MATH PIRATE PIRATES BE WARNED FRACTIONS DECIMALS VOLUME

MATH PIRATE

PIRATES BE WARNED! FRACTIONS, DECIMALS, VOLUME AND MORE………

MATH PIRATE Ahoy Mateys! Welcome to the Pirate Math Quest! Do you have what it takes to be The Captain? ? Navigate your way through the magnificent Math Seas, answering as many word problems as you can. Each correct answer earns you a gold coin, accumulate enough gold coins and you could become the next Math Pirate Captain! Good Luck Mateys!

ANSWER SHEET **Record your multiple choice responses on an answer sheet, earn gold coins for each correct response! 1. 6. 11. 16. 21. 2. 7. 12. 17. 22. 3. 8. 13. 18. 23. 4. 9. 14. 19. 24. 5. 10. 15. 20. 25.

MATH PIRATE SCORING THE CAPTAIN 20 – 25 GOLD Coins! You’re a Math Pirate Legend!! First Mate 15 – 20 Gold Coins! Nice work, Matey! It’s a Math Pirate’s life for you! Pirate Crew 10 – 15 Gold Coins Working your way up the Math Pirate ranks Matey! Pirate Apprentice Below 10 Gold Coins Arrr, Keep practicing! **Each Correct Answer earns 1 Gold Coin, Add up all your coins at end to determine your Math Pirate rank!

1. MATH PIRATE • The ship sailed 24 ⅔ miles on Monday. On Tuesday the ship traveled an additional 21 ¾ miles. How many total miles did the ship travel in the two days? A. B. C. D. 46 5/12 45 5/7 45 6/12 46 3/24

2. MATH PIRATE • The Pirates caught 18 fish this morning. 2/3 of the fish caught were blue fish. How many fish were NOT blue fish? A. B. C. D. 6 12 3 15

3. MATH PIRATE • The pirate crew found 24 gold coins buried under a palm tree. The Captain got to keep the largest share, claiming 3/8 of the coins. The first mate kept 1/4 of the coins. Sully claimed the same amount as the first mate, and Scurvy John claimed the remaining coins. What fraction of the coins did Scurvy John get to keep? A. 3/8 B. 1/6 x C. 1/8 D. 2/24

4. MATH PIRATE • Mister Tobbs is the ship’s cook. He is preparing a fish stew for the hungry crew. His recipe calls for 2 ⅖ cups of chopped carrots to make one full pot of stew. According to the recipe, how many cups of carrots would be needed to make 1 ¾ pots of stew. A. 4 ⅕ B. 4 ⅚ C. 3 ⅘ D. 4 ⅗

5. MATH PIRATE • Captain Jack spends 24 hours a day on his pirate ship. He spends 1/2 of his day commanding the crew and sailing the ship. He spends another 1/8 of the time reviewing coordinates and maps. Jack also makes sure to save 1/6 of his time for sleeping in the cabin. Which fraction below represents the amount of time Jack has left to fulfill any other pirate duties? A. 3/8 C. 3/12 B. 5/24 D. 1/24

6. MATH PIRATE • The Captain stated, “Pink Sky at night sailors delight; Pink Sky at morning sailors warning. ” In order to prepare for the pending bad weather, the Captain had 2/3 of his crew take down the sails, and another 3/12 of the crew carry all supplies below the ship deck. What is the product of 2/3 and 3/12? A. 1/6 B. 5/36 C. 1/3 D. 5/15

7. MATH PIRATE • The Captain decided it was time for a bigger ship. He commandeered a 240 ft long vessel and made it the flagship of his pirate fleet. His old ship was only ¾ of the size of his new ship. According to this information, how much longer is the Captain’s new ship compared to his old ship? A. 50 ft B. 75 ft C. 60 ft D. 25 ft

8. MATH PIRATE • Which pirate ship is at the spot closest to 1 ⅓ on the number line? B A 0 ½ C D 1½ 2

9. MATH PIRATE • 4 pirates equally split up ½ of a pineapple. What fraction of the whole pineapple does each pirate get? A. 1/4 B. 1/12 C. 1/8 D. 2/1

10. MATH PIRATE • The scale on the Captain’s map is 1 inch = 200 miles. The distance from Pirate Cove to Fraction island is a massive 4 ¼ inches on the map. What is the distance, in miles, from Pirate Cove to Fraction Island? A. 800 miles B. 425 miles C. 675 miles D. 850 miles

11. MATH PIRATE • Sully carved a wood plank for the ship that was 7 ft 3 in long. How many inches long is the plank of wood? A. B. C. D. 21 in 87 in 84 in 73 in 7 ft 3 in

12. MATH PIRATE • The Captain owns a treasure chest that’s in the shape of a right rectangular prism. The treasure chest has a height of 18 in, and a base area of 624 square inches. What is the volume, in cubic inches, of the treasure chest? A. B. C. D. 34. 6 cu. in 11, 232 cu. in 202, 176 cu. in 642 cu. in

13. MATH PIRATE • Sully has a water barrel on board the ship that holds 24 gallons. If Sully drinks 4 pints of water per day, how many days will it take him to finish the entire barrel of water? 1 cup = 8 fluid oz A. B. C. D. 24 days 36 days 8 days 48 days 1 pint = 2 cups 1 quart = 2 pints 1 gallon = 4 quarts 1 liter = 1000 cubic cm ty er Prop of y l l Su

