Exam 3: Word Problems and Equations

What is the total of a purchase of 7 items at $0.99 and 5 items at $1.02?

Last week, a toy manufacturer made the following toys and sold them to a department store at the following prices: 144 dolls at $8 each, 72 drums at $3 each, and 288 train sets at $35 each. The toy manufacturer paid a total of $6,228 for rent, materials, and labor. Compute the amount the toy manufacturer had left after paying all expenses.

7 autos at $10,000 each = 4 trucks at ____ each

Compute the cost of 6 items at $2.99 each.

What is the total of a purchase of 5 items at $1.99 and 6 items at $2.04?

Twenty-five people paid $20 per ticket for a special movie. The twenty-five people spent an additional $170 for food and drinks at the theater. What was the total expenditure?

A customer purchased a pair of shoes for $39.99, a shirt for $19.99, and a belt for $9.99. All prices include tax. The customer gave the sales clerk a one hundred dollar bill. How much change did the customer receive? (Hint: Solve using rounding, then compute the exact amount.)

If a person travels 280 miles in 5 hours, compute the person's miles per hour.

A company purchased a desk for $399, a chair for $139, a lamp for $89, and a table for $79. The store offered a discount of $100 for purchases totaling $400 or more. Compute the amount the company paid for the furniture.

A company purchased 26 desks for $240 each and 18 chairs for $59 each. Compute the total purchase price.

A car travels 18 miles on a gallon of gas. The car used 65 gallons of gas last week. Compute the number of miles the car traveled.

At 45 miles per hour, compute the time it would take to travel a total of 540 miles.

If a person travels 240 miles in 300 minutes, compute the person's miles per hour.

An airplane flew for 80 hours in a week. The airplane used 55 gallons of gas per hour. Compute the number of gallons of gas the airplane used that week.

A company earned $14,500 in January, $7,600 in February, and $11,700 in March. Compute what the company earned in the three months.​

At 19 miles per gallon, compute the number of miles a car would run on 16 gallons of gas.

What is the next number in the following series: 24, 20, 22, 18, 20, 16, ?

A store owner planned to give away $1,200 at Christmas. The owner gave $100 to each of the 4 regular employees and $25 to each of the 3 temporary employees. The remaining money was given to a local charity. Compute the amount the local charity received.

A train leaves San Francisco for Los Angeles at 8 a.m. A second train leaves Los Angeles for San Francisco at 8 a.m. the same day. The distance between the two cities is 400 miles. If each train travels at an average speed of 80 miles per hour, what time will it be when the two trains meet?

Compute the number of miles a person will travel at 65 miles per hour for six hours.