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Unit 3 word problems
1. At the end of a long day of shoe shopping, Sofia has $12.50 left. After tabulating
her receipts, she realized she spent $123.73 in one day! How much did Sofia
have before her shoe-shopping extravaganza?
2. One-third of the class votes to postpone the test indefinitely. If 8 people voted to
postpone the test, how many people were present for the vote?
3. Sam is planning to buy a new iPhone which costs $380.00. In addition to the
$41.30 he has in his savings account, Sam receives $45.60 for work he has done
for his father’s business. How much more money does Sam need in order to buy
the new phone?
4. Jack’s 12.75 ounce ice cream sundae is ice cream, the remaining amount is
toppings. How many ounces of ice cream does his sundae contain?
5. Mrs. Simon’s science class needs to collect $52 to purchase a hamster, food and
bedding. In addition to this, the class will need $57.46 for the hamster’s cage and
supplies. If there are 26 students in the class, what is the average amount each
student needs to collect?
6. Last Friday Adam had $22.33. Over the weekend he received some money for
cleaning the attic. He now has $32. How much money did he receive?
7. A recipe for cookies calls for -and-a-quarter cups of sugar. Amy has already
put in 3. How many more cups does she need to put in?
8. You owe $225 on your credit card. You make a $55 payment and then purchase
$87 worth of clothes at Dillards. What is the integer that represents the balance
owed on the credit card?
9. In 2008, Bob’s 401(k) fund lost $9000. In 2009, it lost another $10,000, and in
2010, it lost twice as much as the year before. In 2011, it gained $16,000, and in
2012 it gained $12,000. How much more does it have to gain to be worth what it
was at the start of 2013?
10. In golf, the average score a good player should be able to achieve is called "par."
Par for a whole course is calculated by adding up the par scores for each hole.
Scores in golf are often expressed at some number either greater than or less
than par. Mr. Iasellio is having a pretty good day at the Ridgewood Country
Club. His score so far after 15 holes is 3 below par. If par for 15 holes is 63, what
is his score?
11. Linda’s grocery store stocks cans of soda in 6-packs, 12-packs, and 24-packs.
There are x 6-packs, y 12-packs, and z 24-packs. Write an expression to
represent the total amount of packs. Write an expression to represent the total
amount of cans.
12. When I joined Fitness 19 in the summer, I had two membership options. The
first charged me more up front, $100, but less per month, $15. The second
charged me less up front, $50, but more per month, $20. If I only join for 3
months, what is the better deal? If I join for 1 year, what is the better deal?
Write and solve an equation for “break even point”, where either plan would cost
me the same for that amount of time.
13. Sam takes a taxi in NYC. The rate is $5 for the first mile and $1.50 for each
additional mile. Tara takes a cab in Hoboken, which is $10 for the first mile and
$1 for each additional mile. If they paid the same amount and traveled the same
distance, how much did they each travel?
14. Faith spent $78 at Century 21. She bought 2 shirts for $17 each and a pair of
jeans. What did the jeans cost?
15. Five added to twice Erik’s age is the same as three times his age minus two. How
old is Erik?
16. Sal eats 2,200 calories in a day. He eats 450 calories at breakfast, twice that at
lunch, and then dinner. If he has no snacks, which meal was the most in calories?
Write an solve an equation to get your answer.
17. Last week, Charlie had several rice cakes and 3 granola bars as snacks. The
snacks contained a total of 800 calories. If the granola bars were 120 calories
each and each rice cake was 40 calories, how many rice cakes did she have?
18. Three friends each pay $4.15 to buy a pizza. A basic pizza pie costs $9.45 and
additional toppings cost $1. How many toppings were on the pizza?
19. The sum of three consecutive integers is 42. Find the three numbers.
20. Jacob worked 68 hours this week. He worked 4 hours less than three times the
hours he worked last week. How many hours did he work last week? If he main
$500 last week, how much will he earn this week?
21. A rectangular deck has a perimeter of 42 feet. The length is 3 feet longer than
the width. What is the length and width of the deck?
22. On a family trip, the DeLoughry family drove 842 miles in days. On the second
day they drove 24 more miles than the first day. How many miles did they drive
each day?
