GEOMETRY
Consumer Math
WORD PROBLEMS
ALGEBRA 1
MIXED
100

What is the perimeter of a square that has an area of 25?

20

100

Adam went to Target and bought items for $45.05, $9.29, and $0.89. 

How much did these three items cost together?

$45.05 + $9.29 + $0.89 = $55.23

100

What are the four Math operations? 

Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division

100

x + 19 = 56

What is the value of x? 

37

100

How many possible outcomes are there if you flip a two-sided coin 3 times? 

2 x 2 x 2 = 8 

Each flip can give you either a head or tail

200

What is the area of a rectangle if the width is 8 inches and the length is 2 inches longer than the width? 

area = length x width 

length = 8 

width = 10 

area = 8 x 10 = 80 square inches 


200

Renee spent $15.50 on Amazon.com today, and Alex spent $9.69. 

How much more did Renee spend than Alex?

$15.50 - $9.69 = $5.81

200

If 65 employees evenly distribute and share 240 pens, how many pens will each employee get?

How many pens are left over?

Each employee will get 3 pens. 

There will be 45 pens leftover. 

200

8x = 72

What is the value of x?

9

200

Job A offers me an hourly rate of 18.20 an hour for 6 hours per day. Job B offers me an hourly rate of $15 an hour for 8 hours per day. Which job pays more per day?

Job A pays $109.20 per day. Job B pays $120 per day. 

Job B

300

A girl is 4 ft tall and casts a shadow of 12 feet at a certain time of the day. At that exact same time, a tree casts a shadow of 78 ft, how tall is the tree? 

26 feet

300

Raul earns $825 per week. 

How much does he earn in a year (52 weeks)?

$825 x 52 = 42,900

300

I made a pitcher of lemonade. My sister drank 6 ounces, my brother drank twice as much as my sister, and my mom drank half as much as my sister. There are 48 ounces of lemonade left. How lunch lemonade, in ounces, did I make originally?

69 ounces 

300

Simplify 2x + 3(x - 4) - 10 

5x - 22

300

Three fair coins are tossed at the same time. 

What is the probability that all three coins will come up heads OR all will come up tails?

1/4. 

1/8 (all heads) + 1/8 (all tails) = 1/4.

400

What is the area of a rectangle if the length is 4ft and the width is 2 feet longer than the length?

area = length x width 

length = 4 

width = 4 + 2 = 6 

Area = 4 x 6 = 24 

400

Richard earned $62,000 in 2017. 

How much did he earn per week? (52 weeks in a year)

62,000 ÷ 52 = $1,192.31 (rounded up)

400

Students want to raise $400 for a fundraiser, if they sell bags of cookies for $5, how many bags of cookies would they have to sell to meet their goal?

80

400

If x = 8 and 

x - z = 7

x + y = 3

z - y = 6

What is the value of y and z? 

z = 1 

y = -5

400

Solve for x 

3x - 4 = -19 

x = -5

500

What is the perimeter of an octagon if all sides are equal and they measure 4.5 inches long?


36 inches 

500

Lydia is making $1,865 per month as a waitress right now, and her total monthly living expenses with two roommates are $1,575. How much can Lydia put into her savings account each month?

$1,865 - $1,575 = $290

500

Fruit for a dessert costs $1.20 a pound. If 5 pounds of fruit make a dessert for 18 people, what is the cost of the fruit needed to make enough of the same dessert to serve 24 people?

$8.00. 

If 5lbs of fruit serve 18 people, then 5/18lbs serves 1 person, so 24 x 5/18 = 20/3lbs. Since the fruit costs $1.20 a pound, the cost of the fruit needed to serve 24 people is 20/3 x $1.20 = $8.00.

500

If b < 5 and b > -2, what are the possible value of b? 

Since b is an integer, b may be equal to any of the following: -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4.

500

x, 7, 11, 15, y, 23...

What is y - x equal to? 

x = 3 

y = 19 

y - x = 19 - 3 = 16

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