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Amanda wants to paint each face of a cube a different color. How many colors will she need?



	Three

	Four

	Six

	Eight

On the curve above, what is the best estimate of the value of x when y = 0?



	-2.0

	1.1

	1.4

	1.7

	1.9

The table represents a relation between x and y. What is the missing number in the table?



	9

	10

	11

	12

	13

The car is 3.5 m long. About how long is the building?



	18 m

	14 m

	10 m

	4 m

Robin and Jim took cherries from a basket. Robin took 1/3 of the cherries and Jim took 1/6 of the cherries. What fraction of the cherries remain in the basket?



	1/2

	1/3

	1/6

	1/18

In a sequence of starts and stops, an elevator travels from the first floor to the fifth floor and then to the second floor. From there, the elevator travels to the fourth floor and then to the third floor. If the floors are 3 m apart, how far has the elevator traveled?



	18 m

	27 m

	30 m

	45 m

Which of the following is equal to 6(x + 6) ?



	x + 12

	6x + 6

	6x + 12

	6x + 36

	6x + 66

What units would be best to use to measure the weight (mass) of an egg?



	centimeters

	millimeters

	grams

	kilograms

Ravi has more tapes than magazines. He has fewer tapes than books. Which of the following lists these items from the greatest in number to the least in number?



	Books, magazines, tapes

	Books, tapes, magazines

	Magazines, books, tapes

	Tapes, magazines, books

10.

Penny had a bag of marbles. She gave one-third of them to Rebecca, and then one-fourth of the remaining marbles to John. Penny then had 24 marbles left in the bag. How many marbles were in the bag to start with?



	36

	48

	60

	96

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