A drippy faucet wastes 1 cup of water a day. If there are 45,000 such drippy faucets, how much water, in gallons, is wasted in a day? Round to the nearest gallon.

A student's cost for last semester at her community college was $2700. She spent $378 of that on books. What percent of last semester's college costs was spent on books?

A contractor is using 18 acres of land to sell 3/4 acre lots. How many lots can he sell?

Shady Brook School plans to paint their gym floor a new shade of blue. The floor measures 110 ft by 60 ft. A gallon of paint will cover 79.7 square ft. How many gallons of paint are needed to paint the gym floor?

Simplify using Order of Operations.

An accountant invested $2000 at a simple interest rate of 10% for 2 years. What total amount of money will she have from her investment in 2 years?

The number of violent crimes in a city decreased from 675 to 534. Find the percent of decrease. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Jack has $69 deducted from his paycheck each week for health insurance. This amounts to 15% of his gross income. What is his gross income?

A recipe for a homemade cleaning solution calls for 1 and 3/4 cups vinegar. If you are tripling the recipe, how much vinegar is needed?

A 16-oz iced sweet tea at a local coffee shop has 100 calories. How many calories are there in a 24-oz iced sweet tea?

On a particular day, 240 customers ate lunch at a local restaurant. If 3/10 of them ordered a $7 lunch, 5/12 of them ordered a $5 lunch, and the remaining ordered a $9 lunch, how many customers ordered a $9 lunch?

On February 10th, the temperature at a ski resort in Montana was 6°F. The temperature dropped 2°F per day for 10 days. What was the temperature on February 20th?