Question 1

​A customer purchased 3 tablets for $1.25 each, 6 pencils for $0.20 each, and 2 notebooks for $1.35 each. All prices include tax. The customer handed the salesperson a ten-dollar bill. Compute the amount of change the customer should have received.

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Question 2

A train leaves San Francisco for Los Angeles at 8
a.m. A second train leaves Los Angeles for San Francisco at 8
a.m. the same day. The distance between the two cities is 400 miles. If each train travels at an average speed of 80 miles per hour, what time will it be when the two trains meet?

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Question 3

If a person travels 280 miles in 5 hours, compute the person's miles per hour.

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Question 4

Bob and Mary start traveling toward each other from 600 miles apart. Bob is traveling at 45 miles per hour; Mary at 55 miles per hour. Compute the time elapsed before they meet.

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Question 5

Compute the number of miles a person will travel at 65 miles per hour for six hours.

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Question 6

What is the next number in the following series: 2, 6, 7, 11, ?

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Question 7

A company had November and December sales last year of $45,000 and $55,000, respectively, and November sales this year of $30,000. Compute the amount needed to be sold in December to equal last year's November and December sales.

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Question 8

​What is the next number in the following series: 5, 15, 45, 135, ?

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Question 9

Last week, a toy manufacturer made the following toys and sold them to a department store at the following prices: 144 dolls at $8 each, 72 drums at $3 each, and 288 train sets at $35 each. The toy manufacturer paid a total of $6,228 for rent, materials, and labor. Compute the amount the toy manufacturer had left after paying all expenses.

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Question 10

A trucking company had 3 trucks. The first truck traveled 790 miles, the second truck traveled 830 miles, and the third truck traveled 948 miles. Each truck traveled 12 miles on a gallon of gas. Gas cost $3.80 per gallon. Compute the amount the trucking company spent on gas.

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Question 11

If a person travels 240 miles in 300 minutes, compute the person's miles per hour.

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Question 12

At 45 miles per hour, compute the time it would take to travel a total of 540 miles.

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Question 13

​Bob and Mary start traveling toward each other from 480 miles apart, each moving at the same speed. They meet after four hours. How fast were they each traveling?

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Question 14

​Bob and Mary start traveling toward each other from 1,050 miles apart. Bob is traveling at 24 miles per hour; Mary at 26 miles per hour. Compute the time elapsed before they meet.

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Question 15

​What is the next number in the following series: 6, 4, 8, 6, 12, 10, ?

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Question 16

At 19 miles per gallon, compute the number of miles a car would run on 16 gallons of gas.

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Question 17

A store owner planned to give away $1,200 at Christmas. The owner gave $100 to each of the 4 regular employees and $25 to each of the 3 temporary employees. The remaining money was given to a local charity. Compute the amount the local charity received.

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Question 18

The total cost of 5 identical items is $26.75. Compute the cost of one of these items.

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Question 19

Bob and Mary start traveling toward each other from 825 miles apart. Bob is traveling at 35 miles per hour and Mary at 40 miles per hour. Compute the distance Bob will travel before they meet.

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