Written Instructions:
For each Multiple Choice Question (MCQ), four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice (1,2,3 or 4). Write your answers in the brackets provided..
For each Short Answer Question(SAQ) and Long Answer Question(LAQ), write your answers in the blanks provided.
Leave your answers in the simplest form or correct to two decimal places.
| 1) A sandwich shop employee Indra takes 5.7 minutes to make a sandwich. How long does it take her to make 4 sandwiches minutes Answer:_______________ |
| 2) Each piece of cardboard is 0.5 centimetres thick. If Kumutha stacks 6 pieces of cardboard on top of one another, how thick will the stack be centimetres Answer:_______________ |
| 3) Murugan placed 5 weights on a scale during science class. If each weight weighed 3.8 grams, what did the scale read grams Answer:_______________ |
| 4) Thamarai bought plastic tubes that are each 0.7 metres long. If Thamarai makes a line of 8 tubes by placing them end-to-end, how long will it be metres Answer:_______________ |
| 5) Savithri bikes 0.6 kilometres each school day. In total, how far will Steven bike over 8 school days kilometres Answer:_______________ |
| 6) A sandwich shop employee Poongodi takes 3.7 minutes to make a sandwich. How long does it take her to make 4 sandwiches minutes Answer:_______________ |
| 7) Each piece of cardboard is 0.5 centimetres thick. If Jeevini stacks 6 pieces of cardboard on top of one another, how thick will the stack be centimetres Answer:_______________ |
| 8) Chidambaram placed 5 weights on a scale during science class. If each weight weighed 5.5 grams, what did the scale read grams Answer:_______________ |
| 9) Panimalar bought plastic tubes that are each 0.5 metres long. If Panimalar makes a line of 6 tubes by placing them end-to-end, how long will it be metres Answer:_______________ |
| 10) Chithra bikes 0.5 kilometres each school day. In total, how far will Steven bike over 4 school days kilometres Answer:_______________ |
| 1) A sandwich shop employee Indra takes 5.7 minutes to make a sandwich. How long does it take her to make 4 sandwiches Answer: 22.8 minutes SOLUTION 1 : Solve:
Multiply the time it takes to make a sandwich by the number of sandwiches.
Multiply as you would multiply whole numbers.
Count the number of decimal places in the factors. There is 1 decimal place in 5.7 Move the decimal point 1 place to the left in the answer. 228. → 22.8 It takes Indra 22.8 minutes to make 4 sandwiches. |
| 2) Each piece of cardboard is 0.5 centimetres thick. If Kumutha stacks 6 pieces of cardboard on top of one another, how thick will the stack be Answer: 3 centimetres SOLUTION 1 : Solve: Multiply the thickness of each piece of cardboard by the number of pieces in the stack Multiply as you would multiply whole numbers.
Count the number of decimal places in the factors. There is 1 decimal place in 0.5 Move the decimal point 1 place to the left in the answer. 30. → 3 The stack will be 3 centimetres thick. |
| 3) Murugan placed 5 weights on a scale during science class. If each weight weighed 3.8 grams, what did the scale read Answer: 19 grams SOLUTION 1 : Solve: Multiply as you would multiply whole numbers.
Count the number of decimal places in the factors. There is 1 decimal place in 3.8 Move the decimal point 1 place to the left in the answer. 190. → 19 ans = 19
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| 4) Thamarai bought plastic tubes that are each 0.7 metres long. If Thamarai makes a line of 8 tubes by placing them end-to-end, how long will it be Answer: 5.6 metres SOLUTION 1 : Solve: Multiply the length of each plastic tube by the number of tubes. Multiply as you would multiply whole numbers.
Count the number of decimal places in the factors. There is 1 decimal place in 0.7 Move the decimal point 1 place to the left in the answer. 56. → 5.6 The line of plastic tubes will be 5.6 metres long. |
| 5) Savithri bikes 0.6 kilometres each school day. In total, how far will Steven bike over 8 school days Answer: 4.8 kilometres SOLUTION 1 : Solve: Multiply as you would multiply whole numbers.
Count the number of decimal places in the factors. There is 1 decimal place in 0.6 Move the decimal point 1 place to the left in the answer. 48. → 4.8 4.8 |
| 6) A sandwich shop employee Poongodi takes 3.7 minutes to make a sandwich. How long does it take her to make 4 sandwiches Answer: 14.8 minutes SOLUTION 1 : Solve:
Multiply the time it takes to make a sandwich by the number of sandwiches.
Multiply as you would multiply whole numbers.
Count the number of decimal places in the factors. There is 1 decimal place in 3.7 Move the decimal point 1 place to the left in the answer. 148. → 14.8 It takes Poongodi 14.8 minutes to make 4 sandwiches. |
| 7) Each piece of cardboard is 0.5 centimetres thick. If Jeevini stacks 6 pieces of cardboard on top of one another, how thick will the stack be Answer: 3 centimetres SOLUTION 1 : Solve: Multiply the thickness of each piece of cardboard by the number of pieces in the stack Multiply as you would multiply whole numbers.
Count the number of decimal places in the factors. There is 1 decimal place in 0.5 Move the decimal point 1 place to the left in the answer. 30. → 3 The stack will be 3 centimetres thick. |
| 8) Chidambaram placed 5 weights on a scale during science class. If each weight weighed 5.5 grams, what did the scale read Answer: 27.5 grams SOLUTION 1 : Solve: Multiply as you would multiply whole numbers.
Count the number of decimal places in the factors. There is 1 decimal place in 5.5 Move the decimal point 1 place to the left in the answer. 275. → 27.5 ans = 27.5
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| 9) Panimalar bought plastic tubes that are each 0.5 metres long. If Panimalar makes a line of 6 tubes by placing them end-to-end, how long will it be Answer: 3 metres SOLUTION 1 : Solve: Multiply the length of each plastic tube by the number of tubes. Multiply as you would multiply whole numbers.
Count the number of decimal places in the factors. There is 1 decimal place in 0.5 Move the decimal point 1 place to the left in the answer. 30. → 3 The line of plastic tubes will be 3 metres long. |
| 10) Chithra bikes 0.5 kilometres each school day. In total, how far will Steven bike over 4 school days Answer: 2 kilometres SOLUTION 1 : Solve: Multiply as you would multiply whole numbers.
Count the number of decimal places in the factors. There is 1 decimal place in 0.5 Move the decimal point 1 place to the left in the answer. 20. → 2 2 |