Problem-Solving Applications:Mixed Review
13-12Solve each problem and explain the method you used.- On Monday, 2.4 cm of rain fell in the morning
and another 1.8 cm fell in the afternoon.
How much rain fell on Monday? - The time between a bolt of lightning and
the sound of thunder was 4.72 s. What
is this time rounded to the nearest second? - A rainstorm lasted 78.2 minutes.
How much longer than an hour was
the storm? - A meteorologist found that the diameter
of a hail pellet measured 2.28 cm. What is
this measurement to the nearest tenth? - The meteorologist found hail pellets with
these diameters: 2.28 mm, 1.09 mm,
1.9 mm, 0.98 mm, and 1.42 mm. Order the
pellets from smallest to largest. - The temperature during a hailstorm started
at 11.4C and then dropped by 0.5 degree.
What was the temperature then? - Ms. Dell’s car received 5 dents during the storm.
She paid $ 85.50 to repair the damage. Each dent
cost the same amount to fix. How much did it
cost to repair each dent? - During a snowstorm, 12.3 dm of snow fell.
There were already 45.9 dm of snow on the
ground. How much snow was on the ground
after the storm?
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