Quiz about Money Word Problems

Question 1

Question 2

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 2

A local bookstore sold 342 copies of a cookbook. The book was on sale for $17.75. How much did the bookstore make on the cookbooks all together?

Accepted Answer

$6070.50

Answer

$607.05

Answer

$60705.00

Answer

$60.70

Question 3

One ticket to a high school football game is $5.50. there are six home games each season. How much would it cost a family of four to attend all of the home games this season?

Accepted Answer

$132.00

Answer

$33.00

Answer

$3.30

Answer

$22.00

Question 4

Harry walks to a produce market to buy bananas. If a pound of bananas costs $0.49, how much will Harry pay for 3 pounds of bananas?

Accepted Answer

$1.47

Answer

$3.49

Answer

$14.70

Answer

$2.51

Question 5

At Anne's Fabric Emporium, a yard of silk fabric costs $7.85. Lee plans to purchase 0.8 yard for a craft project. How much money will Lee spend on silk fabric?

Accepted Answer

$6.28

Answer

$7.05

Answer

$62.80

Answer

$8.65

Question 6

Mary earns $14 per hour. Which equation represents how many hours she worked to earn $112?

Accepted Answer

14h = 112

Answer

14 / h = 112

Answer

h + 14 = 112

Answer

h - 14 = 112

Question 7

A taxi charges $3, plus $1.50 for each mile traveled. Mr. Lewis rode in the taxi from his home to the airport and was charged $30. How many miles does Mr. Lewis live from the airport?

Accepted Answer

18 miles

Answer

20 miles

Answer

22 miles

Question 8

Last Friday Trevon had $29. Over the weekend he received some money for cleaning the attic. He now has $41. How much money did he receive?

Accepted Answer

29 + n = 41

Answer

29 - n = 41

Answer

29 - n = 40

Answer

29 + n = 40

Question 9

Penelope is going to the carnival to ride the rides. It costs $20 to get into the carnival and ride tickets are $0.50 each. Write an equation that represents this scenario if she spends $35 in all.

Accepted Answer

.50x + 20 = 35

Answer

.50x = 35

Answer

.50 + 20x = 35

Answer

.50x - 20 = 35

Question 10

A pet store sold 74 puppies in one week. If each of the puppies cost $60, how much money did the pet store make?

Accepted Answer

$4,440

Answer

$4,432

Answer

$3,810

Answer

$4,810

Question 11

A business earned $45 for one job and $84 for a second job. The money was divided equally among the 3 partners who own the business.

How much money did each partner receive?

Accepted Answer

$43

Answer

$15

Answer

$28

Answer

$129

Question 12

Minimum wage is $10.00 an hour today. This is 250% of what I made at my first job in high school. What was the hourly wage at my first job?

Accepted Answer

$4 an hour

Answer

$2.50 an hour

Answer

$25 an hour

Answer

$14 an hour

Answer

$8 an hour

Question 13

Nancy went to the grocery story. On Monday she purchased 4 apples and 6 bananas for a total of $13. On Wednesday she purchased 3 apples and 7 bananas for a total of $13.50. Which system of equations represents the situation?

Accepted Answer

4x + 6y = 13
3x + 7y = 13.5

Answer

4x + 6y = 3
13.5x - 13y = 6

Answer

x + y = 4
x - y = 6

Answer

4x - 6y = 13
3x - 7y = 13.5

Question 14

The talent show committee sold a total of 530 tickets in advance. Student tickets cost $3 each and the adult tickets cost $4 each. If the total receipts were $1740, which system could be used to find how many of each type of ticket were sold?

Accepted Answer

S + A = 530
3S + 4A = 1740

Answer

S + A = 530
4S + 3A = 1740

Answer

S + A = 1740
3S + 4A = 530

Answer

S + A = 1740
4S + 3A = 530

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