 seconds. Marion ran 100 meters in 11.98 seconds. Marion ran 100 meters how many seconds faster than Angela?

• 0.16 seconds

• 0.18 seconds

• 0.20 seconds

• 0.14 seconds

Keenan bought his lunch Monday through Friday. If each lunch cost $1.25, how much did he spend on lunch for the week?

• $6.25

• $5.00

• $7.50

• $6.00

Find the perimeter and area of this rectangle:

• Perimeter: 18 units, Area: 20 square units

• Perimeter: 20 units, Area: 18 square units

• Perimeter: 18 units, Area: 18 square units

• Perimeter: 20 units, Area: 20 square units

Rhonda read 30 pages a day on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. She read 45 pages on Thursday and 26 pages on Friday. How many pages did she read in all?

• 161

• 161

• 161

• 161

One half of the cabbage seeds sprouted. If 74 seeds were planted, how many sprouted?

• 37

• 36

• 38

• 35

In problem 7, what percent of the seeds sprouted?

• 50%

• 45%

• 55%

• 60%