Practice with Word Problems

Practice with Word Problems

GCF/LCM/Decimals and Fractions

1. Nathan is stocking bathrooms at the hotel where he works. He has 18 rolls of toilet paper and 9 bars of soap. If he wants all bathrooms to be stocked identically, with the same combination of supplies in each one and nothing left over, what is the greatest combination of bathrooms Nathan can stock?

2. Martin is pasting pieces of square colored paper of equal size onto a board measuring 72 cm by 90 cm. If only whole square pieces are used, and the board is to be completely covered, find the largest possible length of the side of each square colored paper.

3. On a track for remote-controlled racing cars, racing car A completes the track in 28 seconds, while racing car B completes it in 24 seconds. If they both start at the same time, after how many seconds will they be side by side again?

4. Billie runs daily as part of an exercise plan. On Sunday she ran 8.3 miles, on Monday 5.1 miles, on Tuesday 5.75 miles, on Wednesday 5.6 miles, on Thursday 4.25 miles, and 6 miles on Saturday. How many miles did she run this week?

5. Patricia has $425.82 in her checking account. How much does she have in her account after she makes a deposit of $120.75 and a withdrawal of $185.90?

6. The monthly rental for an apartment is $412.50. How much would the rent be for one year?

7. A gallon of water weighs about 8.3 pounds. How many gallons of water are there in 614.2 pounds?

8. Kakyou used 7/8 of a cup of frosting to decorate some cupcakes. He divided all the frosting equally among 7 cupcakes. How much frosting did Kakyou use on each cupcake?

9. You have 9/4 cup of jelly worms and a recipe that calls for 1/2 cup of jelly worms. How many batches of your recipe can you make?

10. Peter took a trip of 7 7/8 miles and used 3 1/2 gallons of gas . How many miles per gallon was used?

11. Rhula bought 12 lb of raisins. She packed them into freezer bags so that each weighs ¾ lb. How many freezer bags did she pack?

12. At Lina’s restaurant, one serving of chili is 1 ½ cups. The chef makes 48 cups of chili each night