May 15-19

Grade 7 Problem of the Week May 15-19      Show all your work

1. Richard and Quinton collect rocks. Richard collects four fifths of a bucket and Quinton collects two thirds of a bucket. 

a) Who collected more rocks?

b) How much more?

2. Solve

1. 1- 5/8 b) 3 7/8- 1 3/4 c) 4 1/9+ 1 1/3 d) 5 1/2+ 2 1/8

3. Danica has 4 1/2m of ribbon. Danica uses 1 3/4 m to wrap a present and 1/3m to make a bow. How much ribbon is left?

4. On Saturday, a student studied for 1 1/4 h for the math test. On sunday, they studied for 1 2/3h. What is the total time they studied for the math test?