Instructions
- Help plan a small community picnic by solving each problem.
- Show your work for calculations involving money, decimals, fractions, or percentages.
- Round money answers to the nearest cent unless instructed otherwise.
- Complete the core questions first. Try the optional challenge questions when you are ready.
Helpful reminders:
- To find a total cost, multiply price by quantity.
- To find a discount, multiply the original price by the discount rate.
- To find the sale price, subtract the discount from the original price.
- To find a unit price, divide the total price by the number of items.
Part 1: Picnic Planning Basics
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The picnic committee buys 6 bottles of water at $1.25 each. What is the total cost?
Answer: __
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A package contains 24 sandwiches. The sandwiches are shared equally among 8 tables. How many sandwiches go on each table?
Answer: __
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The committee buys 3 boxes of fruit. Each box weighs 2.5 kilograms. What is the total weight of the fruit?
Answer: __
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Circle the better value:
- 6 juice boxes for $4.20
- 10 juice boxes for $6.00
Explain how you decided.
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A picnic begins at 11:30 a.m. and ends at 2:15 p.m. How long does the picnic last?
Answer: __
Part 2: Shopping and Comparing Prices
- Complete the shopping table. The first row is an example.
| Item | Quantity | Price Each | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napkins | 2 packs | $2.50 | $5.00 |
| Plates | 3 packs | $3.25 | __ |
| Apples | 4 bags | $4.75 | __ |
| Juice | 5 bottles | $1.80 | __ |
| Cookies | 2 boxes | $3.60 | __ |
| Water | 8 bottles | $1.25 | __ |
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Add the total costs for plates, apples, juice, cookies, and water from the table. What is the grand total?
Answer: __
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The picnic budget is $75.00. Using your answer from Question 7, how much money remains?
Answer: __
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A store sells a 12-pack of cups for $3.60. What is the cost of one cup?
Answer: __
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Another store sells a 20-pack of cups for $5.40. Which store has the lower unit price? Show your calculations.
Part 3: Discounts, Tax, and Percentages
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A picnic blanket costs $28.00 and is on sale for 25% off. What is the discount amount?
Answer: __
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What is the sale price of the picnic blanket in Question 11?
Answer: __
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The committee buys a cooler for $40.00. Sales tax is 8%. How much is the tax?
Answer: __
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What is the total cost of the cooler, including the tax from Question 13?
Answer: __
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The committee has used 60% of its $100 budget. How much money has been spent, and how much remains?
Spent: __
Remaining: __
Part 4: Fractions and Reasoning
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Three-fourths of the picnic guests choose sandwiches. If 32 guests attend, how many choose sandwiches?
Answer: __
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One-third of the fruit is set aside for volunteers. If there are 45 pieces of fruit, how many pieces are set aside?
Answer: __
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A jug holds 2 liters of lemonade. The committee fills 5 identical jugs. How many liters of lemonade are needed altogether?
Answer: __
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The committee has 7.5 liters of lemonade and serves it equally among 30 guests. How many liters does each guest receive?
Answer: __
Part 5: Real-World Planning
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The committee has $120.00 to spend. It plans to buy:
- Food: $47.85
- Drinks: $26.40
- Decorations: $18.75
- Games: $15.00
a. What is the total planned spending?
Answer: __
b. How much money remains?
Answer: __
c. The committee wants to use the remaining money to buy extra fruit at $3.25 per bag. How many full bags can it buy? How much money will remain after buying the bags?
Full bags: ___
Final amount remaining: __
Optional Challenge
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A store offers 10% off a $50.00 order, followed by an additional $5.00 coupon. What is the final price before tax?
Answer: __
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The committee wants to reduce its food cost of $47.85 by 15%. How much would it save, and what would the new food cost be?
Savings: _____
New cost: ____
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Design your own picnic shopping list with at least four items. Keep the total under $50.00. Show the quantity, price per item, and total cost for each item.
| Item | Quantity | Price Each | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Example: Bananas | 2 bunches | $3.00 | $6.00 |
Total cost: __
Answer Key
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$7.50
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3 sandwiches per table
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7.5 kilograms
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The 10 juice boxes for $6.00 are the better value. The first option costs $0.70 per box; the second costs $0.60 per box.
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2 hours 45 minutes
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Plates: $9.75; apples: $19.00; juice: $9.00; cookies: $7.20; water: $10.00
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$54.95
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$20.05
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$0.30 per cup
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The second store is cheaper. The first store costs $0.30 per cup; the second costs $0.27 per cup.
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$7.00
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$21.00
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$3.20
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$43.20
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$60.00 spent; $40.00 remains
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24 guests
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15 pieces of fruit
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10 liters
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0.25 liter per guest
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a. $108.00
b. $12.00
c. The committee can buy 3 full bags. Each bag costs $3.25, so it spends $9.75 and has $2.25 remaining.
Optional Challenge Answers
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The 10% discount is $5.00. After the discount, the price is $45.00. After the coupon, the final price is $40.00.
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The savings are $7.18 when rounded to the nearest cent. The new food cost is $40.67.
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Answers will vary. The list must include at least four items and have a total below $50.00.