Yesterday, Sarah spent 35 1/2 minutes studying for a test. Emma spent 1 1/2 times that amount studying for a different test. How many minutes did Emma spent studying? (1 point)
A. 71 minutes
B. 53 1/4 minutes
C.49 1/2 minutes
D. 93 1/2 minutes
E. 73 1/4 minutes
To find out how many minutes Emma spent studying, we need to multiply the amount of time Sarah spent studying by 1 1/2.
35 1/2 x 1 1/2 = 53 1/4
Emma spent 53 1/4 minutes studying.
Therefore, the answer is B. 53 1/4 minutes.
A middle school band as 2/9 as many band members as the high school band. The high school band has 502. About how many members are in the middle school band? (1 Point)
A. 390
B. 645
C. 45
D. 112
To find out how many members are in the middle school band, we need to multiply the number of members in the high school band (502) by 2/9.
502 * 2/9 = 111.56
Rounded to the nearest whole number, there are about 112 members in the middle school band.
Therefore, the answer is D. 112.
How much cake will each member of the team get if 6 members share 3/4 of cake equally? (1 point)
A. 1/6
B.1/8
C.1/3
D.1/4
To find out how much cake each member of the team will get, we need to divide 3/4 of a cake by the number of team members (6).
(3/4) / 6 = 1/8
Each member of the team will get 1/8 of the cake.
Therefore, the answer is B. 1/8.
Twenty-Four Packets of sheet music are in a folder. If chorus students decide to share 3/8 of the packets, how many did they share? (1 point)
A.18 packets
B.9 packets
C.8 packets
D.12 packets
To find out how many packets of sheet music the chorus students shared, we need to multiply the total number of packets (24) by 3/8.
24 * 3/8 = 72/8 = 9
The chorus students shared 9 packets of sheet music.
Therefore, the answer is B. 9 packets.
Celeste completed 5/6 of her science problems. Her mom checked 2/3 of the assignments. What fraction of the right assignments did her mom check? (1 point)
A.5/4
B.1/3
C.5/9
D.1/6
To find out the fraction of the correct assignments that Celeste's mom checked, we need to multiply the fraction of problems Celeste completed (5/6) by the fraction of assignments her mom checked (2/3).
(5/6) * (2/3) = 10/18 = 5/9
Therefore, the fraction of the correct assignments that Celeste's mom checked is 5/9.
The answer is C. 5/9.
Paige decided to paint 4/5 of the rooms in her last year. By the end of the year, Paige completed 2/3 of the rooms. How much of Paige's home was painted last year? (1 point)
A. 2/3
B. 1/3
C.8/15
D.2/9
E.6/15