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1. Janie is using identical sticks to create a chain of diamonds. If she creates 1
diamond, she uses 4 sticks. If she creates a 3‐diamond chain (figure 3), she uses
10 sticks. How many sticks would be needed to create a 46‐diamond chain?
2. Trailers that travel on the road behind trucks are rectangular prisms. A
typical height for the inside of these trailers is 108 inches. If the trailer is 8 ft
wide and 20 ft long, what is the volume of the trailer?
A shipping company wants to ship its boxes in a trailer like the one described
above. The boxes have dimensions of 2 feet by 5 feet by 3 feet. How many of
these boxes can fit in the trailer, if they have to be stacked so that the bottom of
each box measures 3 ft x 5 ft?
3. In Buckstowne, there is currently 2.25 inches of snow on the ground and snow is
continuing to accumulate at a rate of 1.5 inches per hour. If this accumulation
rate continues, in how many minutes from now will Buckstowne have a total of
6.5 inches of snow on the ground?
4. Because the holidays are rapidly approaching, Cornelius’ mom decides to use
Speedy Delivery to ship the gifts that haven’t been mailed out yet via two‐day
mail. Speedy Delivery charges $20.00 to send a 1‐pound package via the two‐day
service and an additional $2.00 for every 4 ounces of package weight over 1
pound. If one of the packages being sent weighs 3.75 pounds, how much will it
cost to ship it via two‐day mail through Speedy Delivery?
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5. Greta and Marge are collecting money for a local charity by taking donations
outside of busy local businesses. Hoping to collect the most money today, Greta
gets to her collection spot and begins collections at 8am. Marge wanted to sleep
in so she didn’t start collections at her spot until 11am, by which time Greta had
already collected $45.00. If Greta continues to collect money at a rate of $15 per
hour, Marge collects money at a rate of $20 per hour and they each take a 1‐hour
break at 2pm, at what time will Greta and Marge have collected the same amount
of money?
6. Deal City is having a sale on a video game that, because of its popularity, is
notoriously hard to get a hold of. While waiting in line for Deal City to open (and
the sale to begin), James notices that his friend Carlos is ahead of him and that
there are only 5 people ahead of Carlos. If there are a total of 38 people in line,
and 15 of those people are behind James, how many people are between James
and Carlos?
7. An 8‐slice medium pizza pie has a diameter of 11 inches and costs $10.99. A
16‐slice large pizza pie costs $15.99 and has a diameter of 16 1/2 inches. What is
the area of each size pizza? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest
hundredth.
8. Julia, Rosario, Kirsten and Marisa grew up as neighbors on Dawson Street and
have been best friends for as long as they can remember. The girls are all
different ages ranging from 15 to 18 years old. Rosario is older than Marisa, but
younger than Kirsten. Marisa is not 16 years old. Julia is one year older than
Marisa. What is the age of each girl?