6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

Choose a strategy from the list or use another

strategy you know to solve each problem.

11. Ed paints Regina’s room. He uses
    ^34
    qt
    of lavender paint for the trim. How many
    fluid ounces of paint does he use?


12. Ed uses
    ^14
    gal of white paint on the bedroom
    walls and
    ^13
    gal of the same paint in the
    parents’ room. How much paint is left in the
    1-gallon container?


13. The Durans buy a circular rug for the
    bathroom. The rug has a circumference
    of about 12.56 ft. Estimate its diameter.


14. Mr. Duran has 3 boards that are each 7 ft 9 in.
    long. If he uses them to build 15 ft 8 in. of
    shelving, will he have enough left over to
    build a flower box that uses 6 ft 3 in. of board?


15. The hallway is a rectangle with a length of 14.5 ft
    and a width of 5.25 ft. Roberto estimates that
    they will need about 70 ft^2 of carpeting to cover
    the hallway floor. Is his estimate reasonable?

16.Regina buys a paperweight shaped like a triangular

prism for her desk. Its base measures 3 cm on a

side and has a height of 2 cm. If the paperweight is

5 cm in height, what is its volume?

Use the drawings for problems 17–20.

17. What is the perimeter of Alvin’s room?


18. What is the area of Regina’s room?


19. Is the perimeter of Regina’s room
    greater or less than 32 ft? Explain.


20. Is the area of Alvin’s room greater or
    less than the area of Regina’s room?
    by how much?

7 ft

8.2 ft

11.2 ft

Regina’s Room

12 ft

9 ft

4.5 ft

Alvin’s Room

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Use More Than One Step

Use Drawings/Formulas

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