Name_______________________________
Bell Ringer Week of January 2, 2013
1. Which equation illustrates the associative
6. Which property is illustrated by this
property of addition?
equation?
a. (4+10) + 2 = (4+10) + 2
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b. (4+10) = 4(10) + 4(1)
+ 0 =
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a. Identity property of addition
c. 4 + 10 +2 = 4+10+2
b. Identity property of multiplication
d. (4+10) = 4(10) ∙ 4(1)
c. Multiplicative property of zero
d. Inverse property for multiplication
2. What is the ratio of boys to girls?
7. In a baby ball playpen there are 8 green balls,
12 blue balls, and 20 yellow balls. What is the
a. 3 to 4
b. 4 to 3
c. 4 to 7
d. 4 to 7
ratio of yellow balls to blue balls?
.
a
3. What represents the part of the grid that is
1
2
b.
5
3
3
5
c.
d.
2
1
shaded?
8. Which is equivalent to
.
a
0.7%
b. 7%
7
?
10
c. 70%
d. 700%
9. Mr. Eason bought 10 4 pounds of bird seed to
1
feed the birds this winter. At the end of
.
a
December he had 45 pounds left. How much bird
4
3
4
1
b.
3
3
c.
5
1
d.
4
seed had Mr. Eason used?
4. If you earn $6.25 per hour and you received
a pay check for $281.25, how many hours did you
work?
10. Lamont earns $5.70 per hour. Last Friday
________________________
Lamont received a pay check for $745.25.This
If you received a $200 holiday bonus in addition
how many hours did Lamont work during the last
to your normal pay, how much would your pay
check be?
____________________________________
What would be the amount of your regular
pay?_____________________
pay check included an extra $200 bonus. About
pay period?
(Hint: first figure out your regular pay...pay
check without the bonus!)
11. Which equation demonstrates the
16. If the number sentence is true, then s is
distributive property?
the--
a. 7 + 8 ∙ 9 = (7 ∙8) + ( 7 ∙ 9)
16 ∙ s = 16
b. 7(8 + 9) = (7 ∙ 8) + (7 ∙ 9)
a. additive inverse property
c. 7 ∙ 8 + 9 = (7 ∙8) + (7 ∙ 9)
b. additive identity property
d. (7 + 8) ∙ (7 + 9) = ( 7 ∙ 8) ∙ (7 ∙ 9)
c. multiplicative inverse property
d. multiplicative identity property
12. The Giants and the Redskins played in
Sunday Night Football. The Giants kicked 2 field
goals and the Redskins kicked 5 field goals.
17. The table below shows the students’ grades
in Mrs. Jones’ class and Mr. Smith's class.
Write a ratio that describes the number of
Giant field goals to Redskin field goals.
A's
7
13. Which set of decimal numbers is listed from
least to greatest?
B's
3
C's
2
D's
12
Mrs.
Jones
Mr.
14
1
3
6
Smith
What is the ratio of the number of students
with D's in Mr. Smith's class to the number of
a. {4.73, 4.7, 4.37, 4.3}
students with C's in Mrs. Jones’ class?
b. {8.09, 8.9, 9.8, 9.89}
a. 12:6, 12 to 6
c. {5.6, 5.06, 5.69, 5.96}
c. 6:2, 6 to 2
d. {8.1, 0.83, 8.01, 8.03}
14. On the sixth grade hall, 3 out of 5 students
are boys. What percent of the sixth graders are
b. 6:12, 6 to 12
d. 2:6,
2 to 6
18. Circle the point which represents 0.7.
1
0
boys?
15. The holidays are over and the gift you really
wanted you did not get-- a smart phone.
You
have to now purchase your own smart phone that
costs $380, but you only have $100. If you
receive $10 each week for allowance, how long
will it take you to save enough money to buy your
own smart phone?
Cost
What I have
What is left to pay? How long?
19. Ben and his family went to his aunt’s house
for the holidays. His aunt lives 42 miles away. On
the way the family drove 5
1
2
miles, then stopped
at a store. They then drove 9 23 miles to pick up
a cousin. How many miles further is Ben’s aunt’s
house?