The BASIC NotB oring SERIES IP 416-7 MIDDLE GRADES MATH BOOK Inventive Exercises to Sharpen Skills and Raise Achievement Series Concept & Development by Imogene Forte & Marjorie Frank INCENTIVE PUBLICATIONS
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION... 14 SKILLS CHECKLISTS Whole Numbers & Integers Skills Checklist... 17 Geometry & Measurement Skills Checklist... 65 Fractions & Decimals Skills Checklist... 115 Problem Solving Skills Checklist... 167 Graphing, Statistics, & Probability Skills Checklist... 217 Pre-Algebra Skills Checklist... 269 WHOLE NUMBERS & INTEGERS SKILLS EXERCISES... 16 You Need a Big City... (Read & Write Whole Numbers)... 18 Big Money for Big Athletes... (Place Value of Whole Numbers)... 19 Fans Love Stats... (Whole Numbers in Expanded Form)... 20 Big Bucks for Good Seats... (Compare & Order Whole Numbers)... 21 Ballpark Figures... (Round Whole Numbers)... 22 Fearsome Felines... (Add & Subtract Whole Numbers)... 23 Strikes, Spares, & Scores... (Add & Subtract Whole Numbers)... 24 Knowing the Game Plan... (Properties of Operations)... 26 The Rules of the Game... (Properties of Numbers)... 27 Sporting Multiples... (Identify Multiples)... 28 CMs & LCMs... (Common Multiples & Least Common Multiples)... 29 Cycle the Distance... (Add & Multiply Whole Numbers)... 30 Mountains of Memorabilia... (Multiply Whole Numbers)... 32 How Much Is One Player Worth?... (Divide Whole Numbers)... 33 Quote Me!... (Divide Whole Numbers)... 34 Divide the Savings... (Divisibility)... 35 Prime-Time Scoreboard... (Prime & Composite Factors)... 36
Football Matchups... (Exponents)... 37 Three Keys to Sports Success... (Powers of Ten)... 38 Errands on Skis... (Multiply by Powers of Ten)... 39 Racing Rates... (Divide by Powers of Ten)... 40 Problems with Wheels... (Word Problems with Whole Numbers)... 41 River Trip... (Word Problems with Whole Numbers)... 42 Gearing Up... (Estimation with Whole Numbers)... 44 Puttin on the Dog... (Equations with Whole Numbers)... 46 Go Fly a Kite... (Equations with Whole Numbers)... 47 The Big Guys of the NBA... (Select Correct Operation)... 48 Follow the Clues... (Read, Write, Compare, & Order Integers)... 49 Presidential Golf... (Order Integers)... 50 Do You Know Your Venues?... (Add & Subtract Integers)... 52 It Helps to Speak Latin... (Multiply Integers)... 53 Mystery Name... (Divide Integers)... 54 Olympic Moments, 1996... (Equations with Integers)... 55 WHOLE NUMBERS & INTEGERS ASSESSMENT AND ANSWER KEYS... 56 Whole Numbers & Integers Skills Test... 57 Skills Test Answer Key... 60 Answers... 61 GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT SKILLS EXERCISES... 64 Flying Feathers... (Points, Lines, and Planes)... 66 Some Spectacular Angles... (Kinds of Angles)... 67 Confusion in the Village... (Kinds of Lines)... 68 The Colors of the Olympics... (Kinds of Polygons)... 70 Poolside Geometry... (Kinds of Triangles)... 72 Different, Yet the Same... (Kinds of Quadrilaterals)... 73 Tracking Down Distances... (Finding Perimeter)... 74
No Horsing Around... (Properties and Parts of Circles)... 76 Circular Reasoning... (Circumference of Circles)... 77 Seeing Double... (Similar and Congruent Figures)... 78 Places and Spaces... (Area of Quadrilaterals)... 79 Smooth Sailing... (Area of Triangles)... 80 Homework from Home... (Area of Trapezoids)... 81 Sizable Differences... (Area of Circles)... 82 On Target... (Congruent Angles)... 83 Flipped Figures... (Congruent Polygons)... 84 Duffel Bag Math... (Volume of Space Figures)... 85 Prism & Pyramid Calculations... (Volume of Prisms and Pyramids)... 86 Do You Speak Metric?... (Metric Units of Measurement)... 88 It Takes Teamwork... (Metric Conversions)... 89 The Great Measurement Switch... (Metric to U.S. Conversions)... 90 Mixed-Up Measures... (U.S. Measurement Conversions)... 92 Measurement Matters... (Units of Measure)... 93 An Olympic Tradition... (Measuring Length)... 94 Whose Room Is Roomier?... (Finding Area and Perimeter)... 96 Empirical, Spherical Facts... (Measurements of Weight Statistics)... 97 Midnight Snacks... (Measuring Volume)... 98 Wrestling with Angles... (Measuring Angles)... 99 About How Much?... (Estimating Measurements)... 100 Weighty Issues... (Metric to U.S. Conversions)... 102 The Heat Is On... (Measuring Temperature)... 103 Time Flies, and So Does Michael Johnson (Solving Time Problems)... 104 GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT ASSESSMENT AND ANSWER KEYS... 105 Geometry & Measurement Skills Test... 106 Skills Test Answer Key... 110 Answers... 111
