Math Worksheet for Students – Practice and Review

Instructions

1. Solve the problems in order. The questions begin with basic skills and become more challenging.
2. Show your work for questions that require calculations.
3. For multiple-choice questions, circle the best answer.
4. Use this helpful reminder: estimate first, calculate carefully, and check whether your answer makes sense.
5. Complete the optional challenge questions if you finish early.

Math Mission: Plan a Community Picnic

You are helping plan a community picnic. Use math to make decisions about food, supplies, costs, distance, and time.

Part 1: Quick Calculations

1. The picnic begins at 11:30 a.m. and ends at 2:00 p.m. How long does the picnic last?

   Answer: __

2. There are 8 tables with 6 seats at each table. How many seats are there altogether?

   Answer: __

3. The organizers have 96 bottles of water and place them equally into 12 coolers. How many bottles go in each cooler?

   Answer: __

4. A package contains 24 napkins. The organizers buy 7 packages. How many napkins do they have?

   Answer: __

5. Which is the best estimate for 398 + 204?

   • A. 500
   • B. 600
   • C. 700
   • D. 800

   Answer: __

Part 2: Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages

6. One-fourth of the picnic guests choose vegetarian sandwiches. If 40 guests attend, how many choose vegetarian sandwiches?

   Answer: __

7. A jug holds 2 liters of lemonade. The organizers pour out 0.75 liter. How much lemonade remains?

   Answer: __

8. The picnic budget is $200. The organizers spend 35% of the budget on food. How much money do they spend on food?

   Answer: __

9. Put these numbers in order from least to greatest:

   0.6, 3/4, 0.25, 1/2

   Answer: ____

10. Match each fraction to its equivalent decimal. Write the correct letter beside each number.

    Fractions:

    1. 1/2 _____
    2. 1/4 _____
    3. 3/4 _____
    4. 1/5 _____

    Decimals:

    • A. 0.75
    • B. 0.20
    • C. 0.50
    • D. 0.25

Part 3: Shopping and Budgeting

11. The organizers buy 5 boxes of fruit at $4.80 per box. What is the total cost?

    Answer: __

12. A store offers a $6 discount on a $42 cooler. What is the sale price?

    Answer: __

13. The organizers have $150. They spend $48.75 on food and $32.40 on drinks. How much money remains?

    Answer: __

14. Plates come in packages of 25. The organizers need 118 plates. What is the fewest number of packages they must buy? Explain your thinking.

    Answer: ____

15. Three volunteers each contribute the same amount toward a $27.60 purchase. How much does each volunteer pay?

    Answer: __

Part 4: Measurement, Geometry, and Data

16. A rectangular picnic area is 18 meters long and 10 meters wide. What is its area?

    Formula: Area = length × width

    Answer: __

17. Using the same picnic area, what is its perimeter?

    Formula: Perimeter = length + width + length + width

    Answer: __

18. The table below shows the number of sandwiches prepared and eaten. Complete the final column.

19. A volunteer walks 1.5 kilometers to the picnic, 0.8 kilometer to the recycling station, and 1.2 kilometers back to the picnic. How far does the volunteer walk in all?

    Answer: __

Part 5: Multi-Step Problem Solving

20. The picnic has 56 guests. Each guest receives 2 slices of pizza. Each pizza has 8 slices.

    a. How many slices of pizza are needed?

    Answer: __

    b. What is the fewest number of whole pizzas the organizers should order?

    Answer: __

    c. How many slices will be left over?

    Answer: __

Optional Challenge

• The organizers want to provide 3 cookies for each of 56 guests. Cookies are sold in boxes of 20. How many boxes should they buy, and how many cookies will be left over?

  Answer: ____

• The picnic budget is $200. Food costs $84.50, drinks cost $36.75, and supplies cost $42.80. What percentage of the budget remains? Round to the nearest whole percent.

  Answer: ____

Answer Key

1. 2 hours 30 minutes
2. 48 seats
3. 8 bottles per cooler
4. 168 napkins
5. B. 600
6. 10 guests
7. 1.25 liters
8. $70
9. 0.25, 1/2, 0.6, 3/4
10. 1. C, 2. D, 3. A, 4. B
11. $24.00
12. $36
13. $68.85
14. 5 packages. Four packages provide 100 plates, which is not enough; five packages provide 125 plates.
15. $9.20
16. 180 square meters
17. 56 meters
18. Turkey: 6; Vegetable: 5; Chicken: 5; Tuna: 6
19. 3.5 kilometers
20. a. 112 slices; b. 14 pizzas; c. 0 slices left over

Optional Challenge:

• 9 boxes; 12 cookies left over. The organizers need 168 cookies, and 9 boxes provide 180 cookies.
• $35.95 remains. This is 17.975% of the budget, which rounds to 18%.