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100

A bookstore was selling 5 books for $27.25. Find the unit price.

$5.45 per book

100

Shirley has enrolled for violin classes. She puts in a total of 14 hours of practice in a day. Find the number of hours spent on practice over a 10 day period.

140 hours

100

At the produce store, you can buy 4 bags of bananas for $22.52. How much would it cost if you were to buy 3 bags?

$16.89 for 3 bags

100

Who is the faster typist?

John = 80 words in 2 minutes

Jessica = 300 words in 6 minutes

Jessica types 50wpm

John Types 40 wpm

Jessica is faster

100

If there are 20 boys and 5 girls, what is the ratio of boys to girls

20:5 or 20/5 or 20 to 5

200

There are 96 customers in 4 checkout lanes.  How many people are there per lane?

24 people per lane

200

A home furnishing store sells 6 chairs for $900. Vivienne buys 2 such chairs for her new home. How much did she spend on the purchase?

$300

200

An ice company charged $3.40 for 4 bags of ice. If a convenience store bought 6 bags of ice, how much would it have cost them?

$5.10 for 6 bags

200

Steve creates a yer for a Christmas yard sale. Printer A took 48 seconds to make 8 copies. Printer B reproduced 7 copies in 49 seconds. Which printer took lesser time to print a card?

Printer A

200

Mai drinks 5 gallons of milk in 6 weeks. How long does it take her to drink 3 gallons of milk?

18/5 or 3 3/5 or 3.6 weeks

300

John received 488 points for defeating 61 enemies in his video game.   How many points did he receive per enemy?  

8 points per enemy 

300

The factory can make 145 toys per hour.  How many toys can they make in 14 hours?

2030 toys

300

How many passengers can travel in 3 trolleybuses, if nine such buses accommodate a total of 288 passengers?

96 passengers

300

Ally visited the theme park with her family. She paid $160 for 5 entry tickets. The following weekend, she booked 15 tickets for $450 to visit the same location along with her friends. For which of the two outings did Ally spend more per ticket?

Family outing

300

If there are 120 books on a shelf. 15 books are historical fiction. 10 are romance. 22 are mystery. The rest are nonfiction. What is the ratio of mystery to nonfiction?

22:73

400

Zara splits 255 candies equally into 51 bags for Halloween. What number of candies does each bag contain?

5 candies per pag

400

The machine can make 45 copies per minute.   How many copies can it make in two hours?

5400 copies

400

Emily organized a working lunch for employees during a training session. If 3 sandwich platters are priced at $93, how much will she be billed for 5 such sandwich platters?

$155

400

The electricity consumption of the Ryan household for the €rst month was 451 kWh that had a billing cycle of 29 days. The following month recorded a consumption of 440 kWh in 28 days. Which month recorded a lesser consumption of electricity?

The first month

400

In a bag of red and green sweets, the ratio of red sweets to green sweets is 3:4. If the bag contains 120 green sweets, how many red sweets are there?

90 red sweets

500

Zach, a dishwasher in a fast food chain scrubs 660 plates in an hour. Calculate the number of plates he washed per minute

11 plates per minute

500

The computer can upload 5 pictures per second.  How many pictures can it upload per hour?

18,000 pictures

500

Jenna checked into a hotel in Athens for a 5-day vacation. If she was charged $495 for her stay, how much will an 8-day stay cost?

$792

500

Henry bought 118 oz of dried gs for $36.58 from a wholesale store. Karen picked a 7 oz pack of dried gs for $2.73. Who clinched the better buy?

Henry

500

Tyler paid $65 for 4 tickets. At this rate, how much would he pay for 13 tickets?

$211.25