Real Number Word Problems

Aunt Martha is baking pumpkin pies for the family gathering. She needs 2/3 cup of sugar for each pie. If she has 4 1/4 cups of sugar, how many whole pies can she make, and how much sugar will be left over? Express your answer as a mixed number.

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CCSS.6.NS.A.1

The Thanksgiving turkey needs to cook for 15 minutes per pound. If the turkey weighs 18.75 pounds, how long will it need to cook? Express your answer in hours and minutes, and determine whether the cooking time in hours is a rational or irrational number.

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3D

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade route is 2.65 miles long. If a float moves at a constant speed of 0.176 miles per hour, how long will it take the float to complete the entire parade route? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of an hour and determine if this number is rational or irrational.

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

At the annual Thanksgiving parade, the organizers want to arrange floats in a perfect square formation. They have 169 floats. How many floats will be in each row and column of this square arrangement? Is the number of floats per row a rational or irrational number?

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CCSS.5.NBT.A.2

During the Thanksgiving football game, the quarterback threw a pass that traveled 200 yards. Is the distance the ball traveled a rational or irrational number? Explain your reasoning and express the distance as a simplified radical.

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CCSS.HSN.RN.B.3

Harold's computer hard drive has 131.25 GB of free space, which is about 17.5% of the capacity of his hard drive. What is the capacity of the hard drive in GB?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Many states have a meal tax that is proportional to the total spent on food and beverage. In one state, the meal tax is 6.16%. How much tax will a customer pay if the food and beverages total is $44?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

The local newspaper has letters to the editor from 70 people. If this number represents 4​% of all of the​ newspaper's readers, how many readers does the newspaper​ have?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Write your answer as money without the dollar sign (##.##)

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Write your answer as money without the dollar sign (##.##)

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C