Exam 3: Word Problems and Equations

A customer purchased 3 items at $4.75 each and gave the clerk a twenty-dollar bill. How much change should the customer have received?

Bob and Mary start traveling toward each other from 825 miles apart. Bob is traveling at 35 miles per hour and Mary at 40 miles per hour. Compute the distance Bob will travel before they meet.

A store owner wanted to give each of her 20 employees an equal share of a special bonus fund containing $6,716. Compute the amount of bonus money each employee received.

​What is the next number in the following series: 6, 4, 8, 6, 12, 10, ?

An airplane flew 2,720 miles the first day, 2,740 miles the second day, and 2,980 miles the third day. Compute the number of miles the airplane flew in the three days.​

​Bob and Mary start traveling toward each other from 1,050 miles apart. Bob is traveling at 24 miles per hour; Mary at 26 miles per hour. Compute the time elapsed before they meet.

A trucking company had 3 trucks. The first truck traveled 790 miles, the second truck traveled 830 miles, and the third truck traveled 948 miles. Each truck traveled 12 miles on a gallon of gas. Gas cost $3.80 per gallon. Compute the amount the trucking company spent on gas.

Robert Nelson sold 20 iPods at $20 each and 3 CD's at $15 each. How much was the total sale?