Lesson 1 Problem-Solving Practice Fractions and Decimals 1. Ted pays of his salary in taxes, while Carl pays of his 2. Jan and Bob are classifying rocks in geology class. salary in taxes. Who pays more of his salary in taxes? They begin the classification by finding the weight of while each rock. Jan’s rock weighs kg Bob’s weighs 0.016 kg. Whose rock is heavier? The two lots in the diagram below are subdivided Petra earned scores of , , and on her last three 3. 4. equally by the lines shown. The shaded areas in each lot English quizzes. Find each score as a decimal have been set aside for housing. rounded to the nearest thousandth. Then arrange the fractions in order from least to greatest. Which of the two lots, Northfield or Southfield, has the greater area of land set aside for housing? 5. Angie is mixing together yellow paint and blue paint to 6. Angie can paint one room with of a canister of one make 2 shades of green paint. She fills of can A with shade of green paint. She will need of a canister of yellow paint, and she fills 0.46 of can B with yellow the same shade of green paint for a second room. paint. She then fills the rest of each can with blue paint. Does Angie have enough of this shade of green paint In which can will Angie pour more yellow paint? to finish the second room? If not, how much additional paint will she need? Express your answer in decimal form.
Lesson 1 Problem-Solving Practice Fractions and Decimals 1. Ted pays of his salary in taxes, while Carl pays of his salary in taxes. Who pays more of his salary in taxes? 2. Jan and Bob are classifying rocks in geology class. They begin the classification by finding the weight of each rock. Jan’s rock weighs kg while Bob’s weighs 0.016 kg. Whose rock is heavier? 3. The two lots in the diagram below are subdivided equally by the lines shown. The shaded areas in each lot have been set aside for housing. 4. Petra earned scores of , , and on her last three English quizzes. Find each score as a decimal rounded to the nearest thousandth. Then arrange the fractions in order from least to greatest. Which of the two lots, Northfield or Southfield, has the greater area of land set aside for housing? 5. Angie is mixing together yellow paint and blue paint to make 2 shades of green paint. She fills of can A with yellow paint, and she fills 0.46 of can B with yellow paint. She then fills the rest of each can with blue paint. In which can will Angie pour more yellow paint? 6. Angie can paint one room with of a canister of one shade of green paint. She will need of a canister of the same shade of green paint for a second room. Does Angie have enough of this shade of green paint to finish the second room? If not, how much additional paint will she need? Express your answer in decimal form.