Topic 10 Study Guide
1. Sadie is making homemade bread for her neighbor. Here is the recipe:
Which fraction below is another way to express the amount of salt in the bread recipe?
A. teaspoons B. teaspoons C. teaspoons D. teaspoons
2. Which mixed number is equivalent to ?
A. 4 B. C. D.
3. For a birthday party, 5 friends go to Party Plaza. Each person purchases 4 balloons. The balloons are bundled in bouquets of 7. How many bouquets are equivalent to ?
A. bouquets B. bouquets C. bouquets D. 20 bouquets
4. Which improper fraction is equivalent to ?
A. B. C. D.
5. Jessica is making cookies for a bake sale. Here is the recipe:
Which fraction below is another way to express the amount of oatmeal in Jessica’s recipe?
A. cups B. cups C. cups D. cups
1. Nana is buying some fruit. The total weight of the fruit is about 14 pounds. Which sum is about 14?
A. + B. + C. + D. +
2. Which is the best estimate of the sum of and ?
A. 15 B. 14 C. 13 D. 12
3. Which is the best estimate of the difference between and ?
A. 1 B. 3 C. 5 D. 8
4. Which is the best estimate of the sum of and ?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
1. What is the sum of 6 7/8 + 4 5/8?
A. 10 1/8 B. 10 ½ C. 11 ½ D. 11 5/8
2. What is the difference of 5 1/5 - 2 3/5?
A. 2 3/5 B. 2 ½ C. 1 4/5 D. 1 3/5
3. Lou used 3 1/8 cups of oats and 1 3/8 cups of raisins in a recipe. How many more cups of oats did Lou use than raisins?
A. 1 1/4 more cups B. 1 3/4 more cups C. 4 1/2 more cups D. 5 1/2 more cups
4. Which two mixed numbers represent the models shown below?
A. 3 5/6 and 1 ½ B. 8 5/6 and 1 ½ C. 3 5/6 and 3/6 D. 5/6 and 1 ½
5. What is the quotient of the mixed numbers shown in the models below?
A. 1 1/3 B. 2 1/3 C. 2 ½ D. 2 2/3
1. The bus took 4 hours to get from the station to Portland and 3 hours to get from Portland to Seattle. How long did the bus take to get from the station to Seattle?
A. 7 hours B. 7 hours C. 8 hours D. 8 hours
2. What is 5 + 2 ?
A. 7 B. 7 C. 7 D. 7
4. Ruth needs 2 cups of flour for one cake recipe and 2 cups of flour for another cake recipe. If she makes both cakes, how much flour will she need altogether?
A. 4 cups B. 4 cups C. 4 cups D. 5 cups
5. Paul volunteered at the senior center for 3 hours on Saturday and 5 hours on Sunday. How many hours did Paul volunteer at the senior center on both days?
A. 9 hours B. 9 hours C. 8 hours D. 8 hours
1. Monica is 3 feet tall. Carly is 5 feet tall. How much taller is Carly than Monica?
A. 1 feet B. 1 feet C. 2 feet D. 2 feet
2. Philip ran 4 miles yesterday. Michael ran 1 miles yesterday. How much farther did Philip run than Michael?
A. 3 miles B. 3 miles C. 2 miles D. 2 miles
4. Last week the office used 7 boxes of paper. This week they used 3 boxes of paper. How many more boxes did they use last week than this week?
A. 3 boxes B. 3 boxes C. 4 boxes D. 4 boxes
5. The store sold 6 cases of juice on Friday and 4 cases of juice on Saturday. How many more cases of juice did the store sell on Friday than on Saturday?
6. A. 2 cases B. 2 cases C. 1 cases D. 1 cases
1. Which is the sum of 8 3/4 + 2 1/2?
A. 10 ¼ B. 10 ½ C. 11 1/6 D. 11 ¼
2. Which is the difference of 25 1/8 - 12 3/4?
A. 13 1/8 B. 12 2/6 C. 12 1/3 D. 12 3/8
3. What is (9 1/3 + 3 5/6) - 5 1/6?
A. 18 1/3 B. 8 5/6 C. 8 D. 7
4. What is (7 5/6 - 5 1/3) + 1 1/9?
A. 4 5/18 B. 4 11/18 C. 3 11/18 D. 1 7/18
5. Emma made a rectangular picture frame with a height of 25 5/6 inches. The frame is 5 2/3 inches wide. What is the height of the picture Emma placed in the picture frame?
A. 20 1/6 B. 14 ½ C. 14 5/6 D. 13 1/2
1. During the first week of the rugby season, of the games were played. During the second week, of the games are were played. Which of the following can be used to find g,the fraction of the games completed after the first two weeks?
A. + = g B. – = g C. × = g D. ÷ = g
2. At Washington Middle School, of the students are in the seventh grade, and of the students are in the eighth grade. Which of the following can be used to find s,the fraction of all students in the school who are in the seventh or eighth grade?
A. – = s B. ÷ = s C. + = s D. × = s
3. A farmer has planted a field of corn. In the first month, it grew to of its final height. In the second month, it grew to another of its final height. Which of the following can be used to find h,the fraction of the corn’s total height the corn grew after the first two months of planting?
A. - = h B. ÷ = h C. + = h D. × = h
4. A warehouse worker unloads of the boxes in the morning and of the boxes in the afternoon. Which of the following can be used to find b,the fraction of the boxes the warehouse worker unloaded in the morning and afternoon?
A. ÷ = b B. × = b C. - = b D. + = b
5. Marcie is putting together a 500 piece puzzle. On Wednesday, she completed of the puzzle, and on Thursday she completed of the puzzle. Which of the following can be used to find p,the fraction of the puzzle completed on Wednesday and Thursday.
A. × = p B. – = p C. + = p D. ÷ = p