6th Math Chapter 3
Apples cost $0.54 per pound and grapes cost $1.28 per pound. I bought 2.6 pounds of apples and 3.1 pounds of grapes. How did I pay for the apples and the grapes?
$5.37
There are 632 students going on a school field trip. Each bus can carry 48 students. How many buses should the school reserve? Explain.
14 buses. 13 buses would only hold 624 students
Mrs. Heerten was to replace some flooring. The floor has an area of 262.8 square feet. If the room is 18 feet long, how wide is it? Explain.
14.6 feet long. 14.6X18=262.8 OR 262.8/18=14.6
Estimate to find the product of 34.63X5.3
175
On Monday I worked 8.87 hours. On Tuesday I worked 11.2 hours. How many more hours did I work on Tuesday than Monday?
2.33 more hours
What is the next term in the pattern? 4.5, 9, 13.5, 18, ...
22.5
Estimate to find the product of 8.3X4.9
40
A family travels 989.5 miles in 17.8 hours. Estimate the number of miles they can travel in one hour.
40 miles
Divide. 38.7/4.5
8.6
dividend
the number that is divided
divisor
the number that is used to divide another number
Area
length times width
compatible numbers
numbers that can be divided or multiplied easily
annex a zero
put an extra zero in front of a number or at the end of a number without changing the number's value
quotient
the answer to a division problem
product
the answer to a multiplication problem