1. You need about 1 hours to set up a computer workstation. At this rate, how many hours should it take you to set up 7 of these workstations?
2. As a bowling instructor, you calculate your students' averages during tournaments. In 5 games, one bowler had the following scores: 143, 156, 172, 133, and 167. What was that bowler's average?
3. A grocer takes delivery of beverages from your truck at $6 per case. You unloaded 53 cases for the grocer today. How much does the grocer owe you?
4. At Appliance City you sold a refrigerator to a customer for $369.00. Appliance City advertises that if a customer finds the same refrigerator anywhere else for a lower price you will give them a refund equal to 150% of the price difference. A customer arrives with a Kitchen Stuff Inc. ad that shows the same refrigerator for $335.00. After giving the advertised refund to the customer, what is the customer's final cost?
5. To complete bookshelves, a customer at your store needs to purchase vertical brackets to attach to the wall. Thecustomer wants the shelving to be 9 feet high and 10 feet long. The wall brackets come in 48-inch and 60-inch sections. The 48-inch sections cost $12.95; the 60-inch sections cost $16.95. The brackets should be 1 foot from each end and no more than 24 inches apart. What will be the total cost of the brackets, before tax?
6. To make curtains for a living room window for a customer, you will need three pieces of fabric in the following lengths: 3 feet, 3 feet, and 5 feet. What is the total length of fabric you will need?
7. At the metal-casting company where you work, you must set up a conveyor system to move castings from the furnace to the heat treatment area 55 yards away. The castings cool at the rate of 0.3F (degrees Fahrenheit) per second and must not be allowed to cool more than 7F before being heat treated. What is the minimum speed, in feet per second, that the conveyor must move?
8. Your truck gets 8 miles per gallon of gasoline, so you chose the shortest route from your house to the jobs and then back home, as shown below. If gas costs $1.52 per gallon, what was the total cost of the gas that you used today?
9. In your job as a cashier, a customer gives you a $20 bill to pay for a can of coffee that costs $3.84. How much change should you give back?
10. Your client has saved $1,860 for a down payment on a house. A government loan program requires a down payment equal to 3% of the loan amount.What is the largest loan amount that your client could receive with this program?
11. You have to order fencing for a 25-acre, rectangular field. One side of the field measures exactly mile. How many yards of fencing will you need to enclose the field completely?
12. The price of a shampoo, cut, and style at the hairstyling salon where you work is $18.00. You generally get a 20% tip from each customer, and the salon owner pays you of each job's cost. On a typical day, you give shampoos, cuts, and styles to 8 customers. About how much can you expect to earn for yourself on such a day?
13. You are scheduling a new delivery route and you need to find out how long it will take a driver to complete the route. You start the route at 9:50 A.M. and completed at 2:05 P.M. How long does it take to drive the route?
14. You need to pump water out of a flooded basement, using two 50-gallon-per-minute (gpm) pumps. The basementhas the dimensions shown and is flooded to a depth of 16 inches. How long will it take to pump the water out of the basement?