Decimals StudyguideA

Langley Middle School is organizing a cake party for the end of the year. There are 588 students in the school. Each cake is cut into 8 pieces. If each student eats 3 pieces of cake, how many cakes does the school need to order?

• 74

• 221

• 147

• 196

A personal loan requires monthly payments of $350. How much will be paid in total after 5 years?

• $21,000.00

• $17,500.00

• $15,750.00

• $18,200.00

Emily spends a total of $89.50 for 4 books and 3 magazines. The books are each the same price, and she pays $7.50 for each of the magazines. The tax for the purchase is $5.50. How much does Emily pay for each book?

• $12.00

• $15.00

• $10.00

• $13.00

A factory manufactures 7,200 erasers in 4 hours. The erasers are packed into cartons with 120 erasers in each carton. How many complete cartons of erasers are produced in 4 hours?

• 60

• 58

• 59

• 61

At a market, Jake picked a pumpkin that weighed 48 ounces. Pumpkins are priced at $2.00 per pound. There are 16 ounces in a pound. How much did Jake’s pumpkin cost?

• $4.00

• $6.00

• $5.00

• $7.00

During a road trip, Sarah traveled 850 miles in 15 hours. What was the average speed in miles per hour?

• 55

• 56.7

• 57

• 58.3

What is the value of the expression $ (0.5)^2 ?

• 0.25

• 0.5

• 1.0

• 0.05

Calculate the sum of 15.5 and 12.

• 27.5

• 28.5

• 26.5

• 29.5

Calculate the result of 58.34 - 56.78

• 1.56

• 1.46

• 1.66

• 1.36

What is 72 ÷ 0.3?

• 216

• 24

• 0.216

• 240