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ACF 88 HOMEWORK 4

Name:______Date:______Instructions:  This page is for final answers only. Attach (staple) the worked problems to this page: NO WORK, NO CREDIT EVEN IF YOUR ANSWERS ARE CORRECT.  No partial credit would be given so work the problems carefully.  Your work should be neat, legible and clearly numbered.  No late homework would be accepted.

1. A box contains 2 red marbles, 5 blue marbles, and 6 green marbles. (a) What fraction of the marbles are red? Ans.______(1 pt)

(b)What fraction of the marbles are blue? Ans.______(1 pt)

(c) What fraction of the marbles are green? Ans.______(1 pt)

1 1 2. Johnson gave 4 of his paycheck to his mother, put 6 in the bank and spent the rest.

(a) What fraction of his paycheck did he spend? Ans.______(1 pt)

(b) If his paycheck is $240, how much money did he give to his mother? Ans.______(1 pt)

(c) If his paycheck is $240, how much money was in the bank? Ans.______(1 pt)

3. Evaluate the following expressions:

3 1 (a) 248  3  Ans.______(1 pt)

5 2 5 (b) 2 6 1 3   6 Ans.______(1 pt)

5 1 (c) 4 2 6  4 Ans.______(1 pt)

5 2 5 (d) 2 6 1 3   6 Ans.______(1 pt)

1 4. A car which normally sells for $4200 was sold for 10 off the normal price. How much did the car sell for? Ans.______(1 pt)

5. A mixture contains 3 cups of cherry soda and 7 cups of fruit punch. (a) What fraction of the mixture is cherry soda? Ans.______(1 pt)

(b) If five cups of cherry soda were added, what fraction would then be cherry soda?

Ans.______(1 pt)

1 6. John bought a car by paying 3 of the price in cash and the rest over a two year period. If the total price was $3300, how much did John pay in cash? Ans.______(1 pt)

7. The distance from Nevada to East Nowhere is 360 miles. If a traveler covers 15 miles a day, what fraction of the total distance would he travel in 15 days? Ans.______(1 pt)

3 1 8. From an 8-foot board, a carpenter sawed off pieces that were 3 4 feet and 2 2 feet long. (a) What was the total length sawed off? Ans.______(1 pt)

(b) How much of the board was left? Ans.______(1 pt)

3 1 9. David ran 6 4 miles on Tuesday. After he had run 3 4 miles, Joy joined him for the rest of the run. How far did Joy run with Steve? Ans.______(1 pt)

1 10. The largest brook trout caught so far weighed 14 6 pounds. The largest rainbow trout 1 caught weighed 42 8 pounds. How much more did the largest rainbow trout weigh than the largest brook trout? Ans.______(1 pt)

3 11. Roadhugger tires are manufactured so that they have 8 inch of usable tread. Northern 5 Rubber Company produces a tire with 12 inch of usable tread. (a) Write the two tread values with the least common denominator (LCD)

Ans.______(1 pt) (b) Determine which tire has a greater amount of usable tread. Ans.______(1 pt)

1 1 12. You have 1 4 gallons of disinfectant in one container and 2 4 gallons of disinfectant in a second container. (a) What is the total number of disinfectant stored in the two containers.

Ans.______(1 pt) 1 (b) If you buy an additional 1 2 gallons of disinfectant, how many gallons would you have altogether? Ans.______(1 pt)

13. Put in <, > or =

2 (a) 1 ______5 Ans. ______(1 pt)

5 8 (b) 7 ______9 Ans. ______(1 pt)

2 8 (c) 3 ______9 Ans. ______(1 pt)

5 2 (d) 7 ______5 Ans. ______(1 pt)

4 2 (e) 10 ______5 Ans. ______(1 pt)

3 3 14. Polly had 25 5 ounces of coleslaw in her refrigerator. She then bought 12 10 ounces more from the local supermarket. How much coleslaw does she have in all?

Ans. ______(1 pt)

3 3 15. Polly had 25 5 ounces of coleslaw in her refrigerator. She served 12 10 ounces of the coleslaw to three of her friends. How much coleslaw does she have left?

Ans. ______(1 pt)

1 7 16. Yaa Asantewaa bought 2 3 yards of cotton fabric and 3 8 yards of wool fabric. How many yards did she buy in all? Ans. ______(1 pt)