Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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 The
Skittles jar has a radius of 3.5 cm and a height of 11.5 cm.
What would be a reasonable
upper limit for the number of jelly beans in the jar?
Reminder:
Cylinder’s Volume 
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a. | 10 | c. | 10,000 | b. | 100 | d. | 100,000 |
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 The
M&M jar has a square base with a length and width of 7 cm and a height of 6.5 cm.
What would be the most reasonable upper limit for the number of
M&M’s in the jar of the choices below?
Reminder:
Rectangular Prism Volume
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a. | 100 | c. | 100,000 | b. | 10,000 | d. | 1,000,000 |
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 The
jar full of duplo legos has a circular base with a radius of 5.6 cm and a height of 18
cm.
What would be the most reasonable lower limit for the number of duplo legos
in the jar shown below?
Reminder:
Cylinder’s Volume
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 A box with the dimensions shown below holds 88
tennis balls. (Reminder: Volume  ) A few students conducted a study of this container and
found it could hold 88 tennis balls.
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container, approximately how many tennis balls should this container
hold?
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Using the ratio of the first box, approximately how many tennis
balls should the second container hold?
a. | approximately 53 tennis balls | c. | approximately 147 tennis
balls | b. | approximately 121 tennis balls | d. | approximately 178 tennis
balls |
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 On a
residential single lane road there was a wreck that backed up traffic for 4 miles. 70% of the length of the traffic consists of cars and 30% of the length of the traffic consists of trucks. The average distance between vehicles is 3 feet. The average length of a car is 13.5 feet and the average length of a truck is 20 feet. Estimate how many vehicles are
stuck in the traffic jam.
(Hint: There are 5280 feet in 1 mile) | | | |
a. | 276 vehicles | c. | 1172 vehicles | b. | 896 vehicles | d. | 1412 vehicles |
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 A
candy machine bin that holds SUPER BOUNCY balls is approximately the shape of a rectangular prism
with the dimensions 6.2 inches by 6.2 inches by 9 inches. A SUPER BOUNCY ball has a diameter of 1.2
inches. Approximately how many balls should the bin hold?
(Reminder: You can assume that
for random packing space 190% of the volume of the sphere is needed to pack the spheres and  ) | | | |
a. | 201 balls | c. | 254 balls | b. | 248 balls | d. | 382 balls |
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| The portion of the National Mall
in Washington D.C. is shown where the public can watch the inauguration of the president. This
portion of the National Mall is approximately 4640 feet by 266 feet. If each person in the
crowd requires 2.8 square feet of space to comfortably stand then what would be a reasonable estimate
for the number of people shown on the National Mall in the picture? | | | |
a. | 130,000 people | c. | 450,000 people | b. | 220,000 people | d. | 900,000 people |
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