Word Problems Worksheet - Regional Professional Development Program Page 22
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47Southern Nevada
Regional Professional Development Program
Set 16
1) Brenda has four books in her backpack. Which amount best describes the mass of the
books and her backpack combined?
80 grams 8 kilograms
80 kilograms
2) Four umbrella stickers and a metric ruler are shown. About how many centimeters
long would 20 stickers be if four are the length shown?
3) 1 cup is about 250 mL. About how many mL are in 6.5 cups?
4) The Super Fresh water bottling company can fill two-hundred 20 ounce bottles of
water every hour. How many gallons of water is that during an eight hour shift?
5) Which would be the most appropriate unit of measure to determine the area of the
athletic field at your school?
square inches square feet square yards square miles
6) What are the area and the perimeter of the rectangle shown?
7) Light travels at the speed of 186,282 miles per second, and the Sun is 93 million
miles from the Earth. How many seconds does it take light to reach the Earth from
the Sun?
8) Determine the area and the circumference of a circle given a radius of 3 feet. Use
π
=3.14.
9) Margie telephoned Sam and asked him if 5 + 7 x 9 was 108. Sam said no, the answer
is 68. Who is correct? Explain your reasoning.
10) Margie telephoned Sam again. She had been taught that to simplify the expression
5(7 + 10) you had to add the two numbers inside the grouping symbol first and then
add. Margie’s friend Maria had told her that it was okay to do 5(7) + 5(10). Who is
correct? Explain your reasoning.
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