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If Lynn can type a page in p minutes, what piece of the page can she do in 5
minutes? - ANSWER-5/p
Employees of a discount appliance store receive an additional 20% off of the
lowest price on an item. If an employee purchases a dishwasher during a 15% off
sale, how much will he pay if the dishwasher originally cost $450? - ANSWER-Sale
Price = $450 - 0.15*$450 = $382.50, Employee Price = $382.50 - 0.2*$382.50 =
$306
The sales price of a car is $12,590, which is 20% off the original price. What is the
original price? - ANSWER-$12,590 = Original Price - 0.2*Original Price =
0.8*Original Price, Original Price = $12,590/0.8 = $15,737.50
If Sally can paint a house in 4 hours, and John can paint the same house in 6 hour,
how long will it take for both of them to paint the house together? - ANSWER-2
hours and 24 minutes
Solve the following equation for A : 2A/3 = 8 + 4A - ANSWER--2.4
,If Leah is 6 years older than Sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah, and the total
of their ages is 41. Then how old is Sue? - ANSWER-8
Alfred wants to invest $4,000 at 6% simple interest rate for 5 years. How much
interest will he receive? - ANSWER-$1,200
Jim is able to sell a hand-carved statue for $670 which was a 35% profit over his
cost. How much did the statue originally cost him? - ANSWER-$670 = Cost +
0.35*Cost = 1.35*Cost, Cost = $670/1.35 = $496.30
The city council has decided to add a 0.3% tax on motel and hotel rooms. If a
traveler spends the night in a motel room that costs $55 before taxes, how much
will the city receive in taxes from him? - ANSWER-17 cents
A student receives his grade report from a local community college, but the GPA
is smudged. He took the following classes: a 2 hour credit art, a 3 hour credit
history, a 4 hour credit science course, a 3 hour credit mathematics course, and a
1 hour science lab. He received a "B" in the art class, an "A" in the history class, a
"C" in the science class, a "B" in the mathematics class, and an "A" in the science
lab. What was his GPA if the letter grades are based on a 4 point scale? -
ANSWER-3.0
Grace has 16 jellybeans in her pocket. She has 8 red ones, 4 green ones, and 4
blue ones. What is the minimum number of jellybeans she must take out of her
pocket to ensure that she has one of each color? - ANSWER-13
,If r = 5 z then 15 z = 3 y, then r = - ANSWER-y
If 300 jellybeans cost you x dollars. How many jellybeans can you purchase for 50
cents at the same rate? - ANSWER-150/x
Simon arrived at work at 8:15 A.M. and left work at 10: 30 P.M. If Simon gets paid
by the hour at a rate of $10 and time and ½ for any hours worked over 8 in a day.
How much did Simon get paid? - ANSWER-$173.75
Lee worked 22 hours this week and made $132. If she works 15 hours next week
at the same pay rate, how much will she make? - ANSWER-$90
If 8x + 5x + 2x + 4x = 114, the 5x + 3 = - ANSWER-33
You need to purchase a textbook for nursing school. The book cost $80.00, and
the sales tax where you are purchasing the book is 8.25%. You have $100. How
much change will you receive back? - ANSWER-$13.40
You purchase a car making a down payment of $3,000 and 6 monthly payments of
$225. How much have you paid so far for the car? - ANSWER-$4350
Your supervisor instructs you to purchase 240 pens and 6 staplers for the nurse's
station. Pens are purchased in sets of 6 for $2.35 per pack. Staplers are sold in
sets of 2 for 12.95. How much will purchasing these products cost? - ANSWER-
$132.85
, If y = 3, then y3(y3-y)= - ANSWER-648
If the average of three numbers is V. If one of the numbers is Z and another is Y,
what is the remaining number? - ANSWER-3V- Z - Y
Two cyclists start biking from a trail's start 3 hours apart. The second cyclist
travels at 10 miles per hour and starts 3 hours after the first cyclist who is
traveling at 6 miles per hour. How much time will pass before the second cyclist
catches up with the first from the time the second cyclist started biking? -
ANSWER-4 ½ hours
Jim can fill a pool carrying buckets of water in 30 minutes. Sue can do the same
job in 45 minutes. Tony can do the same job in 1 ½ hours. How quickly can all
three fill the pool together? - ANSWER-15 minutes
Mary is reviewing her algebra quiz. She has determined that one of her solutions
is incorrect. Which one is it? - ANSWER-t - 2t - 3t = 32, t = 8
What simple interest rate will Susan need to secure to make $2,500 in interest on
a $10,000 principal over 5 years? - ANSWER-5%
A study reported that in a random sampling of 100 women over the age of 35
showed that 8 of the women were married 2 or more times. Based on the study
results, how many women in a group of 5,000 women over the age of 35 would
likely be married 2 or more times? - ANSWER-400