Practice Problems

Sarah and Mike have 59 ounces of almonds. They want to share these equally with each other and 6 more friends. The number of ounces of almonds each person will get is between which two whole numbers?

• 59 and 60

• 7.375

• 7 and 8

• 8.375

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Marcelle's mom bought a party-sized sandwich for Marcelle's party. The party lasted 3 hours. The guests ate 1/3 of the sandwich the first hour, 1/4 the second hour, and 5/24 the third hour. What fraction of the sandwich was left?

• 5/24

• 19/24

• 18/24

• 6/24

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Susan bought 12 colored pencils. Of these pencils, 1/2 were red and 1/3 were green. How many more red pencils than green pencils did Susan buy?

• 6

• 4

• 3

• 2

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Chloe bought 5/6 pound of grapes. She used 2/3 for a fruit salad and saved the rest for breakfast. How many pounds of grapes were left for breakfast?

• 1 1/6

• 2

• 1/6

• 4/6

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

What is 4 divided by 1/2?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Junilla is painting her apartment. Each can of paint covers about 350 square feet. The apartment has 3,107 square feet of wall space. What is the fewest number of cans of paint that Junilla can use to paint all of the walls of her apartment?

• 10

• 8

• 9

• 12

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3D

Darcy had reading, math, and science homework to do. She worked on her homework for a total of 2 ⅞ hours. If she spent ½ an hour on science homework and
1 ¾ an hour on reading homework, how much time did she spend on her math homework?

• 5/8

• 1/2

• 3/4

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.3

A packing machine at a factory can fill 50 containers of oatmeal every minute. All of the containers filled to the top by this machine are the same size. How many minutes will it take this machine to fill 825 containers of oatmeal?

• 16

• 17

• 15

• 18

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

In a recent month, a cleaning service spent 230 hours cleaning homes. The service cleaned 40 homes during the month. What was the average number of hours spent cleaning one home?

• 5

• 6

• 5.75

• 5.5

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

Yesterday, Levi, Lydia, and Lena shared 4 pounds of candy. How much candy did each child receive?

• 1.3

• .75

• 1

• 2

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.3