23. On the third day of the school’s charity project, the school sold 14 tickets. That
was twice as many as the second day. If 45 tickets were sold in the three days,
how many were on the first day?
24. The cost to enter the party is $15.50. Each snack is $0.75. If you spent $22.25,
how many snacks did you buy?
25. You run the 60-yard dash in 7.45 seconds while your friend runs it in 6.95. How
much faster was your friend?
26. Fifteen people volunteer for park cleanup. The number of volunteers increases
by 7 people each month. After how many months will there be 50 volunteers?
27. You have $100 gift card to spend at a store. You buy a purse for $45. Socks are
on sale for $2.50. How many socks can you buy with your remaining money?
28. A group of 4 friends are playing golf. The total cost of the round of golf is $108,
however the group buys the round on Groupon for $76. How much is the
coupon worth?
29. A school makes $715 from ticket sales at the school musical. From the ticket
sales, $448 is from adult tickets. Student tickets were $3. How many students
attended the play?
30. You are rock climbing and descending a cliff at a rate of about 9ft per minute.
The cliff is 360 feet high. How long until you are halfway down the cliff?
31. You are buying flowers to hand out at a school dance. Roses cost $30 for a dozen
but cost more if bought individually. With the money you have, you can buy 7
dozen and 4 single roses- 64 roses total. If you spend $226, how much is one
rose?
32. Baby Keller currently weighs 14 ounces. If he is 8 pounds at birth, how much
more weight does he need to gain per week in the next 19 weeks?
33. You have a piece of wood that is 7 ¾ feet long. You want to cut one piece that is
3 and 7/12 ft long and one piece that is 4 and 1/12 ft long. Do you have enough
wood?
34. Three puppies are born. One weighs 1 pound, 1 ounce and another weighs 1
pound, 3 ounces. If the combined weight of the puppies is 3 pounds, 8 ounces,
how much does the other puppy weigh?
35. Marty was in the year 1980. He went back in time 25.5 years then went 60.5
years into the future. What year did he end up in?
36. Buzz owes $3.45 on his lunch account. He then adds $12.78 to the account. How
much money does he have?
37. You are in a hot air balloon descending at a rate of 5.5 ft per 2 minutes. If it
started at 1000 ft and has been going for 30 min how long will it take to reach
ground?
38. You just lost $150.20 on gambling. You were already in debt $927.40. How much
money do you owe now?
39. Emily has 14.25 cups of cupcake batter. If each cupcake uses 0.75 cup of batter,
how many cupcakes can Emily make?
40. You have a remaining balance of $12.45 on your Dunkin Donuts gift card. You
spend $14.86 during your next visit. How much do you owe out of pocket?
41. During the 2012 season of the Biggest Loser, the winner, Conda, lost 115 pounds
in 18 weeks. On average, how much weight did she lose in a week?
42. You are hiking downhill at a rate of 1.65 meters per minute. If you start at an
elevation of -2 meters and walk downhill for 8 minutes, what is your new
elevation?
43. You are tracking a stock for Financial Literacy. It drops $0.25 on Monday,
another $0.45 on Tuesday, it gained $0.13 on Wednesday and another $0.25 on
Thursday, and finally ended the week with a loss of $0.12. What was the total
weekly change?
44. If you have a $30 gift card for Best Buy and then buy 6 DVD’s at $14.29 each, how
much do you need to pay out of pocket?
45. Sam’s gets her credit card statement and she owes $34.79. That day she charges
$23.35. What is her current credit card balance?
46. When there isn’t enough rain for two weeks the water levels in the reservoir
drop 1.25cm a day. After one week, how many centimeters will the water level
drop?
47. 331 students went on a field trip. Six buses were filled and 7 students traveled
in cars. How many students were in each bus?
48. Michelle sold half of her comic books and then bought 16 more. If she now has
36, how many did she start with?
49. Kevin bought a magazine for $5 and four erasers. He spent a total of $25. How
much did each eraser cost?
50. On Monday, Jake got rid of half of his old t-shirts. On Wednesday he bought 5
more. On Thursday he had 17 total t-shirts. How many did he start with on
Monday?