Deck 3: Word Problems and Equations

Question 1

An employee earned $12.50 per hour and worked 40 hours. The employer subtracted $56 for income taxes and other necessary deductions. Compute the amount the employee had left to spend.

Answer 1

​$444 left

Question 2

Office Depot sold 28 printer units for $360 each. In addition they sold 71 cartons of paper products at $34.50 each. What was the total sale?

Answer 2

$12,529.50

Question 3

An employee worked 40 hours at $11.25 per hour. Compute the amount of money the employee earned.

Answer 3

$450

Question 4

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.

Question 5

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.

Question 6

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.​

Question 7

A company earned $19,862 in April and $11,072 in May. In June the company lost $3,990. Compute the amount the company earned during the three-month period.

Question 8

A school class is washing cars on Saturday to earn $200 for a charity drive. The students collect a donation of $6.50 for each car they wash. The students have washed 28 cars. How many more dollars do they need to earn to reach their goal?

Question 9

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

Question 10

A company ordered 47 square yards of red carpet, 48 square yards of blue carpet, and 46 square yards of yellow carpet. The carpet cost $20 per square yard including tax. Compute the amount the company paid for the carpeting.

Question 11

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.

Question 12

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.

Question 13

Robert Nelson's second customer bought 11 CD's at $15 and 4 CD's at $11. How much was the total of the second sale?​

Question 14

A bus travels 8 miles on a gallon of gas. The bus used 61 gallons of gas last week. Compute the number of miles the bus traveled.

Question 15

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?

Question 16

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

Question 17

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?

Question 18

Jim is signing up for a new cell phone plan. Plan A costs $45 per month and includes 700 minutes. Plan B costs $70 per month and includes 1500 minutes. Both plans charge 15 cents for each additional minute used. If Jim uses 1200 minutes per month, how much will he save during the first year by choosing plan B?

Question 19

A store owner had 36 carpets and sold 17 of them. Compute the number of carpets the owner had left.​

Question 20

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.​

Question 21

​A customer purchased 3 tablets for $1.25 each, 6 pencils for $0.20 each, and 2 notebooks for $1.35 each. All prices include tax. The customer handed the salesperson a ten-dollar bill. Compute the amount of change the customer should have received.

Question 22

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?

Question 23

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

Question 24

Bob and Mary start traveling toward each other from 600 miles apart. Bob is traveling at 45 miles per hour; Mary at 55 miles per hour. Compute the time elapsed before they meet.

Question 25

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

Question 26

What is the next number in the following series: 2, 6, 7, 11, ?

Question 27

A company had November and December sales last year of $45,000 and $55,000, respectively, and November sales this year of $30,000. Compute the amount needed to be sold in December to equal last year's November and December sales.

Question 28

​What is the next number in the following series: 5, 15, 45, 135, ?

Question 29

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.

Question 30

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.

Question 31

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

Question 32

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

Question 33

​Bob and Mary start traveling toward each other from 480 miles apart, each moving at the same speed. They meet after four hours. How fast were they each traveling?

Question 34

​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.

Question 35

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

Question 36

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

Question 37

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.

Question 38

The total cost of 5 identical items is $26.75. Compute the cost of one of these items.

Question 39

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.

Question 40

What is the next number in the following series: 4, 16, 64, 256, ?

Question 41

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.)

Question 42

Compute the cost of 4 pencils at $3.99 each.

Question 43

3 tickets at $5 each = 30 tickets at ____ each

Question 44

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

Question 45

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

Question 46

Compute the cost of 6 items at $2.99 each.

Question 47

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

Question 48

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