Answers to Workbook Pages

I hope that this finds you preparing for our math test next Thursday.  Doing these workbook pages is not required, but working through these kinds of problems is really helpful practice for the test.  So that you will know if you are on the right track, here are the answers:


Workbook pages 119-120
6)  5/36 pounds of turkey left
7)  The snail is 43 5/12 inches from the bottom of the well after 20 minutes
8)  Johnny has 1 7/12 miles left to jog.


Workbook pages 121-127 (two step problems)
1)  Susanne and Barry have 8 bagels altogether.  Each person gets 1 3/5 bagels.
2)  Maya cuts the 5 sheets into 15 rectangles.  Each student gets 2 1/2 rectangles.
3)  Michael and Joel drink 13/21 quart of milk.  There is 8/21 quart of milk left.
4)  She plants tomatoes and beans on 23/36 of the land.  She plants potatoes on 13/26 of the land.
5)  The total weight of the plain and wheat bagels is 4 1/2 pounds.  The weight of the sesame bagels is 1/2 pound.
6)  Jay walks 7/8 miles every morning.  They walk 3 1/8 miles every morning.
7)  Becca uses 1 11/20 gallons of paint.  The use 2 3/10 gallons of paint altogether.
8)  The monkey climbs 8 4/15 feet up the tree.  The monkey must climb 1 11/15 feet more to reach the top.