Review of
Rational
Number Problem
Solving
Pumpkin Carving
• Have out pencil, blank sheet of paper,
calculator
Question #1
Coach Tobbitt selects 32
Siegel Middle School
students for the baseball
team. When the spring
season started he still
needed 5 more players. He
held tryouts and 20 students
tried out for the team. He
selected 4. How many more
baseball players does he
need?
1 player
Answer: ______
If correct, draw
a pumpkin
Question #2
Janie has $400 in her bank account. This
week Janie deposited $100 on Monday
and $120 on Tuesday. On Friday she
wrote a check for $30 and withdrew $50 to
buy gas for the weekend. How much
money does Janie have in her account
now?
$540
Answer: ______
If correct, draw
an eye
Question #3
The lowest recorded
temperature on the first
day of fall was -4º F in
the town of
Summerville. The
warmest recorded
temperature was 80º F.
Find the difference in
these two extremes.
84°F
Answer: ______
If correct, draw
another eye
Question #4
Cathy is trying out
new scuba equipment.
Her current oxygen
tank is safe up to -20
feet. The new tank is
reportedly safe up to 3
times her old tank. At
what maximum depth
should the new
oxygen tank be safe?
-60 feet
Answer: ______
If correct, draw
a nose
Question #5
Kara is trying to get her
pilots license. She is
practicing landing her plane
smoothly. On her last
practice trip, it takes her 15
minutes to land the plane. If
she has descended
uniformly for 1,800 feet, what
was her change in elevation
per minute?
-120 ft.
Answer: ______
If correct, draw
a mouth
Question #6
A pumpkin farm reported
a profit loss of $751.50
last year because of the
lack of rain in the summer.
This year it anticipates a
better year. If they report
a profit gain of $900.00,
what will have been the
change in profit over the
past two years?
1,651.50
Answer: $______
If correct, draw
a hat
Question #7
Samuel began running this
summer. The first month he
could run two miles easily.
miles
On average, he increased Answer: 11______
his distance by 1.5 miles
each month. If Samuel
If correct, draw
you
continues at this rate, how anything
want on your
far will Samuel be able to
pumpkin.
run after 6 months?
Writing
• On the back of your
pumpkin, describe a
problem you might
encounter this week
using rational
numbers. Solve the
problem.