Name
Alg2A
1/9/06
Word Problems
1)
A phone call cost $4.74. Introductory minutes cost $.19/min and additional minutes are
$.11/min. If there were 3 more additional minutes than quadruple the introductory minutes, how
many minutes were billed at each rate? How long was the phone call?
2)
Sally’s cell phone company’s daytime rate is $.18/minute and nighttime rate (after 8:00
PM) is $.11/minute. When she got her bill she saw a 36-minute phone call that cost $4.94. How
many minutes were billed at each rate?
3)
A store sold Duke t-shirts for $29 and Tar Heel t-shirts for $23. The store sold 380 shirts
and made $11,002. How many of each T-shirt were sold?
4)
The area of a rectangle is 238 cm2. The length is 3 more than the width. Find the
dimensions of the rectangle.
Name
Alg2A
1/9/06
Word Problems
5) The area of a rectangle is 108 in2. The length is x + 15 and the width is x + 12. Find the
perimeter of the rectangle.
6) Find 5 consecutive integers with the sum of 1,165.
7) Find 4 consecutive even integers such that the sum of the 2nd and 4th is -132.
8) Find 5 consecutive odd integers such that 3 times the first is 85 more than the sum of the 3rd
and the 5th.