6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

Problem-Solving Applications: Mixed Review

6-19

Solve each problem and explain the method you used.

0 1. Stella paints this pattern.

What fraction, in simplest form,

names the shaded region?

0 2. Dom has these tubes of paint: 


1

4


oz crimson,


^23 
oz burnt sienna, 
^25 
oz black, and 
^69 
oz

magenta. Which two tubes have the same

amount of paint?

0 3. Milly has 
^149 
oz of white paint. Is this more

than 5 ounces?

0 4. Julio’s favorite brushes are the following

lengths: 
^125 
in., 7
^13 
in., 7
^59 
in., and 
^341 
in.

How would he arrange the brushes in

order from shortest to longest?

0 5. One sheet of watercolor paper is

0.01 in. thick. Write 0.01 as a fraction.

0 6. Jeremiah has finished 


5

8 
of his painting.

Write this fraction as a decimal.

0 7. Stella’s newest painting has an area

of 156.25 in.^2 .Write this decimal as

a mixed number.

0 8. Becky has 3


3

4


quarts of paint thinner. She

also has 7.5 pints of turpentine. Does she

have more paint thinner or turpentine?

Use the table for problems 9 –11.

0 9. Which two pencils are the same length?

10. What are the longest and shortest pencils?


11. Which pencils are close to 5 in. in length?

Color Length

red 6 
^34 
in.

orange 7.8 in.

yellow 5 


2

5


in.

green 


1

5

(^1)

in.
blue 7
1
9
0
in.
indigo 5.4 in.
violet

4
9
(^0)

in.
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