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by Richard Porteus
grades 6
-8
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Cover design by Daniel Moreton
Cover illustration and interior illustration by Richard Porteus
Interior design by Richard Porteus and Vincent Ceci
Copyright 1999 by Richard Porteus. All rights reserved.
ISBN 0-439-04495-2
Printed in the U.S.A.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Number Sense
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Probability
Number Chum (Using the Fundamental Counting Principle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Event Inventor (Determining probability) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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Money
Quiet Buyer (Finding unit prices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Reliable Buyer (Determining discounts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Real Dealer (Determining discounts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Refined Diner (Spending money) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Problem Solving
Answer Fancier (Solving word problems) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Puzzle Guzzler (Solving puzzles) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Introduction
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Richard Porteus
Number Sense
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Number User
Date _________________
Number Sense
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Number Stumper
Number Sense
Name______________________________________________
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Sensible Chooser
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Number Sense
Name______________________________________________
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Best Estimator
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Number Jumper
10
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Pattern Finder
11
Name______________________________________________
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Truth Sleuth
12
Date _________________
Name______________________________________________
Date _________________
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Swell Helper
13
Name______________________________________________
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Rate Creator
14
Date _________________
Name______________________________________________
Date _________________
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Neat Eater
15
Name______________________________________________
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Smart Archer
16
Date _________________
Name______________________________________________
Date _________________
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Digit Fitter
17
Name______________________________________________
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Crossdigit Wiz
18
Date _________________
Name______________________________________________
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Sure Tourist
19
Name______________________________________________
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Division Man
20
Date _________________
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Fraction Tracker
21
Name______________________________________________
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Jolly Joker
22
Date _________________
Name______________________________________________
Date _________________
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Match Maker
23
Name______________________________________________
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Convertor Clerk
24
Date _________________
Name______________________________________________
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Percent Presenter
25
Name______________________________________________
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Able Surveyor
26
Date _________________
Name______________________________________________
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Worthy Earthling
27
Name______________________________________________
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Shape Chaser
28
Date _________________
Name______________________________________________
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Shape Gaper
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Name______________________________________________
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Great Decorator
30
Date _________________
Name______________________________________________
Date _________________
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Alert Convertor
31
Name______________________________________________
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Measure User
32
Date _________________
Name______________________________________________
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Smiling Miler
33
Name______________________________________________
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Meter Leader
34
Date _________________
Name______________________________________________
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Shape Finder
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Probability
Name______________________________________________
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Number Chum
36
Date _________________
Probability
Name______________________________________________
Date _________________
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Event Inventor
37
Name______________________________________________
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Graph Drafter
38
Date _________________
Name______________________________________________
Date _________________
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Decibel Tester
39
Money
Name______________________________________________
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Quiet Buyer
40
Date _________________
Money
Name______________________________________________
Date _________________
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Reliable Buyer
41
Money
Name______________________________________________
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Real Dealer
42
Date _________________
Money
Name______________________________________________
Date _________________
Refined Diner
Menu
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Soups
Hot and Sour
Wonton
Egg Drop
Seafood
$2.50
2.75
2.25
3.00
Appetizers
Egg Roll
Spring Roll
Port Strips
Chicken Fingers
Crab Rangoon
Peking Ravioli
French Fries
Onion Rings
2.00
1.75
3.25
2.95
2.75
2.95
1.50
2.75
House Specials
Sesame Chicken
Yu Hsiang Scallops
Orange Chicken
Ginger Lobster
Seafood Supreme
Kung Pao
Hon Sue Gai
Thai Red Beef
Dragon & Phoenix
Gai Poo Lo Mein
Har Loan Kew
Chung King Pork
Pepper Steak
Pu Pu Platter
8.95
9.00
8.95
10.15
11.25
10.55
6.50
8.95
10.65
12.95
7.25
6.75
7.35
6.50
Plus 5% tax
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Problem Solving
Name______________________________________________
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Answer Fancier
44
Date _________________
Problem Solving
Name______________________________________________
Date _________________
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Puzzle Guzzler
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Answers
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1. 24, 35, 48 2. 89, 121, 185
3. 8, 4, 2 4. 36, 25, 16
5. 79, 75, 71 6. 512, 2048, 8192
7. 42, 35, 27 8. 18, 15, 12
9. 36, 44, 52 10. 9, 11, 13
11. 19, 26, 34 12. 5/6, 6/7, 7/8
13. 18, 27, 38 14. 13, 21, 34
15. 20, 24, 28 16. 10/11, 12/13,
14/15 17. 243, 729, 2187
18. 16, 22, 29
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1. Answers will vary; if you add
the sum of the digits, they equal
nine.
