THE UNFAIR GAME - Rates and Percents

GAMEBOARD

• Players take turns answering questions.

• Choose any question.

• If player answers correctly, he decides if he will keep the points or give the points to another player.

• Player MUST decide this before seeing the point value.

• Questions have randomly assigned point values. Some may be positive while others are negative.

THE UNFAIR GAME

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Scoreboard

Mrs. Belosi has noted that 4 out of every 10 pieces of mail she gets are junk mail. What percent of her mail is junk mail?

-5

40%

Answer

Question 2

Point Value

A package of markers includes 4 black and 8 clored markers. What percent of the markers in the package are colored markers?

+10

66.6%

Question 19

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Point Value

Mason weighs himself and discovers he weighs 80,900 grams. How many Kilograms is this?

+10

80.9 Kilograms

Answer

Point Value

Question 5

The band is made up of wind instruments and percussion players. If there are 245 members who play wind instruments and 35 percussion members, then what percent of the marching band is percussion?

-20

12.5%

Question 11

Answer

Point Value

A teacher's cabinet has 36 black dry-erase markers and 13 blue dry-erase markers. Write the proportion that can be used to determine the percent of blue dry-erase markers.

+60

x/100 = 13/49

Question 8

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Point Value

Of the 400 employees, 72% of them are part-time employees. How many employees work full time?

-20

112 Full time

Question 18

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Point Value

Which product is the better deal? Washing Powder - 60 ounces for $9.00 OR Super Clean - 75 ounces for $11.50

+15

Washing Powder Brand

Question 9

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Point Value

True or False 7/8 and 87.5% are equal

If answered correctly, player decides whether to keep or give points away BEFORE seeing point value

-20

True

Question 20

Answer

Point Value

What is 28% of 25?

+20

7%

Question 17

Answer

Point Value

Performance Eyeware has a pair of glasses that are 20% more than the same pair of glasses at Visonworks. If the glasses at Visionworks are $90, how much more will you pay at Performance Eyeware?

-30

$108.00

Answer

Point Value

Question 6

A total of 84 pints of blood were collected at at the blood drive. How many quarts were collected?

+20

Answer

Question 1

Point Value

8 Pints is equal to how many cups?

-2

16 cups

Question 13

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Point Value

35% of the people surveyed like chocolate ice cream. If 182 people like chocolate ice cream, how many people were surveyed?

-90

520 were surveyed

Answer

Question 3

Point Value

If 6% of the packages get lost in the mail, then how many packages will get lost if 4,000 packages are shipped?

+30

240 Packages

Question 8

Answer

Point Value

A tube of toothpaste is marked $4.08 for 8 ounces. What is the price per ounce?

+70

$0.51

Question 4

Answer

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12 is 30% of what number

+50

40

Question 16

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100 ounces is equal to _____lb ______oz

+10

6 lb 4 oz

Question 15

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Point Value

John ate 1/4 of the pizza. Which number does not represent the amount of pizza remaining.

• 0.75
• 75%
• 25%
• 3/4

+5

25%

Question 12

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Point Value

A gym membership costs $630 per year. What is the cost per month of the membership?

+50

$52.50

Question 14

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Point Value

Ellie is participating in her school reading challenge. She read 50 books in 5 months. If 24 of the books are fiction, then what percent of the books she read are fiction?

-50

48%

Question 7

Answer

Point Value