FRACTIONS & DECIMALS SKILLS EXERCISES... 114 It s a Dog s Life... (Identify Fractional Parts)... 116 Which Winter Wear?... (Fractional & Mixed Numbers)... 117 High-Speed Sporting... (Compare & Order Fractions)... 118 Homework First... (Convert Mixed Numerals & Fractions)... 119 Red & White or Black & Blue... (Identify Factors and Multiples)... 120 Foul Weather or Fowl Weather?... (Greatest Common Factors)... 121 At the Top... (Identify Multiples)... 122 Famous Words... (Identify Equivalent Fractions)... 123 Top 10 Questions... (Identify Equivalent Fractions)... 124 Weighing In!... (Fractions in Lowest Terms)... 125 Friday Night Football... (Add & Subtract Fractions)... 126 Fractions in a Backpack... (Add & Subtract Fractions)... 128 Dangerous Fractions... (Add & Subtract Mixed Numerals)... 129 Great-Tasting Awards... (Multiply Fractions)... 130 That Fish Was HOW Big?... (Multiply Mixed Numerals)... 131 What s Cookin on the Campfire?... (Multiply Mixed Numerals)... 132 Crashing Not Intended... (Divide Fractions)... 133 Read It Right!... (Read & Write Decimals)... 134 High-Speed Records... (Compare & Order Decimals)... 136 Amazing Speed Facts... (Identify Place Value in Decimals)... 137 Well-Rounded Athletes... (Round Decimals)... 138 Take to the Slopes... (Add & Subtract Decimals)... 139 Springboard to Decimals... (Multiply & Add Decimals)... 140 Three Times the Work... (Divide Decimals)... 141 Face Off!... (Convert Fractions to Decimals)... 142 A Boxing Legend Speaks... (Convert Decimals to Fractions)... 143 Birds That Count... (Convert Decimals & Percents)... 144 Musical Statistics... (Convert Fractions & Percents)... 145
Read & Write Whole Numbers YOU NEED A BIG CITY Professional baseball is a big-city game. Only a large metropolitan area can provide enough money and fans to support a team. Complete the following exercises that describe some major league cities. I. Write in words the population of these National League Baseball locales. 1. Chicago Cubs 2,783,726 2. New York Mets 7,322,564 3. Philadelphia Phillies 1,585,587 II. Write the population of these National League Baseball locales in standard form. 4. Atlanta Braves Two million, eight hundred thirty-three thousand, five hundred eleven 5. Cincinnati Reds One million, seven hundred forty-four thousand, one hundred twenty-four 6. Houston Astros Three million, seven hundred eleven thousand, forty-three 7. Los Angeles Dodgers Eight million, eight hundred sixty-three thousand, one hundred sixty-four III. Write in words the population of these American League Baseball locales. 8. Baltimore Orioles 2,382,172 9. Cleveland Indians 1,831,122 10. Detroit Tigers 4,382,297 11. Milwaukee Brewers 1,607,183 IV. Write the population of these American League Baseball locales in standard form. 12. Kansas City Royals One million, five hundred sixty-six thousand, two hundred eighty 13. Oakland Athletics Three hundred seventy-two thousand, two hundred forty-two _ 14. Seattle Mariners One million, nine hundred seventy-two thousand, nine hundred sixty-one Name The BASIC/Not Boring Middle Grades Math Book 18 Copyright 2000 by Incentive Publications, Inc., Nashville, TN.
BIG MONEY FOR BIG ATHLETES You ve heard about multimillion dollar contracts for athletes, haven t you? Read about these big salaries in professional sports while you practice your knowledge of place value. 1. In 1995, Chris Miller of the St. Louis Rams was forced to give up the game and his nine million dollars in salary. He had suffered his sixth concussion in fourteen months. Write his salary in standard form. 2. The professional basketball player Juwan Howard was pursued by several teams. The Bullets were able to get him to join their team with a $105,000,000 offer. What is the value of the 5 in his salary? Place Value of Whole Numbers 3. Tiger Woods is the man to watch in professional golf. In one year he received $60,000,000 in sports endorsement contracts. What place value position does the 6 hold in this large number? 4. Alex Rodriguez, an American League MVP, negotiated a new contract with the Seattle Mariners. He signed a three-year extension for $10,250,000. What place value position does the 5 hold? 5. Mark Brooks, a professional golfer, made $1,430,000 in one year. What is the value of the 4 in his earnings? 6. Mike Tyson, heavyweight boxer, beat Bruce Sheldon in a 109-second fight. Mike Tyson earned $137,615 per second. What is the value of the 6 in his earnings? 7. The Lakers contract with Shaquille O Neal is worth $120 million. What is the value of the 1 in O Neal s contract? 8. Michael Jordan received the richest oneyear contract in the history of sports. He was paid $25,000,000 for a one-year deal. What digit is in the ten millions place in this figure? 9. In a very unfriendly game between the Oilers and the Steelers, the teams fines totaled $145,000. What is the place value of the 1 in this large number? 10. Jarome Iginla, a professional hockey player, signed a three-year contract worth $850,000. What is the value of the 8 in this number? Name The BASIC/Not Boring Middle Grades Math Book 19 Copyright 2000 by Incentive Publications, Inc., Nashville, TN.