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The yard care staff can mow 45 lawns in a 10-hour workday. Each of the 9 workers can mow the same number of lawns per hour. How many lawns can 1 worker mow per hour?

• 0.5 lawns per hour

• 1.1 lawns per hour

• 4.5 lawns per hour

• 5.0 lawns per hour

A car travels 304 miles on 16 gallons of gas. How far can the car go on 5 gallons?

• 3.2 miles

• 60.8 miles

• 80 miles

• 95 miles

Abby earns $48 for babysitting for 6 hours. At that rate, how many hours will it take her to earn $72?

Lupita bought 7 pounds of pretzels at a local wholesaler for $16.80. Her friend Charles bought 5 pounds of pretzels at the supermarket for $12.75. How much would Charles have spent if he purchased the same amount of pretzels as Lupita?

Betty can mow 4 lawns in 4.4 hours, and Jemma can mow 6 lawns in 5.4 hours. Which sentence describes the difference between the amount of time it will take each girl to mow 7 lawns?

• Betty will take 1.10 hours less than Jemma.

• Jemma will take 1.40 hours less than Betty.

• Betty will take 0.02 hours less than Jemma.

• Jemma will take 0.90 hors less than Betty.

A moving company has one large truck for furniture and one small truck for boxes. During one move, it took the large truck 4 hours to travel 180 miles. It took the small truck 3 hours to make the same trip. How much faster did the small truck travel in miles per hour?

Two shoppers bought meat at a supermarket deli. The first shopper bought 3 pounds of meat for $9.87. The second shopper bought 4 pounds of a meat that cost $1 more per pound than the meat the first shopper bought. How much did the second shopper pay?

Johnny drove 248 miles in 4 hours. If he continues driving at the same speed, how many miles will Johnny drive in 6 hours?

Blueberries at a farmers' market cost $18 for 6 pounds. Jerome pays $24.75 for blueberries to make pies. How many pounds of blueberries did he buy?

Kiaya bought 4 packs of socks for $36. How many packs of socks can she buy for $54?