Mixed Practice
a) Ammon makes $6.45 per hour. He worked 5.3 hours Monday, 8 hours on Tuesday, 2.75 hours on
Wednesday, 0.75 hours on Thursday, and 8 hours on Friday. How much did he make that week?
b) Lacey has a piece of wire that is 3.5 feet long. She needs to cut 4 pieces off that are .85 feet
each. How much wire is left?
c) Last time I filled the tank, the mileage read 1,345.8. Now it reads 1383.2. How far did I drive on
the last tank of gas? If I use 15 gallons, what was the miles per gallon?
d) 3.2 pounds at 69 cents per pound of potatoes, 2.5 pounds of carrots at 40 cents per pound, and
0.75 pounds of onions at $1.20 per pound are bought for stew. What is the total cost?
e) Women live, on average to 73.5 years old. Men live to 68.9 years old. How much longer do
women live on average?
f) Drive Safe car rental charges $34 per day and $0.04 per mile. How much would it cost to rent a car
for 3 days for a 300 mile round trip?
g) We took in $350 at the garage sale last week. We spent $14.40 on advertising and $40 on meals
for the families working the sale. We will split the profits evenly among the six families.
h) Tad charges $0.015 per square meter to maintain a lawn each week. What is the bill for a yard that
is the cost for a 30.2 m by 79.5 m lawn?
i) Diane bought a jacket for $45.80, three scarves for $0.78, and a pack of gum for 25 cents. she
multiplies by 0.06 to find tax. How much does she pay at the check out?
j) Larry walks on the tread mill daily. Last week he burned 325, 287, 295, 290, 340, 345, and 340
calories. What is the mean, median, mode and range of this data?
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