March Madness (Sylvan 6th grade Math Competition)

A team played 18 games during the season. The team lost 8 games and won the rest. What is the ratio of wins and losses?

• 4 : 5

• 4 : 9

• 5 : 4

• 13 : 4

What is the ratio of shaded to unshaded squares in the grid below?

• ^⅓

• ⅖

• ⅗

• ⅔

Which situation leads to a unit cost of $6 per football ticket?

• $6 paid for 2 football tickets

• $6 paid for 6 football tickets

• 6 football tickets for $24

• 12 football tickets for $72

Lydia drove 216 miles and used 6 gallons of gasoline on a recent trip. Which of the following represents the unit rate of gasoline used on this trip?

• 3 miles per gallon

• 36 miles per gallon

• 210 miles per gallon

• 222 miles per gallon

If each slice of pizza is ⅛ of the whole pizza, which of the following models can be used to find out the number of slices ¾ of a pizza.

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A piece of ribbon that is 8 ⅓ yards long will be cut into 5 equal pieces to make bows. How much ribbon will be used for each bow?

• ⅗ yard

• ⅝ ⅓yard

• 1 ⅔ yards

• 3 ⅓yards

What is the value of 2/11 ÷ 3/11

• 6/121

• ⅔

• 3/2

• 121/6

Lamarcus earns $50.50 for each lawn he mows. In September he mowed 8 lawns, in October he mowed 6 lawns, and in November he mowed 9 lawns. How much money did he earn in those 3 months?

• $959.50

• $1,060.50

• $1,161.50

• $1,262.50

Travis has $75 to spend on new clothes for a job interview. He buys a shirt for $18.28, pants for $42.39, and a tie for $12.97. How much money will Travis have left after he buys these clothes?

• $1.36

• $14.33

• $19.64

• $43.75

Memory in computers is measured in bytes. One kilobyte (1 KB) is 2¹⁰ bytes. How is this number written in standard form?

• 20

• 256

• 512

• 1024