Question

Roger is spending the afternoon house hunting. There are 4 properties on his list, and he has time to see 2 of them. How many sequences of 2 houses are possible?

sequences

Answer 1

At a dog show, a Pekingese, a Chihuahua, and a Great Dane won first place in their divisions. In how many different orders could these winners be announced?

orders

Answer 2

There are 8 projects that made it to the final round of the science competition. In how many different orders can the judges rank these projects?

orders

Answer 3

Rose has 10 books on her shelf, and she wants to read any 2 of them on vacation. How many sequences of 2 books are possible?

sequences

Answer 4

Kevin is hanging framed photos above his fireplace. If he has 3 photos to choose from and 2 hooks on which to hang them, how many arrangements are possible?

ways

Answer 5

At a spelling bee, there are 9 students competing. How many top-2 rankings are possible?

Answer 6

Is the dotted line a line of symmetry?

Answer 7

Dana has a stamp collection she is very proud of. She buys a frame to display her favorite stamps. The frame is 6 inches wide, and a row of 7 stamps fits perfectly across it.
How wide is each stamp?
Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.
inches

Answer 8

Mr. Maynard's class is taking a field trip to a science museum. They will be at the museum for 3 hours, and they want to divide their time evenly among the 10 exhibits.
How much time should they spend at each exhibit?
Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.
hours

Answer 9

Omar baked 3 apple pies for Thanksgiving dinner. There were 16 people over at the house, including Omar. Each person ate the same amount of apple pie, and all of the pie was eaten.
How much pie did each person eat?
Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.
of a pie

Answer 10

Trudy sells wedges of cheese at the local farmers' market. To make the wedges, she cuts a big 5-pound block of cheese into 16 pieces.
How much does each wedge of cheese weigh?
Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.
pounds

Answer 11

Mr. Ortega decided to make a healthy snack for the 20 students in his class. He gave each student a dish of yogurt, and divided 6 cups of strawberries equally among the dishes.
How many cups of strawberries did each student get in their yogurt?
Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.
cups

Answer 12

Aaliyah is packing up her room to move to a new city. Together, all the books on her bookshelf weigh 85 pounds. She wants to divide the books among 4 boxes, so that each box will weigh the same amount.
How many pounds of books will be in each box?
Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.
pounds

Answer 13

Harold sells hot apple cider at the Hendersonville Apple Festival each year. For a batch of cider that makes 25 servings, Harold uses 2 tablespoons of cinnamon.
How much cinnamon is in each serving of cider?
Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.
tablespoons

Answer 14

Ethan has 3 cups of frosting to use for 28 cupcakes. He is extra careful to make sure each cupcake gets the same amount of frosting.
How much frosting does each cupcake get?
Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.
cups

Answer 15

Brendan, Nicole, Isabella, and Steven went to a baseball game on a bright sunny day, but they only brought 1 pair of sunglasses! The friends agreed that each person would wear the sunglasses for an equal amount of time during the 3-hour game.
How long did each person wear the sunglasses?
Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.
hours

Answer 16

Celine, Abby, Victoria, and Helen are on a team for a 2-mile relay race. Each person runs the same distance.
How far does each person run?
Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.
miles

Answer 17

Celine, Abby, Victoria, and Helen are on a team for a 2-mile relay race. Each person runs the same distance.
How far does each person run?
Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.
miles