8th Grade Week 13

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Monday – Geometry

Which of these formulas would be useful to find the hypotenuse of this right triangle?

a + b = c
a² + b²= c²
2 · b + c = a
None of the above

Tuesday – Measurement

Barbara makes cookies for 34 cents each. If she sells each cookie for 99 cents and she sells her entire stock of 15 cookies, what will her profit be?

$6.50
$8.60
$9.75
More than ten dollars

Wednesday – Statistics and Probability

You have an opportunity to climb inside the money-grab box at the State Fair (the clear box that has bills flying through the air). There are 50 $10 bills, 25 $50 bills, and 10 $100 bills. If you grab one bill, what will the chances be that it will be a $100 bill?

1 out of 6
2 out of 17
Very likely
It’s impossible to grab a $100 bill on the first try.

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