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4 ½ Weeks Math Study Guide
1. One meter is approximately equal to 39.39 inches. About how many inches are in 5 meters?
2. A city had 7.8 inches of rain in September and 4 inches of rain in October. What is the difference
in rainfall between the two months?
3. Mr. Stanton bought 2.6 yards of fabric for $6.52. About how much was the cost per yard?
4. Alicia bought 3.2 pounds of cashews for $17.25. About how much was the cost per pound?
5. What is the next term in the pattern shown below?
4.3, 5.4, 6.5, 7.6…
6. The sixth-grade class is going to the local art museum. There are 46 students in the class. The total
cost of the tickets for all the students is $402.50. What is the cost of one student ticket?
7. The dance committee has 1,288 flowers. They want to divide the flowers evenly among 28
centerpieces. How many flowers will be in each centerpiece?
8. Tristan had 84 inches of ribbon. He cut off 27.50 inches. How many inches of ribbon remain?
9. The student council sold 286 roles of wrapping paper for a fundraiser. If they raised $4,004, what
was the cost of one role of wrapping paper?
10. A hummingbird egg’s mass is approximately 0.249 milligram. What is the mass of 7
hummingbird eggs?
11. Alison bought one T-shirt for $8.50 and another T-shirt for $18.What is the total amount she
spent?
Demonstrate your knowledge by giving a clear, concise solution to each problem. Be sure to
include all relevant drawings and justify your answers. You may show your solutions in more
than one way or investigate beyond the requirements of the problem. If necessary, record your
answers on another piece of paper.
12. A surveyor is surveying a conservation area. A rectangular wetland conservation area is 4.25
miles by 3.7 miles. Estimate the area of the park. Use A = lw. Explain each step.
13. Explain how to multiply decimals. Use the dimensions problem 12 to find the area of the
conservation area.
14. The people of a neighborhood are creating a community vegetable garden.
a. One part of the garden will have 6 rows of corn plants. Each row will be 78.25 feet long.
Irrigation soaker hoses will be laid along each row of corn plants. How many feet of soaker
hose will be needed? Explain the steps you go through to solve this problem. Be sure to
explain how you decide where to place the decimal point.
b. The neighbors have $14.68 to spend on strawberry plants. A 6-pack of plants costs $2.
How many packs can they buy? Show your work.
15.
14.9 divide by 3.7
16.
4 X 286
17.
4.8 + 6
18.
9 - 4.1