Saturday PM Lessons

Activity 1: https://www.fractions4kids.com/multiplying-fractions-quiz/

4. Jennifer has $26 less than triple the savings of Matthew. Matthew has saved $81. How much has Jennifer saved?

6. The sum of 3 consecutive whole numbers is 72. What are the 3 numbers?

8. Mark drank ⅚ of a carton of milk this week. Frank drank 7 times more milk than Mark. How many cartons of milk did Frank drink? Write your answer as a fraction.

9. Robert spent $184.59 to buy 3 hockey sticks. If each hockey stick was the same price, how much did 1 cost?

10. Ian goes to the grocery store and buys 3 squashes that each weigh 500 grams. How many kilograms of squash did Inger buy?

11. Mary surveyed students in her school to find out what their favourite sports were. Out of 1,200 students, 420 said hockey was their favourite sport. What percentage of students said hockey was their favourite sport?

12. A man is paid $920. 10% of it goes to bills and 15% is spent on clothes.

a. How much is spent on bills?

b. How much is spent on clothes?

c. How much money remains?

13. In a test of 80 questions, I got 8 questions wrong. Calculate my percentage.

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Grammar

Spelling activity 1: http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/quiz2/quizzes-to-fix/spelling_add2.htm

Subject/Verb Agreement: http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/quiz2/quizzes-to-fix/sv_agr_quiz.html#

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