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1. Instant Meals sent out free samples to introduce its new product, Sesame soup. Each sample weighs 69 ounces. The post office charges thirty-six cents for every 23 ounces of weight. How much would Instant Meals spend on postage to mail out one hundred eighty-eight samples?

2. Melissa's boyfriend gave her a 2 lb heart-shaped box of chocolates. The box had 68 pieces of chocolate. What was the average weight for each piece of chocolate? (round to the nearest hundredth)

3. A box contains 4 bags of sugar. The total mass of all 4 bags is 6 kg. What is the mass of each bag in grams?

4. Michelle exercises for half an hour every day. How minutes in total does she exercise for over 5 days?

5. Mr. Martin's Spanish class is 45 minutes long. If it starts at 3:30, what time does it end?

6. Chase measured a line for his art project. It is 200 millimeters long. How many centimeters is the line?

7. Peter is overweight. He is 105 kg. His aim is to lose 500 g per week. If he manages this, how many weeks will it be until he is 90 kg?

8. John wanted to impress his friends by winning the 200-yard dash at the track meet. If he runs 8.2 feet per second, how long will it take him to complete the dash? (round to the nearest tenth)

9. There is a jar on the cabinet by the refrigerator. If Keona pours 114 ounces of water into the jar three times to fill it, how many quarts of water does it take to fill the jar? (round to the nearest whole number)

10. Brad's father asked an engineer to survey the field behind their house. He wanted to plant some orange and tangerine trees there. According to the survey, the field is thirty-two feet long and six yards wide. What is the perimeter of the field in feet?