Leaving on a Jet Plane
During a normal day, there are 280 planes taking off from the airport, but the airport is a lot busier during Christmas. During the Christmas holidays, about 336 planes take off every day from the airport.
On average, each plane takes 240 passengers and 12 tons of cargo. How many passengers depart from the airport every hour during the Christmas holidays?
28 x 240 = 6,720 6,720 passengers depart from the airport every hour.
A stadium has 10,500 seats and 8 VIP boxes. The stadium is divided into 12 equal sections: 2 premium sections and 10 standard sections. A seat at the premium section costs $48 per game. A seat at the standard section costs $27 per game.
If all the seats in the premium section are sold out for a game, how much will the stadium get from those ticket sales?
875 x 2 x 48 = 84,000
A library has 3,489 non-fiction books, 8,617 fiction books and 1,240 reference books.
All books, except the reference books, are available for loan. How many books are available for loan?
3,489 + 8,617 = 12,106
A fitness center has a swimming pool and a gym. There are 3,924 members in the fitness club. There are two kinds of membership: regular and VIP. Each regular member pays $25 per month and each VIP member pays $480 per year.
There are 2,915 regular members. How many VIP members are there?
3,924 – 2,915 = 1,009
During a normal day, there are 280 planes taking off from the airport, but the airport is a lot busier during Christmas. During the Christmas holidays, about 336 planes take off every day from the airport.
Compared with a normal day, how many more passengers depart from the airport in a day during the Christmas holidays?
(336 – 280) x 240 = 13,440
A stadium has 10,500 seats and 8 VIP boxes. The stadium is divided into 12 equal sections: 2 premium sections and 10 standard sections. A seat at the premium section costs $48 per game. A seat at the standard section costs $27 per game.
There are 50 games in each season. A season pass costs $2,040. A season pass holder can go to all the games and have a seat in the premium section. How much can a fan save by buying the season pass?
50 x 48 – 2,040 = 360
A library has 3,489 non-fiction books, 8,617 fiction books and 1,240 reference books.
Reference books are for use in the library. There are 16 bookshelves for the reference books. After use, they need to be returned to a special collection box for shelving. If 128 reference books are in use and 84 reference books are in the collection box, how many reference books are on the shelf?
1,240 – 128 – 84 = 1,028
A fitness center has a swimming pool and a gym. There are 3,924 members in the fitness club. There are two kinds of membership: regular and VIP. Each regular member pays $25 per month and each VIP member pays $480 per year.
How much in membership fees does the fitness center receive from the regular members each month?
2,915 x 25 = 72,875
During a normal day, there are 782 passengers in average that are late for their plane each day. However, during the Christmas holidays, there are 1,835 passengers that are late for their planes each day which caused delays of 14 planes. How many more passengers are late for their planes in each day during the Christmas holidays?
1,835 – 782 = 1,053 passengers
A stadium has 10,500 seats and 8 VIP boxes. The stadium is divided into 12 equal sections: 2 premium sections and 10 standard sections. A seat at the premium section costs $48 per game. A seat at the standard section costs $27 per game.
For the night game on Tuesday, 8,395 tickets were sold. How many tickets were left?
10,500 – 8,395 = 2,105
A library has 3,489 non-fiction books, 8,617 fiction books and 1,240 reference books.
Each patron can borrow up to 6 books. If all the patrons are currently holding on to 6 books each, how many books are left in the library?
3,489 + 8,617 + 1,240 – 564 x 6 = 9,962
A fitness center has a swimming pool and a gym. There are 3,924 members in the fitness club. There are two kinds of membership: regular and VIP. Each regular member pays $25 per month and each VIP member pays $480 per year.
How much more does a VIP member pay than a regular member over a year for the fitness center membership?
480 – 25 x 12 = 180
Write an equation using “𝑥” and then solve the equation. On the New Year Eve, there were 7,580 tons of cargo loaded in the morning. In the afternoon, there were 𝑥 tons of cargos. The total weight of cargos loaded on the day weighed 12,997 tons.
7,580 + 𝑥 = 12,997 𝑥 = 5,417
A stadium has 10,500 seats and 8 VIP boxes. The stadium is divided into 12 equal sections: 2 premium sections and 10 standard sections. A seat at the premium section costs $48 per game. A seat at the standard section costs $27 per game.
How many seats are there in each section?
10,500 ÷ 12 = 875
A library has 3,489 non-fiction books, 8,617 fiction books and 1,240 reference books.
Each patron can borrow the books for 2 weeks and renew the loan twice. What is the maximum number of days can a patron keep the books he borrowed from the library?
2 x 3 x 7 = 42
The lifeguard on duty gets 10 minutes of breaks for every 2 hours he works. How much break time does the lifeguard get during a 6-hour shift?
6 ÷ 2 x 10 = 30