5-a Nights

Due February 12

Please do not spend more than 30 minutes a night on each set of 5 problems.

Monday
Ratios and Proportions / #1).
5 pizzas cost $60. What will 9 pizzas cost? / #2).
3:4 = 15:20. True OR False? Explain! / #3).
When measuring time, 8 concerts are approximately equal to 6
symphonies. How many symphonies are equal to 28 concerts? How
many concerts are equal to 42 symphonies? / #4).
80 girls and boys have planned for a movie. They are in a ratio of 6 girls
to 2 boys. How many girls are there? / #5).
An English book is comprised of two sections, literature and grammar, in
a ratio of 3:2. How much of each type of content will be needed to make
a book of 150 pages?
Tuesday
Area / #1).
Carl offered to pay Jake $0.25 a square foot to paint his fence. The fence
measures 109 feet long and 7 feet wide.
What is the total square footage of the fence?
How much will Jake get paid? / #2).
The school will repave the play yard at a cost of $23.00 per square yard. The yard measures 108 ft by 135 ft. What is the total square footage of the play yard?
How much will the paving cost? / #3).
We are going to paint the walls in our living room. Two walls measure 22 feet by
9 feet and two walls measure 26 feet by 9 feet. What is the total wall area that will be painted?
If a gallon of paint covers 144 square feet, how many gallons will we need? / #4).
Aunt Barbara needs to purchase a new carpet for her living room. The room is a rectangular shape with one wall measuring 18 feet and the other measuring 24 feet.
What will the area of the the carpet be?
If the carpet costs $45 per yard, how much will Aunt Barbara pay for the carpet? / #5).
Monica bought a triangular mirror for her bathroom. The mirror has a base of 4 feet and a height of 2.5 feet. What is the area of the mirror?
Wednesday
Equations-Write an equation for the following: / #1).
Mike, who has 6 video games, has half as many games as Paul. / #2).
At the Middle School Graduation Dance, the DJ played 12 slow dances, which was equal to the quotient of the number of fast dances and 2. / #3).
The 1,840 rock concert tickets sold were twice the amount of jazz concert tickets sold / #4).
Janine, who bought $15 worth of make-up, spent $6 less than Leah spent. / #5).
Lacy ran the mile twice as fast as Maria.
Thursday
One-Step Equations/Inequalities-Write and solve the following: / #1).
7 multiplied to the value of a number is greater than 42. / #2). A number, x, minus 9 is equivalent to 45. / #3).
A number, y, divided by 4 is at least 5. / #4).
The sum of a number and 14 is 94.5. / #5). The quotient of a number and 12 is more than 2.