Math Mix-Up: Area, Fractions, and Recipes for 5th Graders

A recipe calls for 3 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar. If you want to make a double batch, how many cups of flour and sugar will you need in total?

• 5 cups of flour and 3 cups of sugar

• 4 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar

• 6 cups of flour and 4 cups of sugar

• 6 cups of sugar and 2 cups of flour

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.2

A fruit punch is made by mixing 4 liters of orange juice with 3 liters of apple juice. If you want to serve this punch in a rectangular container that has a length of 2 meters and a width of 1 meter, will it fit? Calculate the area of the container.

• The punch will overflow the container.

• The area of the container is 2 square meters.

• The container can hold 10 liters of liquid.

• Insufficient information to determine if it fits without height.

Tags

CCSS.5.MD.C.5B

CCSS.6.G.A.2

A gardener mixes 5 gallons of soil with 3 gallons of compost. If the total area of the garden bed is 20 square feet, what is the area covered by the soil and compost mixture?

• 25 square feet

• 15 square feet

• 10 square feet

• 20 square feet

A teacher has a graph showing the number of students who prefer different types of drinks. If 10 students prefer lemonade, 15 prefer iced tea, and 5 prefer soda, what percentage of students prefer lemonade?

• 33.33%

• 10%

• 50%

• 20%

A smoothie is made by blending 2 cups of strawberries and 1 cup of yogurt. If you want to make 3 smoothies, how many cups of strawberries and yogurt will you need in total?

• 5 cups of strawberries and 2 cups of yogurt

• 6 cups of strawberries and 2 cups of yogurt

• 4 cups of strawberries and 2 cups of yogurt

• 6 cups of strawberries and 3 cups of yogurt

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.2

A recipe for a cake requires 4 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar. If you want to make a cake that is twice the size, how many cups of flour and sugar will you need?

• 4 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar

• 10 cups of flour and 5 cups of sugar

• 6 cups of flour and 3 cups of sugar

• 8 cups of flour and 4 cups of sugar

Tags

CCSS.4.OA.A.1

A school is having a bake sale and sells cookies and brownies. If they sell 30 cookies and 20 brownies, what fraction of the total sales were cookies?

• 4/5

• 3/5

• 2/3

• 1/2

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

A mixture of 5 liters of water and 2 liters of juice is made. If you pour this mixture into a cylindrical container with a radius of 0.5 meters, what is the height of the mixture in the container? (Use the formula for the volume of a cylinder: V = πr²h)

• 0.005 meters

• 0.0089 meters

• 0.01 meters

• 0.1 meters

Tags

CCSS.8.G.C.9

CCSS.HSG.GMD.A.3

A recipe requires 3 cups of flour and 1 cup of sugar. If you want to make 4 batches of the recipe, how many cups of flour and sugar will you need?

• 12 cups of flour and 4 cups of sugar

• 8 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar

• 15 cups of flour and 5 cups of sugar

• 10 cups of flour and 3 cups of sugar

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.A.2

A lemonade stand sells 12 cups of lemonade and 8 cups of iced tea. If they want to mix the remaining drinks equally into a new batch, how many cups of each drink will they have after mixing?

• 8 cups of lemonade and 12 cups of iced tea

• 10 cups of lemonade and 10 cups of iced tea

• 15 cups of lemonade and 5 cups of iced tea

• 6 cups of lemonade and 14 cups of iced tea

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8