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?
14%
Simplify using Order of Operations.
45
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.
2,813 gallons
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?
5 1/4 cups
Mary is twice as old than Susan. Susan is three years younger than Janet. Janet is 12 years old. How old is Mary?
18 years old
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?
-14°F
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?
68 customers
A vegetable garden is 12 feet long and 8 feet wide. Find the ratio of the length of the garden to the perimeter of the garden.
3/10
A contractor is using 18 acres of land to sell 3/4 acre lots. How many lots can he sell?
24 lots
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?
$2400
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?
83 gallons
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.
20.9%
A beanbag supplier makes a large beanbag requiring 4.5 yards of vinyl fabric and a smaller size requiring 3.25 yards. A 100-yard roll of fabric is to be used to make 12 large beanbags. How many smaller beanbags can be made from the remains?
14 bags
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?
$460.00
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?
150 calories