14. MATH PIRATE • The rectangular prism below is made from cubes. Each cube = 1 cubic unit. Help the Pirate find the volume of the rectangular prism in cubic units. A. B. C. D. 45 cubic units 30 cubic units 9 cubic units 60 cubic units WARNING! MATH PIRATES IN AREA

15. MATH PIRATE • The Pirates are building a short wall at the top of the ship in order to place a few cannons. What is the volume of the complex wall they 2 ft built? A. B. C. D. 8 ft 26 cu. ft. 280 cu. ft. 108 cu. ft. 52 cu. ft. 7 ft 2 ft 5 ft

16. MATH PIRATE • Sully is looking to paint his old treasure chest. His treasure chest is a unique one, it is in the shape of a perfect cube. He wants to paint the front and back faces Black, and the other 4 faces white. How much surface area on the cube would Sully paint black? A. B. C. D. 66 in sq. 272 ¼ in sq. 445 ½ in sq. 544 ½ in sq. Property of SULLY KEEP OUT! Property of Sully! 16. 5 in

17. MATH PIRATE • The Pirates are currently docked at Pirate Cove. First, they plan to sail to Fraction Island then to Decimal Bay. How many total units would they have traveled on the coordinate grid traveling from Pirate Cove to Fraction Island to Decimal Bay? A. B. C. D. 14 units 19 units 12 units 21 units Fraction Island Pirate Cove Hook’s Harbor Decimal Bay

18. MATH PIRATE • The Captain is reviewing his map and studying his sailing coordinates. Which ordered pair below is located within both the Circle and the Square? A. B. C. D. (6 , 5) (4 , 6) (6 , 7) (7 , 4)

19. MATH PIRATE • Organize the Sharks from the least value to the greatest: 5 7 3. ⅝ ⅓ A. B. C. D. . 375, ⅓, . 4 , ⅝. 4, ⅓, ⅝, . 375 ⅓, . 375, . 4, ⅝ ⅓, ⅝, . 4, . 375 . 4

20. MATH PIRATE • There is a 10 gallon barrel of Rum on board the ship. The ship is getting ready to dock, and 7 pirates are looking to equally split the 10 gallons. Which equation shows how much rum each Pirate should get. A. B. C. D. 10 – 7 = 3 gallons 10 x 7 = 70 gallons 7 ÷ 10 = 7/10 gallons 10 ÷ 7 = 1 3/7 gallons

21. MATH PIRATE • The Captain has an office on the ship where he reviews sailing maps and counts up his many gold coins. His office is in the shape of a triangle. Classify his triangle by sides and angles. A. isosceles, obtuse ’s n i a t p 16 ft Ca B. scalene, acute Office C. equilateral, acute D. right, obtuse 22 ft 18 ft

22. MATH PIRATE • The Captain ordered the crew to swab the ship’s deck. The crew was debating over the shape of the deck, although all agreed that the deck was a quadrilateral of some sort. The angles of the quadrilateral are 100°, 80°, in that order. Based on this information, how would you classify the quadrilateral? A. B. C. D. Rhombus Trapezoid Parallelogram Rectangle

23. MATH PIRATE • The Pirate crew was holding 227. 52 lbs of gold on their ship. The Captain decided to take 65. 375 lbs of that gold and bury it off the coast of Decimal Bay. After the Captain buried the portion of gold, exactly how many pounds were still left on board the ship? A. 292. 895 C. 290. 50 B. 162. 145 D. 62. 145

24. MATH PIRATE • Which gold coin below does NOT have a value on it equal to 13? C. 13 + 1 x 0 A. (6 – 4) x 5 + 3 B. 15 – (12 ÷ 3 – 2) D. 2+3 x 5

25. MATH PIRATE • After weeks at sea, the weary Pirates are finally ready to make their way to dry land. Sully has his treasure chest full of 72 gold coins. His plan is to take exactly ¼ of those coins to spend in the famous Pirate town of Tortuga. If Sully sticks to his plan and only spends ¼ of the coins, how many coins should he have left? A. 18 B. 70 C. 54 D. 48

MATH PIRATE Our Mission is Complete! Count up all your Treasure and determine your Math Pirate Rank! Hopefully you earned enough coins to fill up your treasure chest! Great Job Mateys!

What’s Your Pirate Rank ? THE CAPTAIN 20 – 25 GOLD Coins! You’re a Math Pirate Legend!! First Mate 15 – 20 Gold Coins! Nice work, Matey! It’s a Math Pirate’s life for you! Pirate Crew 10 – 15 Gold Coins Working your way up the Math Pirate ranks Matey! Pirate Apprentice Below 10 Gold Coins Arrr, Keep practicing! **Each Correct Answer worth 1 Gold Coin

ANSWER KEY 1. A 6. A 11. B 16. D 21. B 2. A 7. C 12. B 17. B 22. B 3. C 8. C 13. D 18. A 23. B 4. A 9. C 14. D 19. C 24. D 5. B 10. D 15. C 20. D 25. C ** Teacher Print-out/Answer key

ANSWER SHEET **Write the correct letter choice in the corresponding box 1. 6. 11. 16. 21. 2. 7. 12. 17. 22. 3. 8. 13. 18. 23. 4. 9. 14. 19. 24. 5. 10. 15. 20. 25. ** Student Print-out /Blank Answer Sheet

Substitutions for gold coins could include: counting chips, fake money/coins, pretzels, etc. **Optional Print-out/Gold Coins