From 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM it rained 2.25 inches. At 11:00 AM the rain increased to fall at a rate of 1.25 in.

every two hours. How many inches of rain landed on the ground y 5:00 !M"

#he owner of a ho y store needed to calculate the $ercentage of customers who $urchase wood glue. %$on com$leting his survey& he noticed that '0( of the $eo$le that entered his store $urchased an item. )f those customers& 15 $ercent $urchased wood glue. *hat $ercent of the $eo$le that entered the store $urchased wood glue" Ans: +( ,f 1-. / 0.5. then 1-1.223 / Ans: 7-1' A store owner is $ac4ing small radios into larger o.es that measure 25 in. y 52 in. y '0 in. ,f the measurement of each radio is 7 in. y ' in. y 5 in.& then how many radios can e $laced in the o." Ans: 000 Fran4 is 15 years younger then 6ohn. ,n 5 years 6ohn will Fran4. How old will Fran4 e in four years" Ans: 15 A store owner decided to raise the $rice of a $articular item )f the following which is 7)# the new $rice" Ans: 857.00 ,n a certain de$artment store& which has four si9es of a s$ecific shirt& there are 1-0 as many small shirts as medium shirts& and 1-2 as many large shirts as small shirts. ,f there are as many .:large shirts as large shirts& what $ercent of the shirts in the store are medium" y e.actly 10(. e twice as old as

Ans: 60%
A car averages 55 m$h for the first 5 hours of a tri$ and averages 70 m$h for each additional hour. #he average s$eed for the entire tri$ was '0 m$h. How many hours long is the tri$" 6

8 11 12 14 Explanation of Answer: Start with the equation (55(4) + 70x) / 4+x = 60 = (220 + 70x) / 4+x = 60 Multiply oth !i"e! y 4+x 220 + 70x = 240 + 60x #hi$h %i&e! you 10x = 20' !o x = 2( )"" thi! to the 4 hour! an" you ha&e 6(

,f the tic4et sales s for a com$any increases 25( from standard sales to '0 tic4ets sold& then '0 : s /: *ou +now that !ale! s , 1(25 = 60( -here.ore s = 60 / 1(25 or s = 48( 60 / 48 = 12