1.
Jeremiah is an apprentice who earns $9.50 an hour, with time and a half for overtime. Under a new contract, he will receive an 8% raise. Jeremiah figures that he will receive $114.00 for working 8 hours of overtime under the new pay rate. If Jeremiah made an error in his calculations, what was it?
2.
Johnson Landscape is installing mulch at a site. The area of the site is 150 feet by 210 feet. The mulch will be applied to a depth of 4 inches. Red mulch costs $45.00 per cubic yard. Natural brown mulch costs $38.00 per cubic yard (mulch is only sold in whole yards). How much would the company save by using natural brown mulch?
3.
You have decided to wallpaper your rectangular bedroom. The dimensions are 12 feet 6 inches by 10 feet 6 inches by 8 feet 0 inches high. The room has two windows, each 4 feet by 3 feet and a door 7 feet by 3 feet. Determine how many rolls of wallpaper are needed to cover the walls, allowing 10% for waste and matching. Each roll of wallpaper is 30 inches wide and 30 feet long. How many rolls of wallpaper should be purchased?
4.
Calvin Tech High School needs to purchase a new photocopy machine. Company A would lease the school a copy machine at $220 per month plus 3.2 cents per copy. Company B would sell the school a copier on a 3-year payment plan for $12,200; individual copies would cost 1.5 cents each. The school plans to run 300,000 copies per year. Which plan provides the better 3-year deal and by how much?
5.
A horticulture class is filling cylindrical pots with soil. The pots have a height of 8 inches and a radius of 5 inches. The pots are being filled from a rectangular storage container measuring 2-feet by 3-feet by 3-feet high. How many of the cylindrical containers can be filled with soil?
6.
Shown below is the print that is to be folded into a box: Tolerances on all measurements are +0.002 inches. What is the percent change from the ideal volume if the minimum tolerance for each dimension is reached?
7.
Your fish tank has sprung a leak and needs to be replaced. Its dimensions are 3-feet by 2-feet 3-inches by 4-feet 6-inches. The new tanks are only available in metric sizes. Which of the following tanks is closest in size to your original tank?
8.
Mitchell needs to find a container than can hold a large amount of water. There are various sizes from which to choose. Which of the following shapes would offer the greatest volume when filled?
9.
Your sister's birthday is coming up and you are going to mail her birthday present. The box has the following dimensions: length = 50 inches; width = 23 inches; height = 36 inches. You must allow an additional 5% for overlapping. Approximately how much wrapping paper will you need to wrap the present?
10.
A train must travel to a certain town in 6 days. The town is 3450 miles away. The train must travel an average of how many miles each day in order reach its destination on time?