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Rational Numbers

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a possible integer that could be between -6 and 2 on a number line?
a)
4
b)
-8
c)
3
d)
-3
2.
Which of these terms is NOT an example of a negative number?
a)
credit
b)
below zero
c)
withdraw
d)
owe
3.
Which of these terms do not fit in the following sentence? "I ______ $100 in the bank. The integer is +100."
a)
lost
b)
deposited
c)
gained
d)
received
4.
Finish this statement: "The opposite of 7 is......
a)
7 units to the right of zero
b)
7
c)
7 units to the left of zero
d)
14 units to the left of zero
5.
What is the decimal equivalent of 4/25?
a)
16%
b)
0.16
c)
1.6
d)
0.08
6.
What is the fraction equivalent of 0.40?
a)
40%
b)
1/25, 2/50, 4/100
c)
4/5, 20/25, 40/50, 80/100
d)
2/5,10/25,20/50,40/100
7.
Which of these lists is ordered from greatest to least?
a)
-10, -1, 2, 6
b)
1.8, 1/2, 1/4
c)
0.6, 0.30, 70%
d)
6, -6, -8, 8
8.
Which of these rational numbers is farthest to the left of a number line?
a)
-8/3
b)
-3
c)
-2.3
d)
-10/7
9.
A fish is swimming 7 feet below the water's surface. A turtle is swimming 2 feet below the water's surface. What is the difference in feet where the fish and the turtle is?
a)
-9 feet
b)
14 feet
c)
5 feet
d)
9 feet
10.
In his garden Tim plants a tomato seed 5¼ inches below the ground. After one month the tomato plant has grown a total of 11½ in. How many inches is the plant above the ground?
HINT: Find the difference.
a)
16¾ inches
b)
6½ inches
c)
6¼ inches
11.
Mrs. Byrne is at her house. She gets in her car and drives north 3.4 miles and stops at Target. Then she turns around and drives south 6.1 miles to go to Mrs. Mangini's house. How far is Mrs. Byrne's house from Mrs. Mangini's house? HINT: Find the difference.
a)
9.3 miles
b)
2.7 miles
c)
3.3 miles
12.
The temperature in a town is 34.1°F during the day and −8.6°F at night. Find the difference in the temperatures.
a)
42.7
b)
25.5
c)
42.7°F
d)
25.5°F
13.
A group of friends are rock climbing. Mr. Wharton is 26.4 feet above the ground. Mr. Hall is directly below Mr. Wharton at 14.1 feet above the ground. How far apart are they?
a)
40.5 miles
b)
12.3 miles
c)
12.3 feet
d)
40.5 feet
14.
Jerry bought 6.95 lbs of cherry and lime jelly beans for his birthday party. If 1.75 lbs were cherry flavor, how many pounds were lime flavor?
a)
5.2
b)
8.7
c)
9.7
d)
5.02
15.
Paige was measuring how much taller she got over two years. In the first year she grew 4.62 cm. In the second year she grew 7.7 cm. How much taller did she get altogether?
a)
12.3 cm
b)
3.8 years
c)
12.32 cm
d)
12.32 years
16.
On Tuesday, Terry took a road trip to visit his friends. He travelled 2.25 miles to Frank's house and then 5 1/2 mile to Janice's house before returning home. Using decimals, how many miles did Terry travel on Tuesday?
a)
3.8 miles
b)
7. 60 miles
c)
7. 75 miles 
d)
15.50 miles
17.

The manager at Chick-fil-A estimated that the restaurant will sell 600 chicken sandwiches last week. They actually sold 550 sandwiches. Calculate the percent error.

a)

8.3

b)

-8.3

c)

9.1

d)

-9.1

18.

Three customers have accounts owing money. The table shows the account balances that represent what the customers owe. Which customer owes the least amount of money?

a)

M. Palmer

b)

B. Leftwich

c)

R. Jordan

19.

The absolute value of a number is 37. What is this number? Select all that apply.

a)

37

b)

137-\ \frac{1}{37}

c)

73

d)

137\frac{1}{37}

e)

-37

20.

Angelo has $5.50 for lunch. He buys a cookie for $1.05 and a drink for 1.45. How much money does Angelo have left?

a)

$2.50

b)

$3.00

c)

$1.25

d)

$4.00

21.

Devon had his two friends over for pizza. Devon ate 1/4 of the pizza. One of his friends ate 3/8 of the pizza and the other friend ate 1/8 of the pizza. How much of the pizza is left?

a)

1/4

b)

1/8

c)

1/3

d)

1/5

22.

Joe went scuba diving. He descended down to 5 feet below sea level, stopped, then went down another 20 feet. What is Joe's level?

a)

25 feet

b)

-15 feet

c)

15 feet

d)

-25 feet

23.

Nik brought a bag of candy to school. He started with 50 pieces, but gave out 15 pieces to EACH of his TWO friends. His nice math teacher gave Nik 3 pieces of candy. How much does he have now?

a)

37 pieces

b)

10 pieces

c)

0 pieces

d)

23 pieces

24.

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?

a)

19/20 or .95

b)

1/2 or .5

c)

1/3 or .33

d)

1/10 or .1