Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Tuesday October 18, 2011

Today we will begin Unit 3 with a Pre-test. Unit 3 is focused on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals. The computations should be fairly simple (and maybe review for many students), but they will be challenged by pulling their numbers out of word problems to come up with an equation to solve. Below is the pre test that students will take today.

This test does not count as a grade, but allows teachers to see what their students already know. I expect scores on this pre test to be slightly higher then those in the past.

Perform the given operation:
   4.6                                                       93.2                                        0.2
 +5.2                                                    -    9.8                                     x 0.8                           75 ÷ 3.5


How do you write the number 7.035 in words?

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Which number represents the thousandths place in the following number:  1,240.02374?    _____

When listed in order from least to greatest, which number below would be second?
1.203, 1.984, 1.392, 1.202 

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What is the best estimate of 9.97 5.08? _____________________

Sara drives 6,000 miles a month for her job. Gasoline costs $2.05 per gallon. Her car travels 28 miles on each gallon of gas. About how much does Sara spend each month on gas?  

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Tom bought four bags of chocolate that weighed 1.345 pounds, 1.4 pounds, 1.05 pounds, and 1.19 pounds. How many pounds of chocolate did Tom buy in all?

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Mrs. Evans bought cheese that weighed 0.503 pound. She used 0.39 pound to make sandwiches. How much cheese was left?

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Deion’s class bought 2 boxes of candy. Each box had 10 candy bars in box.  Each candy bar cost $0.25.  What was the classes’ total expense?

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Mr. Cannon bought sets of markers for each of his twelve art students.  The total cost was $132.00.  What did each set of markers cost?


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Donna needed notebook paper for school. Excluding tax, she bought 4 packs of paper for $2.80.  How much did she pay for each of the packs of notebook paper?

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