Math 4 Success Ch4

Patrick is putting up a fence around all four sides of his back yard. The fence costs $2.25 per foot. His yard is rectangular with dimensions of 150 feet wide and 200 feet long. How much will the fence cost?

Bethany traveled from Fairmont by car to her sister's house in Moorhead. She traveled at an average speed of 52 miles per hour. She left at 10:00am and arrived at 4:00pm. How many miles did she travel?

Joey worked 40 hours and was paid $356.00. His friend Pete worked 38 hours at $8.70 per hour. Who was paid more per hour?

Eighty percent of eighth graders attended the end-of-the-year class picnic. There are 160 eighth graders and 54% of them ride the bus to school each day. How many students went to the class picnic?

Elaina wanted to make 10 cakes for the band bake sale. She needed $1\ \frac{3}{4}$  cups of flour and  $2\ \frac{1}{4}$  cups of sugar for each cake.  How many cups of flour did she need?

Elena's 250 chickens laid 314 eggs in the last 2 days. How many egg cartons holding one dozen eggs would be needed to hold all the eggs?

The homeless shelter is distributing 250 sandwiches per day to hungry guests. It takes one foot of plastic wrap to wrap each sandwich. There are 150 feet of plastic wrap per box. How many boxes will Mary need to buy to have enough plastic wrap for the week?

Vic sold 45 raffle tickets. His brother sold twice as many. How many tickets did they sell together?

Omar bought a pair of shoes for $51, a tie for $18, and a new belt for $23. If the sales tax is 8%, how much sales tax did he pay?

Jan set her speed control at 55 miles per hour and drove for 165 miles. HOw many hours did she drive?