1. Bell Ringers March 2013 Aligned to Louisiana Common Core 12 – 13 by : Melinda Hunger Riverdale Middle School Jefferson, La.

2. Tuesday March 5 th, 2013 1.The Olympic Ice Skating Judges gave Justin Timberlake the following scores: 8.6, 7.9, and 9. What was Justin’s total score? 2.David put a new battery in his CD player. He forgot it turned on in the garage. It played 24 hours a day and stopped After 1,806 hours. How many days did the battery last?

3. Wednesday, March 6 th, 2013 1.Kayla had ¾ of her project left to do. She completed 1/5 of the work Friday afternoon and ¼ of it Saturday morning. What fraction of the project did she still have to do after Saturday morning. 2.Daphney knows that the number 9 is a perfect square. Which multiple of 9 is also a perfect square?

4. Thursday, March 7 th, 2013 1. The roll of masking tape is 20.8 meters long. Which fraction is equal to the length, in meters, of the roll of masking tape? 2.The girl scouts Troup sold 1,426 boxes of cookies. There are 12 boxes of cookies in a case. How many cases were sold?

5. Friday, March 8 th, 2013 1.The parking lot is in the shape of a parallelogram. Its measurements are shown What is the area and perimeter of the Parking lot? 2.Serena is making two kinds of breads. She needs 3 2/3 cups of flour for one type and 5 ¾ cups of flour for the other type. How much flour will Serena need to make both types of bread?

6. Tuesday March 12 th, 2013 1.The computer repairman charges $89 for a service call plus $20 for each hour of work. What would be the total charge for a service call that took 2 hours? 2.Each day of the month, Isabelle earns an allowance, in cents, equal to the square of that date of the month. Which is a number of cents Isabelle could earn in a single day? 21 31 81 111

7. Wednesday, March 13 th, 2013 1.Karl’s family ate 2 5/8 pizzas last week. What decimal is equal to the number of pizzas Karl’s family ate? 2.The bottom of a swimming pool is 10 feet below the surface of the water in the pool. The surface of the water is represented by the number 0, and the bottom of the pool is represented by the number -10. The pool’s diving board is the same distance above the surface of the water as the bottom of the pool is below the surface of the water. What number should represent the diving board?

8. Thursday, March 14 th, 2013 1. Khaje’ does push-ups and sit-ups every morning. She Does “p” push-ups and 2p + 5 sit-ups. Which statement Describes the number of sit-ups Khaje’ does every morning? A.The number of sit-ups is 5 fewer than half the number of push-ups she does. B.The number of sit-ups is 5 more than half the number of push-ups she does. C.The number of sit-ups is 5 fewer than twice the number of push-ups she does. D.The number of sit-ups is 5 more than twice the number of push-ups she does. 2.Daniela is playing a game in which players form words using a given set of letters. Players earn points based on the number of letters they use to form each word. # of letters in a word Points Earned 42 55 610 717 How many points would Daniela earn for forming the word beautiful?

9. Friday, March 15 th, 2013 Miguel used the coordinate grid shown to plot his rectangular garden. A corner of the garden is at (3, 2) and the opposite corner is at (8, 6). In square units, what is the area of Miguel garden? 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0123456789

10. Tuesday March 19 th, 2013 The table shows how much pecans is collected from different pecan trees in one year. If this pattern continues, how many pound of pecans would be collected from 10 trees in one year? Number of Trees Pounds of Pecans per tree 3198 6396 9594 10?

11. Wednesday, March 20 th, 2013 A scientist measured the diameters of four different wasp stingers. The diameters were 0.09, 0.169, 0.17, and 0.023. Which inequality correctly compares the diameters of the four wasp stingers? A. 0.09 > 0.17 > 0.023 > 0.169 B. 0.09 < 0.17 < 0.023 < 0.169 C. 0.023 < 0.09 < 0.169 < 0.17 D. 0.023 < 0.09 < 0.169 < 0.17

12. Thursday, March 21st, 2013 Johndell spent $15.00 on a fair’s entrance fee. He also bought “t” ride tickets for $0.25 each. Johndell spent a total of $19.00 for the entrance Fee and ride tickets. Which equation could be used To determine how many ride tickets, “t”, he bought? A.15(0.25t) = 19 B.15 + 0.25t = 19 C.15t = 0.25 = 19 D.15 = 0.25 + t = 19

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14. Tuesday March 26 th, 2013 The table below shows Imari’s scores on different quizzes. The scores represent the fraction of problems Imari answered correctly on the different quizzes. On which quiz did Imari get the same score as the score she got on her Social Studies quiz?

15. Wednesday, March 27 th, 2013 Yesterday in New Orleans, the low Temperature, x, was 9°F more than half the High temperature, y. Which equation Represents this relationship? A. x = ½ y + 9 B. y= ½ x + 9 C. X = 2y + 9 D. y = 2x + 9