03
2009
PROBLEM SOLVING 4!!!!!!!!?
1.) Chicago, Illinios and New York, New York are 720 miles apart. If a driver averaged 60 miles per hour, how long will it take her to drive from Chicago to New York?
9 hours
10 hours
12 hours
13 hours
2.) Gina wants to save money, so she can buy a new bike that costs $200. How much should she deposit into a savings account at 10% annual simple interest in order to have enough money to buy the bike after two years?
(use the formula A = p + prt)
$166.67
$150.00
$168.72
$196.08
3.) evaluate:
$40.00 is what percent of $260.00?
650%
80%
15.4%
23%
4.) Solve the equation for y: 4x + 2y = 10
Remember to simplify completely!
y = (-4x + 10)/2
y = (4x + 10)/2
y = (4x - 10)/2
y = 2x - 5
5.) Solve the equation for t: A = p + prt
t = (A - p)/r
t = (A + p)/pr
t = (A/pr) - r
t = (A - p)/pr
6.) Tim is 3 years older than Mary. Their combined age is 25. How old is Tim?
11
12
13
14
7.) For Problem #6, how old is Mary?
11
10
19
8
8.) At a pet show for cats and dogs, there were 256 entries. The number of dogs is 40 more than the number of cats. How many cats are there at the show?
147
152
125
108
9.) A string measuring 45 inches is cut into three pieces. The first and third piece are the same length. The second piece is 3 inches more than 4 times the first piece. What is the length of the third piece?
22.5 inches
7 inches
8 inches
31 inches
10.) A kite is the shape of a right triangle. If the area of the kite is 9 square feet and it’s base is 3 feet, find the height of the kite?
3 feet
18 feet
6 feet
9 feet
11.) For Matthew’s birthday, his mother made a cake in the shape of a rectangle. The width of the cake is four less than the length. If the perimeter of the cake is 44 inches, find the length of the cake?
9
10
11
13
12.) Angles A and B are supplementary angles because their sum is 180 degrees. The measure of angle A is ten less than 4 times the measure of angle B. Find the measure of angle B.
45 degrees
38 degrees
142 degrees
36 degrees
13.) A shoe store sells their shoes at a price 40% higher than the manufacturer’s price. Find the dollar increase on a pair of shoes with a manufacturer’s price of $35?
$14.00
$8.75
$1.40
None of the above
14.) For Problem #13, what is the sale price for the pair of shoes?
$43.75
$36.40
$48.25
$49.00
15.) A sweater that is originally priced at $55 is marked 20% off. What is the dollar amount taken off the price of the sweater?
$12.75
$1.10
$11.00
$15.00
16.) For Problem #15, what is the new reduced price of the sweater?
$53.90
$44.00
$40.00
$42.25
17.) How many pounds of lima beans that cost 9 cents per pound must be mixed with 2 pounds of corn that costs 6 cents per pound to make a mixture of vegetables that costs 7 cents per pound?
0.5 pounds
1.0 pounds
1.2 pounds
1.4 pounds
18.) Bob and Joe decide to take a walk in the woods. They start at the same point and travel in the same direction. Bob hikes at the rate of 2 miles per hour. Joe hikes at a rate of 4 miles per hour. In how many hours will the hikers be 6 miles apart?
1/2 hour
1 hour
2 hours
3 hours
19.) The art club has saved $315 during the year for it’s annual field trip to the Art Museum. Student tickets cost $8 and non-student tickets cost $11. If the number of students visiting the art museum must be three times the number of non-student chaperones, how many students can visit the museum?
9
27
30
32
20.) A freight train leaves a station travelling a constant speed of 30 miles per hour (mph). A passenger train leaves at the same time and travels in the same direction at a constant speed of 35 mph. In how many hours will the trains be 15 miles apart?
3 hours
4 hours
5 hours
6 hours
You must be joking.
These problems are simple for me but you’ll never learn if you don’t at least try to solve them.
Pick any two for me to solve.
Comments
You must be joking.
These problems are simple for me but you’ll never learn if you don’t at least try to solve them.
Pick any two for me to solve.
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