Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers in Real Life

A store sells apples for $2.50 per pound and oranges for $3.00 per pound. If you buy 3 pounds of apples and 2 pounds of oranges, how much do you spend in total?

• $13.50

• $12.00

• $15.00

• $10.00

You have $15.75 to spend on snacks. If a bag of chips costs $2.25 and a candy bar costs $1.50, how many bags of chips can you buy if you want to buy 3 candy bars?

• 6

• 4

• 5

• 7

A recipe calls for 1.5 cups of flour and 0.75 cups of sugar. How much more flour do you need than sugar?

• 0.75 cups

• 1.25 cups

• 0.5 cups

• 1 cup

In a race, Sarah ran 2.5 miles and Tom ran 3.75 miles. How much farther did Tom run than Sarah?

• 3 miles

• 1.25 miles

• 1 mile

• 2 miles

A tank can hold 12.5 gallons of water. If it currently has 7.8 gallons, how many more gallons are needed to fill the tank?

• 4.7 gallons

• 6.0 gallons

• 5.5 gallons

• 3.2 gallons

You scored 85.5% on your math test and 92.3% on your science test. Which score is higher and by how much?

• Math score is higher by 7.2%.

• Science score is lower by 3.5%.

• Both scores are equal.

• Science score is higher by 6.8%.

A car travels 150.5 miles on 5.2 gallons of gas. What is the average miles per gallon the car gets?

• 25.5 miles per gallon

• 30.0 miles per gallon

• 32.1 miles per gallon

• 28.94 miles per gallon

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. If you eat 3.25 slices, how much of the pizza is left?

• 4.75 slices

• 3 slices

• 5 slices

• 2.5 slices

You have a budget of $50. If you spend $18.75 on a shirt and $12.50 on a pair of socks, how much money do you have left?

• $25.00

• $18.75

• $31.25

• $12.50

A swimming pool is 15.5 feet deep at its deepest point and 10.25 feet deep at its shallowest point. How much deeper is the deepest point than the shallowest?

• 5.25 feet

• 6.25 feet

• 4.75 feet

• 7.5 feet