6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

Problem-Solving Applications: Mixed Review

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Solve each problem and explain the method you used.

0 1. The Durans are renovating their apartment.

Mrs. Duran measures a strip of wallpaper

2.5 m long. How many millimeters long is it?

0 2. The walls are 8 ft 10 in. high. Mrs. Duran

cuts a strip of wallpaper that is 16 in.

longer. What is the length of the strip?

0 3. Regina is refinishing an old wooden trunk.

It measures 3

1

2 ft long by 2 ft wide by

1 ^12 ft high. What is its volume?

0 4. Regina will cover all surfaces of the trunk in

problem 3 with translucent paper. How much

paper will she need?

0 5. The living room is a rectangle with one side that

measures 3.6 m and another side that measures

4.27 m. What is the perimeter of the living room?

0 6. The length of a radius of one paint can lid is 9.5 cm.

What is the circumference of the lid?

0 7. Mr. Duran worked in the apartment for

7 h 20 min on Saturday and 5 h 47 min

on Sunday. How much longer did he work

on Saturday?

0 8. The dining alcove has this triangular shape.

What is the area of the dining alcove floor?

0 9. Regina wants to paint the dining alcove

floor with copper paint. The label says

that 1 pint will cover 8000 in.^2 Will she

need more than 1 pint to cover the floor?

(Hint:144 in.^2 1 ft^2 )

10. Alvin buys a can of paint that has a diameter
    of 4 in. and a height of 6 in. Find its volume.

10.8 ft

4.8 ft

Dining Alcove

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