Question: A Farmer has 240 acres under cultivation at the cost $188.99 per acre. If he averages a yield of 60 bushel per acre, what profit is expected if the price per bushel is $5.67

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Sarah ran a 24 mile race. She ran 6 miles in 1.6 hours, 6 miles in 1.2 hours, 6 miles in 1.3 hours 6 miles in1.5 hours. How long did it take her to finish the race?

Answer: 5 ½ hrs

Question: An office worker mails 25 envelopes to customers each day. Every envelope contains 3 reports with a paper clip contains 3 report with a paper clip on each one. The supply of paper clip is provided in boxes of 500. How many days will it take for the clerk to use up one box of paper clips?

Answer: 6.66 0r 7 days

Question: Train A leaves the station at 1:45 traveling at a constant speed of 65 mph. If it arrives at its destination at 3:15, how many miles did it travel?

Answer: If the train leaves at 1:45 and arrives at 3:15 it has been traveling for 1.5 hours. to find how far it has traveled, we multiply by the speed: 1.5*65=97.5

Question: Leslie is blowing up one of her favorite photographs to hang on her wall. If the photo’s original length and height were 8 inches and 15 inches, and the new height is 4 feet, how many feet must the new picture be?

Answer: 2.1

Question: If Larry can wash 50 cars in 1/2 hour, how long will it take him to wash 80 cars?

Answer: if it takes Larry 30 minutes (1/2 hour) to wash 50 cars, then it takes 30/50=.6 minutes per car. 80 cars will take 80*6=48minutes

Question: A runner leaves his house at 7:45 for a morning run. If he travels at an average speed of 6 mph and gets back home at 10:00, how many miles did he run?

Answer: If the runner is out from 7:45 to 10:00, he ran for 2:15.

2;15= 2.25 hours.

Since he travels at an average of 6mph, his total travel distance is 2.25*6= 13.5 miles.

Question: If Andy runs five times as long as Jake, and Jake runs 24.5 miles each week, how many miles does Andy run in a day?

Answer: 17.5

Question: Two workers can finish building a play set in 18 hours. How long will it take 4 workers to build 3 play sets?

Answer: If 2 workers can finish a play set in 18 hours, it would take half the time, or 9 hours, to finish the play set with 4 workers. It would then take 93 hours to finish building 3 play sets: 9 hours3play sets=27hours.

Question: If Randy sells 8 times as many vacuum cleaners as Janice, and Janice sells 690 vacuum cleaners per year, on average, how many does Randy sell each month?

Answer: If Randy sells 8 times as many vacuum cleaners as Janice, and Janice sells 690 vacuum cleaners per year, then randy sells 8*690=5,520 vacuum cleaners per a year. The question asks how many vacuum cleaners randy sells per month so: 5,520/12=460 vacuum cleaners per month