2. All are evenly divisible by 3.
3. 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020,
2024, 2028, 2032, and 2034
4. 165; 1999; 802
5. Answers will vary.
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1. Exact answer 2. Exact answer
3. Estimate 4. Estimate 5. Exact
answer 6. $1.75 7. 120 8. $3.75
9. 10 10. $25,000
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1. 10,752
3. 66,300
5. 68,688
7. 63,460
9. 24,102
2. 22,464
4. 17,112
6. 22,661
8. 32,035
10. 9,542
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1. 168, 252, 336, 420, 504
2. 110, 165, 330, 550, 825
3. 100, 150, 200, 250, 300
4. $5.50, $8.25, $11.00, $13.75,
$16.50
5. 175; 350; 525; 1,050; 2,100
6. $13.00, $19.50, $26.00,
$39.00, $52.00
7. 84, 126, 210, 420, 630
8. 54, $1.44, $2.16, $2.52,$2.88
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Answers
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1. D 2. B 3. A 4. E 5. C
6. H 7. J 8. I 9. G 10. F
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A.
1. A 2. B
7. C 8. C
B
1. B 2. E
7. D 8. A
3. B 4. D 5. C 6. B
9. E 10. E 11. E
3. A 4. C 5. E 6. C
9. D 10. B 11. C
C
1. A 2. E. 3. B 4. C 5. E 6. D
7. E 8. C 9. A 10. C 11. C
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1. 9 hours; .0059;
2. 26 hours; .040;
3. 56 hours; .045;
4. 41 hours; .043;
5. 21 hours; .052;
6. 22 hours; .042;
$26.67
$52.76
$139.28
$88.58
$54.34
$46.96
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1. 111 2. 66 3. 231 4. 63
5. 49 6. 40 7. 114
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1. 11 feet
2. 37.5 gallons
3. 15 cups
4. 24 hours
5. 6 gallons
6. 6549 weeks
7. 50 yards
8. 74 feet
9. 89 dozen
10. 198 pounds
11. 2,000 pounds
12. 230 feet
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1. 5R39 2. 8R25 3. 5R5
4. 11R21 5. 12R12 6. 923R7
7. 23R3 8. 88R1 9. 89R1
10. 43R19 11. 63R3
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Equivalent fractions are in boxes:
1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17,
19, 22, and 24.
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O. 26.55
A. 27.34
L. 20.20
N. 30.13
C. 10.38 Y. 8.46
G. 5.09 T. 16.16
U. 30.75 P. 29.55
E. 17.97 S. 25.55
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1. $540 2. $170.88
3. $49.50 4. $22.50
5. $276.48 6. $90.00
7. $246 8. $199.80
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2. 8/9 of 96 = 8 x 96 = 768
9 = 85.3 lbs.
3. 6/16 of 96 = 6 x 96 = 576
16 = 36 lbs.
4. 21/8 of 96 = 21 x 96 = 2016
8 = 252 lbs.
5. 17/16 of 96 = 17 x 96 = 1632
16 = 102 lbs.
6. 9/8 of 96 = 9 x 96 = 864
8 = 108 lbs.
7. 1/25 of 96 = 1 x 96 = 96
25 = 3.8 lbs.
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1. 45 cu ft 2. 3.7 ft
3. 40 L 4. 318 m
5. 10 yd 6. 1 mm
7. 7 sq in 8. 5.8 m
9. 1.2 m 10. 105 sq ft
11. 5 mL 12. 20 sq ft
13. 50 cm 14. 11 mm
15. 0.24 ft 16. 12 cu ft
17. 8 oz
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1. 7,920
2. 528
3. 7,040
4. 10,560
5. 480
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6.
7.
8.
6. 1,056
7. 21,120
8. 440
9. 3,520
10. 12,672
11. 2,640
12. 5,280
8. 1/4 x 32 = 8
9. 1/8 x 40 = 5
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1. bird 300 / plane 271
2. runner 139.5 / cheetah 159
3. sound 332 / light 299.792
4. skier 385 / greyhound 27
5. sound 1.992 /spacecraft 21.816
6. tennis ball 14.4 /
hockey puck 10.6
7. roller blader 4.4 /
bicyclist 2.48
8. hockey puck 31.8 /
bowling ball 42
9. swimmer 66
Olympic runner 90
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1. Y
2. X
3. Y
4. X
5. X
6. Y
7. X
8. X
9. Y
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Pizza Shop Choices
1. 55 2. 80
3. 55 4. 30
5. 20 6. 10
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1. 30 dB
2. 30 dB
3. 20 dB
4. 20 dB
5. 40 dB
6. Jet Plane Take Off
7. 120 dB
.40
.49
.37
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1. $26.15
2. $19.20
3. $10.25
4. $5.13
5. $9.60
6. $1.31
7. $27.46
8. $2.54
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2. 1,000,000
3. 10,000
4. 10,000,000
5. 100,000
6. 2,600
7. 11,881,376
8. 100,000,000
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1. $8.10; $9.90
2. $12.00; $48.00
3. $5.74; $5.06
4. $10.00; $40.00
5. $2.70; $24.30
6. $5.92; $10.08
7. $4.95: $10.05
8. $2.00; $6.00
9. $24.00; $56.00
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1. 1/4 x 60 = 15
2. 4/12 x 24 = 8
3. 1/2 x 500 = 250
4. 2/3 x 24 = 16
5. 1/6 x 96 = 16
7. 2/4 x 50 = 25
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Hanlon's
1.
$1.40
2.
.31
3.
.61
4.
.55
5.
.57
Murray's
$ .92
.38
.83
.58
.44
.38
.31
.30