Decimal operations Transitional Reasoning Practice
5 Math practice questions on Decimal operations. Questions that build towards applied reasoning.
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Questions
- 1.
A weather station recorded a total of 84.6 millimeters of rainfall during a four-day storm. On the second day, the station recorded 1.5 times the 16.4 millimeters measured on the first day. If the rainfall on the fourth day was 4.8 millimeters greater than the rainfall on the third day, how many millimeters of rain were recorded on the third day?
- 2.
A technician uses a new 250-gram spool of filament to print 4 small gears and 3 large brackets on a 3D printer. Each small gear requires 14.8 grams of filament, each large bracket requires 32.5 grams, and an additional 1.65 grams of filament is wasted as support material for every part printed. How many grams of filament remain on the spool after all of these parts are finished?
- 3.
An athlete completed a 10-kilometer road workout divided into three consecutive segments. She ran the first segment of 3.5 kilometers at an average pace of 4.6 minutes per kilometer, and she took 19.27 minutes to finish the second segment of 4.1 kilometers. If her total time for the entire 10-kilometer workout was 47.61 minutes, what was her average pace, in minutes per kilometer, during the third segment?
- 4.
A laboratory technician starts with a container holding 18.75 liters of purified water to prepare an experiment. First, the technician fills 6 identical flasks, pouring 1.45 liters of water into each flask. Then, the technician distributes all the remaining water equally into 5 small beakers. How many liters of water are poured into each small beaker?
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A craftsperson purchases 4.5 meters of decorative ribbon costing 1.85 each. She hands the cashier a $20 bill to pay for the entire purchase. How much change should she receive?
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