Fractions
Last year Jonathan was 59 8/5 inches tall. This year he is 64 8/3 inches tall. How many inches did he grow?
6 1/15 inches
Many purchased her motorcycle for $5,875.98 and sold it for $7,777.77. What was her profit?
$1,901.79
A pair of pants cost $24. If the cost is reduced by 8%, what is the new cost of the pants?
$22.08
The product of −5 and a number is 35. What is the number?
-7
A racquetball court is 40 ft by 20 ft. What is the area of the court?
800 square feet
Joe walked 2 3/4 miles to the park on Saturday. On Sunday, he walked 1 1/2 miles to the library and 1 5/8 miles to his friend's house. How many miles did Joe walk this weekend?
5 7/8 miles
Mike, Dan, Ed, and Steve played baseball together. Mike's batting average was 0.349, Dan's was 0.2, Ed's was 0.35, and Steve's was 0.299. Who had the highest batting average?
Ed
Cory purchased a frying pan that was on sale for 30% off. If she saved $15.75, what was the original price of the frying pan?
$52.50
Ten is increased by four times the quantity of eight minus three. One is then added to that result. What is the final answer?
31
Allan is mowing a rectangular school soccer field that is 180 ft wide and 330 ft long. His mower cuts strips that are 2 feet wide and run the entire length of the field. What is the total area Allan mows after completing 10 passes?
6,600 square feet
The dimensions of a rectangular garden are 4 1/2 yards by 3 yards. How many yards of fence are needed to surround the garden?
15 yards
Katie ran 11.1 miles over the last 3 days. How many miles did she average per day?
3.7 miles
Brian is a real estate agent. He earns a 2.5% commission on each sale. This month he sold houses for $153k, $399k, and $221k. What was Brian's total commission on those sales?
$19,325
Write an expression:
Assume that the number of hours Katie spent practicing soccer is represented by x. Michael practiced 4 hours less than twice the number of hours that Katie practiced. How many hours did Michael practice?
2x - 4
A ladder is leaning against a wall. The bottom of the ladder is 6 feet away from the wall, and the ladder is 10 feet long. How high up the wall does the ladder reach?
8 feet
Allison baked a cake for Josh's birthday; 4/7 of the cake was eaten that day. The next day, Josh ate one third of what was left. How much of the original cake did Josh eat the next day?
1/7
You rent a car and make a trip of 1,700 miles. You paid $256 total in gas at an average of $4.00 per gallon. How many miles per gallon did you average on the trip (round to nearest tenth)?
26.6 miles per gallon
The population of Hamden was 350,000 in 1990. By 2000, the population had decreased to 329,000. What percent of decrease was this?
6%
Breakfast has twice the number of calories as dinner, lunch has 80 fewer calories than dinner, and a snack is 100 calories. If the total number of calories for the day is 1,020, how many calories is breakfast?
500 calories
A circular pool is filling with water. Assuming the water level will be 4 ft deep and the diameter is 20 ft. If pool is full, what is the volume of the water needed to fill the pool? (V=πr2h) (use π=3.14)
1,256 cubic feet
One batch of cookies will provide enough for 3/11 of Beth's Sunday brunch gathering of 44 people. If she bakes five batches of cookies, how many additional people could she feed?
16
A computer depreciates to about 0.85 of its value from the year before. What was the original value, to the nearest cent, of a computer that is worth $650 at the end of four years?
$1,245.20
A pair of shoes originally cost $89.99. The store is offering a 25% discount. After the discount, a 7% sales tax is added. If Sherry pays with a $100 bill, how much change will she receive?
$27.79
The difference between six times the quantity 6x + 1 and three times the quantity x − 1 is 108. What is the value of x?
3
A gift box is 10 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. You want to wrap the entire box with wrapping paper. How much surface area of wrapping paper is needed to completely cover the box? (SA=2(lw+lh+wh)
248 square inches