problem solving with decimals 10 challenges. (white) john went to lowes and purchased one orange...
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Problem Solving with
Decimals10 Challenges
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(WHITE)
John went to Lowes and purchased one orange juice and one apple juice for a total of $5.64. He has to pay tax. The tax is 7 cents on the dollar or 7%.
• What did John pay the cashier in total?
• If the price of the orange juice was $2.36, what was the difference in price between the orange juice and apple juice?
(BLUE)Kiera cut a piece of ribbon into two parts. The first piece was 17.3 inches long. The second piece was 5.6 inches less. • What was the total length of the ribbon? • If she had cut the ribbon into 3 equal parts, what would have been the
measure of each part?
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(GREEN)
It’s Christmas and ties are on sale at Jenk’s Department Store . Each tie costs $14.99. Howard purchased three ties and had to pay 7% tax. He gave the cashier $50.
• How much tax did Howard have to pay?
• How much change did the cashier give back to Howard?
(YELLOW)
Jenna purchased a 24.5 ounce bottle of syrup for Saturday morning breakfast. After four people used equal amounts of syrup, there were 11.7 ounces left.
• How many ounces did each person use?
• If each person had 4 pancakes, how much syrup was used per pancake?
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(PURPLE)
While walking in the Triangle “Walk for Heart” race, Laura averaged 3.63 miles per hour.
• How far did she walk in 1.5 hours?
• If she kept up this pace, to the nearest TENTH, how long would it take her to walk a marathon? (26.2 miles is a marathon)
• How many exact hours and minutes will this take her?
(RED)
Mitchell walked 8.5 laps at a rate of 2.4 minutes per lap.
• How long was his entire walk? (Tell this in minutes and seconds)
• If Mitchell could increase his walking rate by 10%, how long would his walk take then? (Round to nearest tenth and tell this in minutes and seconds)
• How much faster would this be from his original time?
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(BROWN) Cheryl bought 5 pairs of jeans. The clearance bar had Lee’s Jeans priced at 2 for $25.00. Levi’s were 3 for $32.00. Vanderbilt Jeans were not on sale. They were $28.99 per pair.
Cheryl bought 2 pair of Lee’s, 2 pair of Levi’s and 1 pair of Vanderbilt.
• How much was her total before tax?
• She lucked out! This was a tax free weekend. But she did want to donate 5% of her total to the food bank at the counter. When she figured this out, she rounded to the nearest dollar. How much did she donate?
(GRAY)
Joe ran a 5 mile race in 35.25 minutes. The winner was clocked at running a 6 minute mile.
• If Joe ran at a constant rate, how long did it take Joe to run one mile?
• What was the difference in Joe’s rate per mile and the winner?
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(PINK)
Maggie bought 1.5 lbs of chicken for $6.54, 2 lbs. of grapes for $2.38/pound and .75 lbs of cashews for $8.95
• What is the cost per pound of chicken?
• What is the cost per pound of grapes?
• What is the cost per pound for the cashews?
• She had $40.00. She estimates that she has plenty of money to buy more cashews. About how many more lbs. of cashews can she buy?
(AQUA)
Carl drove 178.71 miles in 3 hours.
• What was Carl’s rate in miles per hour to the nearest whole number?
• If Carl’s car gets 25 miles/gallon, how many gallons of gas did he use to the nearest tenth?
• His car holds 16 gallons. About how many more miles can he go with the gallons he has left?