HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT

School: ___________________

SIXTH GRADE MATH OLYMPIAD April 7, 2001 Team No.____

Measurement

DONT FORGET UNITS ON YOUR ANSWERS!

1). Find the area and perimeter of this shape made up of rectangles.

Area:_________________________

Perimeter:____________________

2). Here is Andrea's recipe for chocolate chip cookies:

This recipe makes 60 cookies. If Andrea wants to make 100 cookies, how much flour will she need?

Answer:_____________________




  1/2 cup shortening
  1/2 cup butter
2 1/2 cups flour
    1 cup brown sugar
    2 eggs
    1 teaspoon vanilla
  1/2 teaspoon baking soda
    2 cups chocolate chips
3). A car has wheels of 22 inches diameter. How many complete revolutions will this wheel make while the car goes 5 miles?
Use pi = 3.14

Answer:_____________

4). The formula for making concrete mix calls for sand, gravel and cement. You need twice as much sand as cement and twice as much gravel as sand. If I want to make a patio that requires 4200 pounds of concrete mix, how many pounds of sand do I need?

Answer:______________________

      5). Find the area of this figure.
          Points on the grid are 1 meter apart.

      Answer: _____________