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This lesson is aligned with §111.29. Grade 6, Middle School Advanced Mathematics, Adopted 2025.

• TEKS 6.3.F. add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers;

Task Cards: 24 Questions:

1. What is the total amount of pizza eaten below?
   
2. A pair of shoes that costs $80 is on sale. Its sale price is only $64. By what percent is it on sale?
   
3. Earl bought a notebook for $3.75 and a pen for $1.49. How much did he spend in total?
   
4. A banana costs $0.35. How much will 6 bananas cost?
   
5. You have ¾ of a pizza, and you want to share it equally among 3 people. How much does each person get?
   
6. A recipe calls for ¾ cup of sugar. If you want to make only half the recipe, how much sugar do you need?
   
7. A bakery uses 2/3 of a bag of flour for each batch of cookies. How many batches can be made from 6 bags of flour?
   
8. The temperature dropped by 1.5 degrees each hour for 4 hours. What was the total temperature change?
   
9. Jake lost 6.2 pounds over 4 weeks. What was his average weight loss per week?
   
10. Each time Anne buys lunch at the cafeteria, money is taken from her lunch account. The table lists the amount withdrawn over one week. What is the total change in Anne’s lunch account by the end of the week?
    
11. Rose participates in two different online Olympic trivia quizzes. In both quizzes, she loses points for each incorrect answer. The table shows how many points are deducted per wrong answer and Rose’s total points lost in each quiz. Based on this information, in which quiz did Rose answer more questions incorrectly?
    
12. John hiked down a trail at a steady rate for 10 minutes. His change in elevation was -200 feet. Then he continued to hike down for another 20 minutes at a different rate. His change in elevation for this part of the hike was -300 feet. During which portion of the hike did he walk down at a faster rate?
    
13. If your weekly salary is $1,220.00, how much do you have left each week after you pay for the following?
    
14. Tim and Tam attend a health camp at school. Their heights are noted below. What is the difference in height between Tim and Tam?
    
15. Find the perimeter of the rectangle below.
    
16. Thea wants to buy a book that costs $5.16. If she wants to buy 3 books, how much will she pay in total if she has a coupon discount for buying all three?
    
17. Find the total cost of two Medium Sodas, one Medium Popcorns, and two Movie tickets.
    
18. Carpeting costs $10.99 a yard. If Jay buys 15.4 yards, how much will it cost him? (Round your answer to the nearest hundredth)
    
19. The tallest tree among the redwoods, located in California, measures 379.7 feet. The tallest tree among the mountain ash species in Australia stands at 326.77 feet. What is the difference in height between the two trees?
    
20. Ivy had a debt of $15. She paid back $4.25. What is her remaining balance?
    
21. A cake recipe uses ⅔ cup of sugar and ¼ cup of honey. How much sweetener is used in total?
    
22. Kobe buys a bus pass for $30. Every time he rides the bus, money is deducted from the value of the pass. He rode 12 times and $24 was deducted from the value of the pass. How much does each bus ride cost?
    
23. An elephant at the zoo lost 24 pounds over 6 months. The elephant lost the same amount of weight each month. Write an integer that represents the change in the elephant’s weight each month.
    
24. Rey made four withdrawals of $20 from his checking account. He also wrote a check for $215. By how much did the amount in his checking account change?