Transcript 6.RP.3 - Moving To the Common Core

Selina bought a shirt on sale that
was 20% less than the original
price. The original price was $ 5
more than the sale price. What
was the original price? Explain or
show work.
5,000 people visited a book fair in the
first week. The number of visitors
increased by 10% in the second week.
How many people visited the book fair
in the second week?
After eating at your favorite restaurant, you
know that the bill before tax is $52.60 and that
the sales tax rate is 8%. You decide to leave a
20% tip for the waiter based on the pre-tax
amount. How much should you leave for the
waiter? How much will the total bill be,
including tax and tip? Show work to support
your answers.
6.RP.3
Students were creating spirit necklaces to
sell for a fundraiser. A necklace takes
twice as many purple beads as white
beads and 4 times as many purple beads
as black beads. One necklace takes 28
beads. What is the number of each color
of beads?
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7.RP.3
A class had 32 students and twentyfive percent were boys. When
some new boys joined the class,
the percentage of boys increased
to 40%. How many new boys
joined the class?
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7.RP.3
Two students were running for
school president. Student A
received 65% of the votes and had
900 more votes than Student B.
How many students voted?
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5.NF.4
The fundraising committee made
400 pizzas. The students sold 5/8
of the pizzas and took 1/5 of the
remainder for a party. How many
pizzas did the committee have left
to sell?
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Of the 60 students in the fifth grade,
we know that 3/5 are girls. We also
know that 1/2 of the girls have blue
eyes and one-fourth of the boys have
blue eyes. How many of the students
in the fifth grade have blue eyes?