Can you solve these Real World math problems
Can you solve these Real World math problems? 5 th grade CPS Review #2 Questions taken from Study Island J. Hicks – ITRT - 2010
1. Gracie is at Pole Green Produce buying fruit. Kiwi cost 0. 70 per pound, strawberries cost $1. 80 per pound, and guavas cost $5. 70 per pound. If Gracie buys 2 pounds of kiwi, half a pound of strawberries, and 3 pounds of guavas, what is the total cost of fruit (ignoring tax)? A. B. C. D. $45. 10 $19. 40 $20. 00 $18. 40
2. A charity has collected $433, 230 in donations from a telethon for a new center. They have also collected $245, 461 from monthly donations throughout the year that will be used for the construction of the center. The charity plans on applying for a government grant to pay the remaining construction costs. If the construction costs for the new center total $1, 046, 250 dollars, how much grant money will they need to complete the project? A. B. C. D. $357, 559 $367, 549 $367, 558 $367, 559
3. Justin has 8 chocolate chip cookies, 3 oatmeal raisin cookies, and 7 peanut butter cookies. If Justin wants to separate the cookies into two equal piles, how many cookies will be in each pile? (To make the pile even assume Justin can break a cookie in half if needed. ) A. B. C. D. 10 cookies 5. 5 cookies 9 cookies 8 cookies
4. Susie ran a total of 191. 7 minutes in 9 days. If she ran for the same amount of time each day, how many minutes did she run per day? A. B. C. D. 200. 7 30. 3 182. 7 21. 3
5. A blue suitcase weighs 132. 4 lbs, and a red suitcase weighs 112. 2 lbs. How many more pounds does the blue suitcase weigh than the red suitcase? A. B. C. D. 20. 2 20. 8 19. 8 22. 2
6. There are 17 baskets with 89 pencils in each basket. There are 11 baskets of pens with 55 pens in each basket. How many pencils and pens are there altogether ? A. B. C. D. 2, 118 2, 128 399 2, 218
7. Anita is assembling a standing lamp for her living room. The lamp is made of three long pieces that will connect end-to-end? A. B. C. D. 4. 2 m 3 m 5. 4 m 4. 1 m
8. Floyd grows pumpkins. He is taking 116 pumpkins from his farm into town to sell. Each one of his baskets holds 5 pumpkins, and each one of his crates holds 4 pumpkins. If he decides to use 12 baskets, how many crates will he need to move the rest of the pumpkins? A. B. C. D. 56 29 14 11
9. For a Chinese New Year celebration, James and Lee are making a dragon costume similar to the one shown below. In total, the costume requires 67. 8 m of fabric. Lee already has 14. 4 m of fabric, and James just purchased 24. 6 m of fabric. How much more fabric is needed for the costume? A. B. C. D. 23. 3 m 29. 8 m 23. 8 m 39 m
10. Britany is buying a shirt and a hat at the mall. The shirt costs $30. 55, and the hat costs $20. 36. If she gave the sales clerk $100. 00, how much change should she receive? (ignore sales tax) A. B. C. D. $44. 09 $49. 09 89. 81 50. 91
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