Mastery Week 11

1. Wilber is thinking of a number that is divisible by both 6 and 8. What is the smallest possible number that Wilber could be thinking of?

2. Vera’s favorite apples are $1.99 per pound at the local farmers’ market. She bought 13.5 pounds of apples. How much did she spend? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

3. A recipe calls for 8 ounces of chocolate chips in each batch. How many pounds of chocolate chips do you need to make six batches?

4. One wing of a bald eagle is 1.0033 meters across. If nine eagles are flying in a row, then what is the length of their total wingspan when all their wings are open?

5. In 2012, Alexis Sablone won gold medal at the X Games in the Women’s Skateboard Street event. Her scores for each run were 85.6, 72.66, 49.33, and 22.8. What was her average score for the event?

6. International Shipping and Domestic Mail Services both ship packages. The International Shipping trucks will only carry loads of 27 packages. In contrast, The Domestic Mail Services trucks will only carry loads of 18 packages. If both businesses ended up shipping the same number of packages this morning, what is the minimum number of packages each company must have shipped? How many trucks did International Shipping fill up? How many trucks did Domestic Mail Services fill up? There are 3 answers required to receive credit for this problem.

7. Evaluate the expression:

8. The local weatherman in Madison, Wisconsin tracked the amount of rain that fell during the first week of April. The following data shows the daily rainfall from Sunday through Saturday: 3.175 in, 2.09 in, 1.0018 in, 5.04 in, 3.7 in, 8.25 in, and 2.765 in. What was the total rainfall for the first week of April?

9. Isaiah wants to buy 28 bolts from a bin at the Hardware Depot. Each bolt costs $0.03. The tax rate is 10.5% in his state. How much is his total with tax?

10. The perimeter of a square is 7.572 inches. What is the measure of each side?