Story Problems
Tom swwam at a pool each day for 5 days, during one week. The number of people at the pool when he arrived each of those days is shown:
12, 19, 17, 26, 26
What is the mean of the number of people who were at the pool these days?
20
The circumference of a circle is 25.12 inches whats the diameter?
8
James and 3 of his friends threw a party and spent $43.72 on supplies. If they each contribute the same amount, how much did each person spend on the party?
What is $10.93
Shirts are on sale for 30% off. The original price of one shirt is $15. What is the total cost in dollars of 2 shirts at the sale price, including a 7% sales tax?
$22.47
Haley spins a spinner that has 6 equal parts numbered 1 to 6 and flips a regular coin. If she conducts an experiment and spins the spinner and flips the coin 20 times, what's the probability that she will spin a 3 and the coin will land on heads?
5/3 or 1.7
Which expression is equivalent to 12/5x-2?
a. 2(2/5x-1)
b. 2/5(6x-1)
c. 1/5(12x-10)
c. 1/5(12x-10)
The radius of a circle is 5cm. What's the circumference?
31.4cm
If 1/8 of a fence is built in 2/5 of an hour, how much of the fence will be completed in 1 hour?
5/16
Jerry is mowing his lawn. It takes him 1/6 of an hour to mow 3/20 of his yard. What portion of the yard does Jerry mow per hour?
9/10
1/2(x+60)=150
240
Angles ABC and angle CBD are supplementary angles.The measure of angle ABC can be represented by the expression (3x+14), and the measure of angle CBD can be represented by the expression (5x+6). What is the measure in degrees of angle ABC?
74 degrees
Marcus drew a scale drawing of the rewctangular park in his neighborhood. On his drawing, the lengfth of the park is 8 inches and the width is 6 inches. The key on his drawing shows 1 inch = 20 feet. What is the actual area of the park?
19,200 square feet
Simplify this expression: -2(x+4)-3(x+8)=
-5x-15
The radius of a circle is 21m. What's the diameter?
42m
Last month, Karmin made $480 working for 30 hours. This month, she will get a 15% increase in the amount she earns per hour? What will be her hourly rate, in dollars, after the increase?
$18.40
Sam opened a savings account about 6 years ago that earns 1.2% simple interest each year. He started the account with $600 and has not touched it sense. How much would he have in the account now
$643.20
A school's art teacher designs a circular flower bed inside a rectangular sand box.The sand box is 6 feet wide and 10 feet long. How many square feet of sand will be in the sandbopx onc e the sandbed is installed? (The diameter of the flower bed is 6 feet)
28.26 square ft of sand
which expressions is equivalent to 2/3(9x+6)-1/2(8x-4)?
a.2(x+1)
b. 2(x+3)
c. 2x+2
b. 2(x+3)