6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

CHAPTER 3

Practice 3-1

Practice 3-2

Estimate the quotient.

1a. 31 
 3  3  7  1  b. 297 
 6  1  4  3 

2a. 87 
$ 1  8  0 ,0 0  0  b. 117 
$ 5  4 ,0 0  0 

Divide. Use R to write remainders.

3a. 40 
 1  2  0  0  b.200,000 
 400

4a. 5 
 7  8  2  6  b. 9 
 3  6  1  8  c. 3 
$ 7  5 .2 1 

5a. 29 
 5  0  0  7  b. 82 
 6  1  7  3  c. 12 
 4  6  2  4 

6a. 15 
$ 2  2  0  8 .7 5  b. 326 
 1  3  1  3 

7a. 730 
 2  5 ,5 5  0  b. 417 
 1  2 ,5 1  0 

Evaluate each expression.

8a. 3 • x•4, when x 6 b. 425 
y, when y 5

9a. 56 • 3201 b.0.5  6 20.7

Tell whether each of the following numbers is

divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10.

10a. 36,720 b.3,255,075 c.76,269,804

11.Every morning, 35,875 riders use public

transportation to get to school or work. If a

bus can hold 53 riders, estimate how many

busloads of riders there are each morning.

12.Minnesota has an area of 86,943 square miles

and 87 counties. What is the average number

of square miles per county?

13.Kareem’s Computer Store buys 19 pieces of

Spelling Tutor software. The bill is $711.55.

What is the average cost of each piece of

software?

14.Two hundred fourteen bags of concrete

mix weigh 11,984 lb. How much does one

bag weigh?

Divide.

1a.36.3 
 10 b.18.6 
 100

2a.25.2 
 1000 b. 7 
 1000

3a. 3 
 0 .7 8  3  b. 9 
 1 .9 1  7  c. 4 
$ 3  2 .4 8 

4a.0.3
 9  3  b.0.8
$ 4 .0 0  c.0.19
 3  8 

5a.0.05
 2 .1 1  3  b.2.4
 1 .8

6a.0.03
 8 .1 2  4  b.0.6
 1 .8 0  3 

7a.22.6
 2  0 .3 4  b.0.28
 1 .2 2  5 

Estimate the quotient.

8a.35.81 
5.9 b.$394 
79.05

9a.$57.59 
8.1 b.0.8 
0.199

10a. $22.32 
3.1 b.$30.15 
16.2

Translate each word phrase as an algebraic

expression. Use xas a variable.

11a. the product of 405 and a number

b.the quotient of 735 and a number

12.If 8 copies of a novel cost $38.00, find the

price of one novel.

13.Golf balls are on sale for $15.69 per dozen.

Determine the price of one golf ball. Round

your answer to the nearest cent.

14.A section of highway 3.87 miles long is being

rebuilt. If the workers can complete 0.03 mile

per day, how many days will it take them to

complete the job?

15.A metal worker cuts an aluminum bar into

segments that measure 3.625 cm. How many

segments can be cut from a bar 87 cm long?

16.What number multiplied by 0.7 will give the

same product as 5.6 multiplied by 0.8?

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