Sheet # 7/The Winter Olympics
Name: _____________________ Date_____________
Explain and Show Your Work.
1) Kim skies a distance of 4800 meters. She stops for a drink when she has run 1/3 of the distance. How far does she run before she stops for a drink?
2) In a survey, 1,000 people were asked what sports they liked the best. Of the number, 345 said ice skating, and 478 said figure skating. What part of the total number surveyed liked ice skating? What part liked figure skating?
3) Jerry has to perform three ski jumps to qualify for the finals. He needs an average score of 100 meters. He got 99 meters in the first jump, 104 meters in the second jump, and 97 meters in the third jump. Did he qualify for the finals?
4) Casey took 34 seconds to skate 500 meters. At this rate, how long will it take him to skate 1 kilometer?
Answers for sheet # 7
1) Kim skies a distance of 4800 meters. She stops for a drink when she has run 1/3 of the distance. How far does she run before he stops for a drink?
1600 meters
2) In a survey, 1,000 people were asked what sports they liked the best. Of the number 345 said ice skating, and 478 said figure skating. What part of total number surveyed liked ice skating? What part liked figure skating?
Ice skating: 345/1000
Figure skating: 478/1000
3) Jerry has to perform three ski jumps to qualify for the finals. He needs an average score of 100 meters. He got 99 meters in the first jump, 104 meters in the second jump, and 97 meters in the third jump. Did he qualify for the finals?
Average = (99 + 104 + 97)/3
300 meters/3 = 100 meters
Yes. He qualified for the finals.
4) Casey took 34 seconds to skate 500 meters. How long will it take him to skate 1 kilometer?
1 kilometer = 1000 meters
34 seconds x 2 = 68 seconds