A seven-digit phone number is divisible by 3. After adding the two digits of the area code the number is not
divisible by 3, which of the following cannot be the area code?
In a Greek restaurant there is a custom to break plates during celebrations. If after 8 celebrations there
were only 6 plates left, which of the following could be the original number of plates before the celebrations?
A cup can hold one third of the amount a bowl can hold. A pot can hold six times more than a cup. How
many pots can be filled with a liquid that takes up 6 bowls?
Michael, Steve and Tyler shared a box of cookies. Michael ate 1/8 of the cookies, Steve ate one half and
Tyler ate 150 more cookies than Michael. If no cookies remain in the box, how many cookies were in the
box?
The price of a pasta box in the neighborhood grocery store is $7; the price of a pasta box in the market is
$5. A bus ticket to the market costs $4.70 (one way). What is the minimum number of pasta boxes that
must be bought so the trip would be economically worthwhile?
Following an increase in prices, the price of a candy box was 10 pounds and the price of a can of soda was
6 pounds. If the price of a candy box was raised by 25%, and the price of a can of soda was raised by 50%.
What was the price of a box of candy plus a can of soda before prices were raised?
A baker sold all of his donuts for a total amount of 216 pounds. If on each donut the baker made a profit of
8% of the cost, how much did it cost the baker to make all the donuts?
The average age of Eric and George is 10 years smaller than the average age of Martha and Bella. If
Martha is six years older than Eric, how much older is Bella from George?