Vocabulary
Car Insurance
Yearly Car Cost
How Long Does it Take to Get There?
Travel
100
the amount you pay to have car insurance
What is premium?
100
You have car insurance with a $450 premium every year and a $800 deductible. How much would you pay in a six month period if you did not have an accident?
What is $450/2 = $225
100
Name an operating cost associated with owning a car.
What are fuel, maintenance, and tires?
100
Write "half an hour" as a decimal.
What is 0.5?
100
The formula for finding distance traveled
What is D = RT?
200
the amount of the cost you (the driver) have to pay to repair your car when you are in an accident
What is deductible?
200
You have car insurance with a $600 premium every six months and a $500 deductible. How much would you pay in a six month period if you had an accident that was your fault and cost $150 to repair?
What is $600 + $150 = $750
200
Name two ownership costs associated with owning a car.
What are insurance, license/registration/taxes fees, depreciation, and finance charges?
200
Write three and one quarter hours in terms of hours and minutes.
What is 3 hours and 15 minutes?
200
You are driving for 3 miles at a speed of 55 miles per hour. How far have you traveled?
What is 3(55) = 165 miles?
300
car insurance that covers repairs to your car when you are in an accident that is your fault.
What is collision coverage?
300
You have car insurance with a $800 premium every six months and a $300 deductible How much would you pay in the six month period if you had an accident that was your fault and cost $1000 to repair?
What is $800 + $300 = $1100.
300
List three ways you can decrease the yearly price of gas.
What are drive less, car pool and get a car with better gas mileage.
300
Convert 4 hours 27 minutes to a decimal.
What is 4 + 27/60 = 4.45 hours
300
You are driving from Saugerties to Albany. The distance between the two cities is 45 miles. How long will it take you to make this trip, in terms of hours and minutes, if you travel at 75 miles per hour?
What is 36 minutes? 45 = 75t t = .60 hours .60(60) = 36 minutes
400
car insurance that covers bodily injury as well as property damage to others when you are in an accident that is your fault
What is liability coverage?
400
You have car insurance with a $700 premium every year and a $1500 deductible. How much would you pay in the six month period if you had an accident that was your fault and cost $200 to repair?
What is $700/2 + $200 = $550
400
The operating cost per mile for your vehicle is 14.83 cents. How much is the total operating cost for 15000 miles in terms of $?
What is 14.83/100 = .1483 .1483(15000) = $2225
400
Write five and thirty-seven sixtieths of an hour in hours and minutes and as a decimal to the nearest hundredth.
What is 5 hours and 37 minutes? 5 + 37/60 = 5.62 hours
400
You drove for 3 hours at 45 miles per hour. After stopping to buy some souvenirs in a famous town along the way, you drove for 2 more hours at 65 miles per hour. After eating a quick dinner at a rest stop, you finished your driving with 2 more hours at 65 miles per hour. What was the total distance you travelled?
What is 395 miles? 3(45) = 135 miles 2(65) = 130 miles 2(65) = 130 miles 135 + 130 + 130 = 395 miles
500
car insurance that covers damage from fire, vandalism, natural disasters, etc.
What is comprehensive coverage?
500
You have car insurance with a $120 premium every month and a $500 deductible. How much would you pay in the six month period if you had an accident that cost $3000 to repair?
What is $120(6) + $500 = $1220
500
The operating cost per mile for your vehicle is 22.98 cents. You drive the car for 15,000 miles. The ownership cost per mile for your vehicle is $7,792. What is the total yearly cost for your car?
What is 22.98/100 = .2298 .2298(15000) = $3447 $3447 + $7792 = $11,239
500
You are driving 230 miles at a speed of 60 miles per hour. How long does it take you to make the trip? Round to the nearest minute.
What is 230 = 60t 230/60 = t t = 3.83 hours 3 hours and 50 minutes .83(60) = 49.8
500
Louis is going on a 265 mile trip. To start out, he drove for 2 hours at a rate of 65 miles per hour. After stopping to get gas, he finished the trip traveling at an average of 45 miles per hour due to traffic. How long did the second portion of the trip take?
What is 3 hours? 2(65) = 130 miles 265-130 = 135 miles 135/45 = 3 hours