Word Problems
Ike and Mike go to a sandwich shop with a total of $30 to spend. Sandwiches cost $4.50 each and soft drinks cost $1.00 each. Ike and Mike plan to buy as many sandwiches as they can and use the remaining money to buy soft drinks. Counting the number of sandwiches and soft drinks, how many items will they buy?
9 items
Which word is always spelled incorrectly in the dictionary?
incorrectly
Solve for k
(7/8)k = (5/6)
k = 20/21
(1/8)2 · (-2)3
-1/8
What is the capital city of Malaysia?
Kuala Lumpur
A truck must carry 20 boxes in total. There are two types of boxes that are identical in size and shape but differ in weight: one weighs 40 kg and the other weighs 30 kg. If the truck can carry up to 750 kg, what is the maximum number of 40 kg boxes that can be loaded?
15 boxes
I am an odd number. Take away one letter I become even. What number am I?
7, Seven
Simplify
(-2x2+2x-5)+(x2+3x-11)
-x2+5x-16
Handy Electronics has decided to give 105 dollars to their sales managers as an end-of-year bonus. If the company has 103 sales manager and the money is divided equally among them, how much will each sales manager get?
$100
What is the capital city of Egypt?
Cairo
You have two summer jobs; dog walking and babysitting. Dog walking pays $15 per hour, and babysitting pays $10 per hour. Next week you can work a maximum of 20 hours, and you need to earn at least $150.
Write a system of inequalities to model this situation.
x+y <= 20
15x+10x >= 150
A boy has as many sister as brothers, but each sister has twice as many brothers as sisters. How many boys and girls are in the family?
4 boys and 3 girls
Simplify
5x2-(5x-1+x2)-(2x2-6x)
2x2+x+1
Find the error:
A playground has an area of 2 * (32) * (53) square feet. What is the area of the playground?
2*6*15 = 180 square feet
2*9*125 = 2,250 square feet
What is the capital city of New Zealand?
Wellington
A triangle has two side lengths of 5 and 19. Which of the following could be the perimeter of the triangle? (a) 32 (b) 40 (c) 48 (d) 50
(b) 40
I am a two-digit number. My digits add up to 9. If you reverse my digits the new number is 27 greater than me. What number am I?
36
Simplify
(5a+2)(a)
5a2+2a
Naomi and Douglas each have a baseball card collection. Naomi has two thousand baseball cards in her collection. Douglas has (42)3 baseball cards in his collection. Who has more baseball cards?
Douglas has 4,096 cards
Naomi has more
What is the capital city of Norway?
Oslo
Shauna takes 5 tests. Each worth a maximum of 100 points. Her scores on the first three tests are 76, 94, and 87. In order to average 81 for all five tests, what is the lowest score she could earn on one of the other two tests?
48
A farmer has some chickens and rabbits. All together there are 35 heads and 94 legs.
How many chickens and how many rabbits are there?
23 chickens and 12 rabbits
A circular pond has a radius of x meters. A walking path 5 meters wide surrounds the pond. Find the area of only the walking path. (Fully expand your answer and solve in terms of ㅠ)
10ㅠx+25ㅠ
(6-1)5
1/7,776
What is the capital city of Hungary?
Budapest