Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Mr. Templeton’s class did
an experiment on rainfall. They placed two barrels out in the rain on opposite sides of the city to
collect water. The following table shows the amount of rainwater collected in each barrel. How much
more water did Barrel 1 collect than Barrel 2?
RAINWATER COLLECTED | Barrels | Gallons of Water | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.44 | | |
A | 0.096 gallons | B | 0.96 gallons | C | 1.06 gallons | D | 10.6
gallons |
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2
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The height of a stack of 9
identical soup cans is shown below. How tall is each can?
A | 6.9 cm | B | 7.3 cm | C | 8.2 cm | D | 8.6 cm |
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3
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Nick read 39 pages on Saturday
and p pages on Sunday. Which
expression shows the total number of pages he read on these two days?
A | 39p | B | 39 + p | C | 39 ÷ p | D | 39 –
p |
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4
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The sixth grade baseball team
had 13 hits in 40 attempts during their last game. Which of the following is NOT a way to express the
ratio of hits to attempts for the game?
A | 0.325 | C | 32.5% | B |  | D |  |
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5
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How many times larger is 0.6
than 0.006?
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6
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At the beginning of the dry
season, Kristin’s family has 70 gallons of water in their rooftop reservoir. Each day they use
at most 3 gallons of water for their household needs.
Kristin lets  . Then,  . What is the minimum number of days
that they will have water?
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Which of the following has a
sum of 4.28?
A | 2.19 +
2.19 | C | 3.21 +
0.07 | B | 0.6 + 4.22 | D | 1.061 + 3.219 |
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Lennie bought a box of raisins
for himself and for each of 3 friends. The total cost of him purchase was $2.36. Which equation could
be used to find the cost of a box of raisins, r?
       
A |  = $2.36 | B | 4r = $2.36 | C | r + 3 =
$2.36 | D | r – 4 = $2.36 |
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9
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A child’s ticket for a
museum costs $3 less than an adult’s ticket. If a represents the cost of an adult’s ticket,
which expression represents the cost of a child’s ticket?
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10
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A plumbing company charges an
hourly rate of $40 for labor. If the total charge for labor on a job came to $100.00, which of the
following equations can be solved to find the number of hours spent on the job? Let
h represent the number of
hours.
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Gregory earns $8.00 an hour.
How much will he earn for working 6.5 hours?
A | $53.00 | B | $52.10 | C | $52.01 | D | $52.00 |
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12
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The following table shows the
times of four students who ran the 400-meter relay for their school track team. Each student on the
relay team ran 100 meters. What is the combined time of the four students?
400-METER RELAY TIMES | Student | Time for 100
meters | My-Lien | 11.7
seconds | Trishia | 12.3
seconds | Hoshi | 11.2
seconds | Rebeca | 12.9
seconds | | |
A | 11.7 seconds | B | 24
seconds | C | 35.2 seconds | D | 48.1
seconds |
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13
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Cindy answered 12 out of 20
questions correctly on a math test. How can you express the ratio of correct answers to total
questions as decimal?
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