2nd Nine Weeks Benchmark Study Guide 2012
Short Answer
1. Drevon had to find four fractions less than . He wrote the following on his paper. Circle the correct
statements and show why they are correct.
2. Use your fraction strips or another method to compare the two fractions in each pair. Insert the correct sign
, , or .
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
3. For each pair of numbers, insert the correct sign between the numbers to make a statement true.
a. 0.203 ______ 0.23
b. 0.345 ______ 0.3004
c. 0.87 ______ 0.87000
d. 0.87 ______ 0.087
4. On each figure below, shade the indicated decimal amount.
a. 0.4
b. 0.25
5. For each pair of numbers, insert the correct sign between the numbers to make a statement true.
a. 0.3
b. 0.658
c. 2.1
6. Each small square on the grid represents 0.2.
a. What whole number is represented by the whole grid?
b. What decimal is represented by the shaded region of the grid?
7. Gregorio made money over his summer vacation by mowing lawns. One week he worked the following
schedule:
Monday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
hours
hours
hours
hours
a. How many hours did Gregorio work for the week?
b. He needs to work 20 hours to earn the money for a trip. Will he have enough after working just
this one week? Explain your thinking.
8. Sarah can jog at a steady pace of 5.75 miles per hour, and Tony can jog at a steady pace of 5.25 miles per
hour.
a. How many miles can Sarah jog in 30 minutes? Explain your reasoning.
b. How many miles can Tony jog in 30 minutes?
c. If Sarah and Tony jog for 45 minutes, how much farther will Sarah go than Tony? Explain your
reasoning.
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____
9. What decimal is equal to ?
a. 0.30
b. 0.75
c. 0.34
d. 0.075
____ 10. How would you write
a. 330%
as a percent?
b. 33%
____ 11. How would you write
c. 3.30%
as an improper fraction?
a.
c.
b.
d.
____ 12. Which fraction is not equivalent to
a.
d. 300%
b.
?
c.
d.
____ 13. Your puppy weighed
a.
lb last week. This week he weighs
b.
lb
lb
c.
lb
lb. How much weight has he gained?
d.
lb
____ 14. Suppose you have 28 muffins. How many muffins are left after you give a friend
a. 7 muffins
b. 112 muffins
c. 24 muffins
____ 15. You are making scarves for presents. Each scarf needs
of them?
d. 21 muffins
yd of fabric. How many yards of fabric do you need
for 6 scarves?
a.
b.
yd
____ 16. You have
yd
c.
yd
d. 5 yd
cups of dried fruit to divide evenly among 6 children. How many cups of fruit will each child
receive?
a.
b.
c.
d.
____ 17. The table shows swimmers’ times in a race. Which student swam the race the fastest?
SWIM RACE RESULTS
Student
Time (seconds)
Chris
38.15
Pedro
37.98
Michael
37.6
John
38.71
a. Chris
b. John
c. Pedro
d. Michael
____ 18. Wilson Middle School has eight sixth-grade classes. Two of the classes have both band and chorus. What
percent of the sixth-grade classes have both band and chorus?
a. 25%
c. 50%
b. 20%
d. 2.5%