Understanding Percent

Question 1

Molly is painting her bedroom walls, and the paint costs $24 per gallon. How much does the paint cost per quart?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

$6 per quart

Question 2

Why is a capacity of 25 fluid ounces more than a capacity of 3 cups?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Because when you divide 25 by 8, the result is greater than 3.

Question 3

Mustafa’s horse ate 6,400 pounds of hay last year. How could Mustafa determine the number of tons of hay his horse ate last year?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

by dividing 6,400 by 2,000

Question 4

Which expression shows how to convert 60 hours to days?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

StartFraction 60 hours Over 1 EndFraction times StartFraction 1 day Over 24 hours EndFraction

Question 5

Recycling Center A processes aluminum at a rate of 100 pounds per hour, while Recycling Center B processes aluminum at a rate of 2 tons per week. Assuming that both centers operate all day every day, which center processes aluminum faster, and why?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Recycling Center A processes aluminum faster; Recycling Center B’s rate is about 24 pounds per hour.

Question 6

Scott and Nikki each have a full 1.5-gallon container of liquid laundry detergent. The lid on Scott’s container can hold 3 fluid ounces of detergent, while the lid on Nikki’s container can hold 4 fluid ounces of detergent. How many more lids full of detergent does Scott have than Nikki?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

16 lids

Question 7

What is the missing value in the table below?Hours23710Minutes120?420600

Revolt · Accepted Answer

180

Question 8

Cheryl paid $37.20 for 12 gallons of ice cream for a school picnic. How much would 1 quart of ice cream cost?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

$0.78

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