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Four pounds of apples cost $3.88. What is the price per pound?
$0.97
Protein bars come in a 4-pack or a 12-pack box. The 4-pack costs $7.68 and the 12-pack costs $22.32. Which box is the better value?
The 12 pack box at $1.86 per bar
If you make $102 in 12 hours of work, what do you make per hour?
$8.50
What is 60% as a fraction and decimal (be sure to reduce!)
3/5 and 0.6
On a random Friday in the spring, 88% of students are present at school. If there are 528 students present, then how many total students are enrolled?
600 students
Find the rate if a fitness instructor can do 75 pull-ups in 5 minutes.
15 pull-ups per minute
A car wash uses 50 gallons of water every 40 seconds. How much water does it use per second?
1.25 gallons
Erin walked 12,500 steps in 3 hours. How many steps can he take in one day?
100,000 steps
What is 3/4 as a percent and decimal?
75% and 0.75
Mr. Jemes tell his class of 24 students that when they have completed the assignment, they may read. At the end of class, 40% of the class is reading. How many students still need to complete their assignment?
14 students
Snow fell at a rate of 3/4 of an inch per hour. How much snow fell in a period of 6 hours?
4.5 inches or 4 1/2 inches
A speedboat traveling at a constant speed arrives at its destination in 35 minutes. If it traveled 70 miles, then what was the speedboat's speed?
120 miles per hour
If Brent takes 22,500 steps in 9 hours, and Erin takes 12,500 steps in 3 hours, how many more steps per hour is Erin taking than Brent?
1666.666666 or 1667 steps
23% and 23/100
During rush hour, Jeffery counted that he had to stop at 8 different red lights. He went through a total of 25 intersections. What percent of intersections did he stop at?
32%
Yvonne paid $18.72 for 8 gallons of gas. How much did each gallon cost?
$2.34
Yvonne paid $18.72 for 8 gallons of gas. She then passed by another gas station advertising it for $2.29 per gallon. How much money would she have saved if she had waited and purchased it at the other location?
$0.40
What is 2/3 as a decimal and a percent?
0.66666666 and 67% or 66.7%
In a home run derby competition, there were 32 home runs hit out of 124 hits. Approximately what percent of hit were home runs?
26%
What is 18% as a fraction and a decimal (be sure to reduce!)
9/50 and 0.18
The Richardson family is out to dinner at their favorite restaurant. The bill comes to $28.85. How much money should they leave for the bill AND a 20% tip?
$34.62