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100
Penelope went to the store to by a lovely present for her mom's birthday. When she arrived at the store, she was happy to see that there was a sale, 70% off the entire store!! If she bought her mom a gift for $73.95, how much off would be taken from the original price?
51.77 rounded up or 51.76 not rounded
100
You have a restaurant bill of $7.33. How much would you pay for tax if tax is 10%?
$0.73
100
A building casts a 103-foot shadow at the same time that a 32-foot flagpole casts as 34.5-foot shadow. How tall is the building?
95.5 ft
100
An automobile travels 176 miles on 8 gallons of gasoline. How far can it go on a tankful of gasoline if the tank holds 14 gallons?
308 miles
100
A traveler comes to a fork in the road which leads to two villages. In one village the people always tell lies, and in the other village the people always tell the truth. The traveler needs to conduct business in the village where everyone tells the truth. A man from one of the villages is standing in the middle of the fork, but there is no indication of which village he is from. The traveler approaches the man and asks him one question. From the villager's answer, he knows which road to follow. What did the traveler ask?
The traveler asked "which road goes to your village". He would them take the road the villager pointed to because a truthful person would point towards the truthful village, and the liar would also point to the truthful village since he is a liar and, therefore, could not point to his own village.
200
I received a coupon in the mail today that said 20% off my next hair cut. If the original price of a haircut is $60. How much would I pay to get a brand new do with the coupon? (before tax)
$48
200
You go to get your hair cut. Your hair cut total came to $30. It is appropriate to tip your stylist about 20%. How much money would you tip your stylist?
$6
200
A tree casts a shadow 7.5 ft long at the same time that a woman 5 ft tall casts a shadow 3 ft long. How tall is the tree?
12.5 ft
200
Natasha wants to enlarge one of her favorite pictures. She takes her pictures to a store that has a photo enlarger. The dimensions of her original picture are 8 inches by 10 inches If the she enters 120% into the enlarger, what will be the new dimensions of Natasha’s picture?
9.6 by 12
200
Name four days of the week that start with the letter "t"?
Tuesday, Thursday, Today, Tomorrow
300
The latest, most awesome game just came out, and game stop is selling it at a discounted price of 30% off the original price. If the original price is $54.99 and I buy the game in Chicago with a sales tax of 10%, how much would I need to save up to buy the game tax and all?
$42.34
300
Your sister gets her nails done. She pays $50 for the service. Tip is 20%. Tax is 10%. How much money does she need to pay for her nails?
$65
300
A 2 ft tall globe standing next to a baby giraffe casts a 3 ft shadow. If the baby giraffe casts a shadow that is 12 ft long then how tall is it?
8 ft
300
The scale of a map of Tennessee is 1 inch: 25 miles. If you measure the distance from from Nashville to Knoxville as 7.2 inches, approximately how far is Nashville from Knoxville?
180 miles
300
Suppose there is only one barber shop in your town, and it employs two barbers. One of the barbers has a nice, neatly trimmed head of hair. The other's hair is a complete mess. Which of the two barbers should you go to and why?
Since there are only two barbers in town, it is safe to assume they cut each others hair. This being the case, you should sit down with the barber with the messy hair.
400
I went to the grocery store and bought eggs for $3, bread for $4, a steak for $14, and milk for $4. I used a coupon for 25% off of the entire purchase. If I bought all this stuff in Chicago with 10% tax, how much would I owe the grocery store for my entire purchase?
$20.63
400
Your server is terrible. He didn't get your order right. He never brought silverware to eat your pasta with. Your food was cold, and when you told his your pop tasted flat, he just said, that's strange and walked away. Your total came to $11.95. Between 15%-20% tax added, how much would you pay for your meal?
$13.74
400
A 8 ft tall tent standing next to a bird bath casts a 18 ft shadow. If the bird bath is 4 ft tall then how long is its shadow?
9 ft long
400
A picture measuring 3.5 ft high by 5 ft wide is to be enlarged so that the width is now 9 inches. How tall will the picture be?
6.3 ft high
400
What would you be sure to find in the middle of Toronto?
An "O" in torOnto
500
Macy's is having a sale: 20% off any pair of shoes purchased. They also have an additional deal. If you open up a Macy's credit card today, you get 15% off your entire sale. You buy a pair of jeans for $89, a new coat for $200, and a pair of boots for winter at a price of $70. You love the idea of getting an addition 15% off your purchase, so you open a credit card. How much is your purchase with all of the items combine, tax at 10%, and both of your discounts added?
$322.58 rounded up
500
You go out to dinner with your friends. The bill comes back and looks something like this. chicken sandwich $8 fries $3 bacon burger $6 soda $2 soup $2 Subtotal: $19 Total: $ 20.90 You ordered the chicken sandwich and the soup and don't want to pay more than your fair share. You are going to add 20% tip for your wonderful waitress. How much money are you using for your meal, tax (10%), and tip(20%)?
$13
500
Standing next to each other, a woman who is 70 inches tall and her son cast shadows that are 47 inches and 33 inches, respectively. What is the height of the son, to the nearest inch?
49 inches
500
Tatenda has a chocolate chip cookie recipe that uses 2 cups of sugar for 6 dozen cookies. How much sugar will he need if he only wants to make 36 cookies?
1.2 cups
500
In the dark! In the basement there are 3 light switches in the "off position." Each switch controls one of three light bulbs on the floor above. You may turn on any of the switches, but you may only go up stairs one time to see which light(s) were affected. How can you determine which switch controls each particular light bulb?
Turn any one switch to the "on" position for 5 minutes. Then turn that switch "off" and quickly turn on one of the other two switches to the "on" position. Then run upstairs and touch the two lights that are "off." One of them will be "hot" because it was turned on for 5 minutes. Obviously the "hot" bulb is controlled by the first switch you turned "on". The light that is currently "on" is controlled by the switch you last turned "on". The "cold" bulb that is "off" is controlled by the only switch left.