Show your method. A calculator is optional. Prices, rates, and scenarios are fictional arithmetic examples.
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A lunch break lasts 40 minutes. Half is spent eating. How many minutes is that?
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Find the median of 5.7, 5.9, 5.6, 5.8, 5.4, 6.0, and 5.5.
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A player scores 20 points in each of four games and 15 in a fifth. Find the five-game mean.
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Which pair is drawn parallel: 1st Street and 2nd Street, or Bypass Road and 1st Street?
Answers and explanations
- 40 × ½ = 20 minutes.
- Sorted: 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 6.0. The middle (fourth) value is 5.7.
- (4 × 20 + 15) ÷ 5 = 95 ÷ 5 = 19 points.
- 1st Street and 2nd Street. The drawn lines keep the same direction and do not meet.
Adapted from Rick’s Math Word Problems Test, page 13. Wording and answer explanations have been revised; original diagrams are labeled as recovered. This is a practice sheet, not a standardized assessment.
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