Please Do Not Spend More Than 30 Minutes a Night on Each Set of 5 Problems
5-a Nights
Due February 3
Please do not spend more than 30 minutes a night on each set of 5 problems.
TuesdayGCF and LCM / #1).
Lauren is making flower arrangements. She has 16 roses and 12 daisies. If Lauren wants to make all the arrangements identical and have no flowers left over, what is the greatest number of flower arrangements she can make? / #2).
Latrell is buying pens and pencils from the store. Pens come in packages of 8, but pencils are sold in packages of 4. If Latrell wishes to purchase the same number of pens as pencils, what is the smallest number of pens that he can buy? / #3).
Clinton Vitamin Shop sold equal quantities of Vitamin A and Vitamin D supplements this morning, even though the Vitamin A supplements come in packs of 13 and the Vitamin D supplements in packs of 17. What is the smallest number of each type that the store could have sold? / #4).
Cindy is making stationery sets from 15 sheets of paper and 20 envelopes. If she wants all the sets to be identical without any paper or envelopes left over, what is the greatest number of sets Cindy can make? / #5).
Laura tutors students in groups of 16. Meanwhile, Harry tutors students in groups of 7. While discussing their work, the tutors realize that they both work with the same total number of students. What is the smallest number of students each can have?
Wednesday
Converting Between Fractions, Decimals, and Percents. / #1).
Write 50% as a fraction and a decimal. / #2).
Write 0.95 as a fraction and a percent. / #3).
Write ¼ as a decimal and a percent. / #4).
Write 35% as a fraction and a decimal. / #5).
Write 1/5 as a decimal and a percent.
Thursday
Division of Fractions
Make sure to simplify your answer if necessary! / #1).
Every day, Tanner's orange juice stand uses
1 ½ bags of oranges. For how many days will 7 ½
bags of oranges last? / #2).
A cookie factory uses 1/6 of a bag of flour in each batch of cookies. The factory used 2/3 of a bag of flour yesterday. How many batches of cookies did the factory make? / #3).
Marie bought a piece of copper pipe that is 6 2/5 inches long. If Marie cuts the pipe into 2 equal pieces, how long will each piece be? / #4).
A biologist studied how cells grow by adding liquid protein to cell samples. She reported in her study that she divided 1/2 of an ounce of liquid protein evenly among 3 cell samples. How much liquid protein did she give to each cell sample? / #5). Carol owns Sweets and Treats Bakery. At the end of the day she has 4/5 of a sheet cake left over. She decides to give her 3 employees an equal amount of cake. How much cake will each employee receive?