Jasmine had a piece of wood that was inches long. She cut off one piece that was 12 inches long, and cut the remaining section intotwo pieces of equal length. If 87 3/4inch of wood was wasted making the two cuts, how long, in inches, were each of the two equal pieces?
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What is the maximum area, in square feet, that can be enclosed?
Which of the following graphs shows the number of pages yet to be duplicated in that print job as time goes by if the copying machine is not working?
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A team set a goal of winning 70 percent of the 40 games it would play. Of the first 10 games the team played, it won only 4.
How many of the REMAINING games must the team win to reach its original goal?
The employees of a company can choose from the following types of medical coverage:4/5individual, family, and none. There are 600 employees, and of them have family medical coverage.
How many of the employees have family medical coverage?
An irrigation system for a small farm uses 750 gallons of water per hour. The system was turned on for 5 consecutive days for the following numbers of hours: 4.5, 8, 6.5, 2.5, and 8. What was the mean (average) number of gallons of water used daily by the irrigation system during those 5 days?
The members sold 120 candy bars. Each candy bar was sold for the same price.
What was the charge for one candy bar?
The base and sides of the roof of an A-frame structure are all 30 feet long. A front view of the structure is shown in the diagram below.
What is the approximate height (h), in feet, of the structure?
Louise is raising money for a charity fund by participating in a walk-a-thon. Each of her 30 co-workers has pledged $0.25 for each mile she walks.
If Louise walks the entire 20-mile route, which of the following expressions represents the total amount, in dollars, she will raise for the charity fund?
What is the cost of 10 small boxes?
A vegetable garden is divided into areas for growing different vegetables. The layout of the garden is shown in the diagram at the left.
How much GREATER, in square feet, is the area for growing beans than the area for growing squash?
Which of the following functions represents the depth of water (d) in the tank in terms of the number of hours (t) after the refilling began?
At a recent dog show, 200 dog owners responded to a questionnaire asking if their dogs had won gold or silver ribbons. Of those who responded, 120 owners reported that their dogs had won only silver medals, 10 reported winning only gold medals, and 40 reported winning neither.
How many owners reported winning BOTH gold and silver medals?
How much MORE would it cost to rent 6 videos per month under Plan D than to rent 6 videos per month under Plan C?
Potatoes can be purchased in 10-kilogram bags for $14 or loosely for $2 per kilogram. Harry bought one 10-kilogram bag of potatoes and 3 kilograms of loose potatoes.
Which of the following expressions equals the average price per kilogram, in dollars, for the potatoes Harry bought?
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If x = 5 and y = 2x + 2, what is the value of y ?
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The number of appliances sold per day for one week in a department store is shown in the table below.
What was the mean (average) number of appliances sold per day?
What is the volume, in cubic meters, of a railway boxcar that is 10 meters long,2 meters wide, and 3 meters high?
The style of fencing that Kyle has chosen requires 15 feet of wood for every 3 feet of fencing. How many feet of wood will he need?
Bacteria infected 3/5 of the 300 trees in a forest. How many of the trees were infected with the bacteria?
If bicyclist B were to travel at his same rate of speed for 10 hours, how many miles would he travel?
A club wanted to double its membership. It recruited 6 new members, but that was 10 short of the club’s goal. How many members were in the club before the new members joined?
To convert Celsius temperature to Fahrenheit temperature, the following procedure is used:
Multiply Celsius degrees by 9, divide by 5, then add 32.
If a temperature reading is 40° Celsius, what is the equivalent temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?
Point C (not shown) is the reflection of point B in the y-axis. Point D is the reflection of point C in the x-axis. What is the location of point D?
Boxes for shipping telephones can contain a maximum of 18 phones. What is the FEWEST number of boxes needed to ship an order for 110 phones?
The values of which two investments changed at the same rate?
For the weekend sale, a department store reduced the price of all merchandise by 15% of the list price. What is the sale price of a pair of running shoes whose list price is $72.00?
Marta wants to hire Byron to refloor a 10-foot by 12-foot rectangular room. How much would Byron charge to do the job?
Dan is 2 years younger than Amy, and the sum of their ages is less than 20. Which of the following is a correct statement about Amy's and Dan's ages? (Let A = Amy's age.)
Fran works 6 hours each day and Karen works 8 hours each day. Fran makes $2 more per hour than Karen. How many days must Karen work to earn $240?
What is the location of the point where the line intersects the y-axis?
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Hattie, the manager of Speedy Burgers, wants to know the average amount of time it takes customers to order once they reach the counter. Hattie recorded these ordering times in seconds:45, 52, 64, 87, 56, 21, 34, 49, 55, 29, 36. What was the mean (average) time in seconds it took customers to order?
A computer chip is designed to be 3.2 cm long, but the actual manufactured length can be up to 0.015 cm larger or smaller than the designed length. Which of the following lengths, in centimeters, of manufactured chips would be acceptable?
What is the DIFFERENCE, in feet above ground, between the height of the rocket at 8 seconds and its height at 2 seconds?
If x = 7 and y = 3x + 2, what is the value of y?
Robert’s car averages 32 miles to the gallon in highway driving. Approximately how many gallons of gas should he expect to use for a trip of 220 miles?
Ben has a net (after-tax) monthly income of $1200. He has budgeted part of that money for the expenses listed in the table below.
Approximately what percent of Ben’s net monthly income has he budgeted for expenses related to his car?
At Gray’s Garden Shop, flowering plants are sold in trays of 12 for $19 or separately for $2 each. George bought one tray of 12 plants and 6 individual plants.
Which of the following expressions equals the average price, in dollars, of the plants George bought?
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Gustavo bought 20 glasses for $1.50 each and had to pay an 8% sales tax. Because he was sending them to a friend, he also had the glasses securely packed for an additional charge (not taxed) of $6.95.
What was the total amount Gustavo paid for the glasses and packing?
Maria treated Carla to breakfast at the local diner. Maria’s breakfast cost $5.99, and Carla’s cost $3.59. Maria left a $2.00 tip at the table and then paid for the two breakfasts at the register with a $20 bill.
How much change should Maria receive?
A map has a scale of 1 centimeter for 45 kilometers. If the real distance between 2 towns is 810 kilometers, how many centimeters long must a line segment be to represent the distance on the map?
The remainder of a bolt of fabric, 971/2 inches long, is to be cut into 3 pieces. One piece is to be 22 inches long, and the other two are to be of equal length. What will be the length, in inches, of each of the two equal pieces?
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Avery charges a fixed amount for a house call plus an hourly fee of $12.50 for repairing televisions. His bill for repairing a television in a customer’s home was $62.00.
If Avery worked 4 hours, what was the fixed amount he charged for the house call?
A painter uses the formula C = 20h + 20c to determine how much he should charge a customer in dollars if a job takes h hours and c cans of paint. How much should the painter charge if it took 15 hours and 3 cans of paint to paint a house?