Regular Test

Here are some good questions to help you study for the test tomorrow. All of these questions were done in class so you should have a good idea how to solve them all.

Martha is baking pies. Her recipe calls for 3 cups of flour to make 2 pie crusts. How many cups of flour will Martha use per pie crust?

Gina has been present at school for 42 of the first 45 days of the school year. The school year is 180 days long. If Gina continues to attend school at the same rate, how many days will she attend school during the school year?

A 2 pint bottle of soy sauce costs $1.79. If the unit price remains the same, how much will 2 gallons of soy sauce cost? 1 gallon = 8 pints

During a 4 month period the water level at a lake decreased by 15 feet 8 inches. Doug wants to determine how much the water level at the lake decreased each month. If the water level decreased the same amount each month, how many inches did it decrease each month?

In a recipe for cookies, ¼ teaspoon of vanilla extract is used with ½ stick of butter. How much vanilla extract would be used with 1 stick of butter?

The scale on a map is 1 inch: 75 miles. The map distance between San Antonio and Houston is about 2.7 inches. How many miles apart are San Antonio and Houston?

Rob is designing an outdoor billboard. The rectangular billboard is 16 feet by 48 feet. Using a scale of 5/8 inch: 1 foot, what are the dimensions of Rob’s design?

The sides of two squares are in the ratio 2:3. If a side of the larger square is 24 inches, what is the measure of a side of the smaller square?

An experimental rocket travels at the rate of 50 miles every 2 seconds. How many minutes will it take the rocket to cover a distance of 7,500 miles?

Lila is a data-entry operator. In 6 minutes, she keys in 360 words. Working at the same rate, how many words can Lila type in 20 minutes?
Working at the same rate, how long does it take her to complete a report that has 4,860 words?