Exam 8: Math Word Problems

The division of your company that you oversee contains 18 employees whose total salary last year was $855,000. The average salary of all company employees with the same level of responsibility and qualifications is $50,000. Is your department above or below the company average?

Shane's Softball Production Company can produce 12 softballs in an hour. How many softballs can they produce in 14 hours?

A man buys a piece of land at auction which is 256 feet by 10 yards. How many acres did he buy? (There are 43,560 feet in an acre.)

94% of Jim's income last year came from his salary. The rest came from awards his prize winning poodle won in dog shows. If he won $9,600 in dog shows, what was his total income?

Greg's Golf Shop hires teenagers to collect lost golf balls from the city's golf courses. The golf balls are then packaged in boxes of a dozen for reselling. This summer, the workers collected 2,244 golf balls. After repackaging, how many golf balls will be left over?

In July 2009, unemployment in Michigan reached 15%. The number of workers was 4,900,000. Approximately how many were unemployed?

A car that regularly sells for $29,600 has been marked down to $22,100. What is the approximate percentage of the discount?

The wholesale price of a fountain pen is $2.80. What will the new price be if a 5% increase is instituted?

If Martin invests $20,000 for 20 years and his investment earns 20% interest compounding quarterly, what will it be worth at the end of his investment period?

What is the ratio of 8 feet to 28 inches?

What is the maximum number of 2 ½ foot pieces of wire that can be cut from a wire that is 48 feet long?

Every five minutes a baby is born in the Nigindia. How many babies are born in a year?

Jacqueline and Lee are meeting for the weekend somewhere between their cities, which are 420 miles apart. Jacqueline drives 80 mph for the duration of her trip. If they both left home at 10 a.m. and met at 1 p.m., what speed did Lee drive to reach their meeting spot?

Dottie's Chocolates produces boxes of 25 chocolate drops for selling. How many chocolate drops would Dottie need to make to fill 60 boxes?

An 8-year-old boy named Albert has a 10-year-old brother named Benny. Benny joins the service at 20 leaving Albert feeling bitter that he no longer has a brother to look up to. After 7 years, Albert is finally ready to make up with Benny who has been out of the service for 5 years. How old is Albert now?

A small firm allocates 28% of its gross profits into an account for insurance. Last year, the firm's gross profit was $400,000. What amount was deposited into the insurance account?

How long will it take for Ron's $37,353 investment to double if he expects 9% returns?

Betty invested $10,000 at the beginning of the year. At the end of the year, her investment was worth $12,000. Ronnie also invested in the same fund. At the beginning of the year, he invested $15,000. How much will his investment be worth at the end of the year?

Brian is opening a small sporting goods store. After considering her market, she sets her initial sales goal at $32,000 a month. He knows that the rent for his store should be about 8% of sales. Approximately what should he plan to pay for rent, based on the sales figure given?

In initial production of a new video game, it is discovered that the ratio of functional games to defective games is 20 to 1. If 360 games are produced, how many could be expected to be defective?