Math Word Problems Worksheet Page 17

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Set 15
1.
The triangle and the square both have the same perimeter. What is the length of a side of
the square?
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2.
In Alex’s class
of the students have three or more vowels in their first names.
of
15
30
the students have exactly two vowels in their names. Are there more students with exactly
two vowels or more students with three or more vowels?
3.
Which of the following does NOT equal 2,456?
2 thousand, 456 ones
24 hundreds, 5 tens, 6 ones
2 thousand, 45 tens, 6 ones
245 hundreds, 6 ones
4.
Chen bought a model car for $4.59, a can of paint for $2.25, and a tube of glue for $1.45.
There was no sales tax. He paid with a $10.00 bill. How much change will he get?
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5.
The fraction
is a little more than one. What could the denominator be?
?
6.
I am a number. When you switch the digit in the ten thousands place with the digit in the
hundreds place you get 36,452. What number am I?
7.
Clark’s Own Popcorn boasts that 9 out of every 10 kernels of popcorn actually pop. Based
on this claim, how many kernels do you need to pop to get 55 pieces of popped corn?
8.
Daily temperatures for one week in January are shown in the table below. Find the mean
temperature for the week. Do you think the mean is a good description of the temperature
that week?
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
35°
38°
33°
40°
78°
76°
50°
9.
Put the following numbers in order from least to greatest and then plot them on the number
line shown. -3, 0, 1, -1, 3, -5, 2
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3
10. Three boys ordered a pizza. One boy ate
of the pizza, another boy ate
, and the last
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8
2
boy ate another
. What fraction of the pizza was leftover?
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