Word Problems

The contents of a certain box consist of 14 apples and 23 oranges. How many oranges must be removed from the box so that 70 percent of the pieces of fruit in the box will be apples?

A certain clock marks every hour by striking a number of times equal to the hour, and the time required for a stroke is exactly equal to the time interval between strokes. At 6:00 the time lapse between the beginning of the first stroke and the end of the last stroke is 22 seconds. At 12:00, how many seconds elapse between the beginning of the first stroke and the end of the last stroke?

If 1/2 of the money in a certain trust fund was invested in stocks, 1/4 in bonds, 1/5 in a mutual fund, and the remaining $10,000 in a government certificate, what was the total amount of the trust fund?

Lloyd normally works 7.5 hours per day and earns $4.50 per hour. For each hour he works in excess of 7.5 hours on a given day, he is paid 1.5 times his regular rate. If Lloyd works 10.5 hours on a given day, how much does he earn for that day?

A shipment of 1500 heads of cabbage, each of which was approximately the same size, was purchased for $600.The day the shipment arrived 2/3 of the heads were sold, each at 25% above the cost per head.The following day the rest were sold at a price per head equal to 10% less than the price each head sold for the day before.what was the gross profit on this shipment?

During the four years that Mrs. Lopez owned her car, she found that her total car expenses were $18,000. Fuel and maintenance costs accounted for 1/3 of the total and depreciation accounted for 3/5 of the remainder. The cost of insurance was 3 times the cost of financing, and together these two costs accounted for 1/5 of the total. If the only other expenses were taxes and license fees, then the cost of financing was how much more or less than the cost of taxes and license fees?

A certain electronic component is sold in boxes of 54 for $16.20andinboxesof27for$13.20. A customer who needed only 54 components for a project had to buy 2 boxes of 27 because boxes of 54 were unavailable . Approximately how much more did the customer pay for each component due to the unavailability of the larger boxes?

A union contract specifies a 6 percent salary increase plus a $450 bonus for each employee. For a certain employee, this is equivalent to an 8% salary increase. What was this employee's salary before the new contract?

Today Rose is twice as old as Sam and Sam is 3 years younger than Tina. If Rose, Sam, and Tina are all alive 4 years from today, which of the following must be true on that day? I. Rose is twice as old as Sam. II. Sam is 3 years younger than Tina. III. Rose is older than Tina.

If "basis points" are defined so that 1 percent is equal to 100 basis points, then 82.5 percent is how many basis points greater than 62.5 percent?

Envelopes can be purchased for $1.50perpackof100,$1.00 per pack of 50, or $0.03each.Whatisthegreatestnumberofenvelopesthatcanbepurchasedfor$7.30?

On a certain street, there is an odd number of houses in a row. The houses in the row are painted alternatively white and green, with the first house painted white. If n is the total number of houses in the row, how many of the houses are painted white?

The weights of four packages are 1, 3, 5, and 7 pounds, respectively. Which of the following CANNOT be the total weight, in pounds, of any combination of the packages?

Which of the following is equal to 5 17 × 4 9 ?

The table below represents the combined net income of all United States companies in each of five sectors for the second quarter of 1996. Which sector had the greatest net income during the first quarter of 1996?

On 3 sales John has received commissions of $240,$80, and $110,andhehas1additionalsalepending.IfJohnistoreceiveanaverage(arithmeticmean)commissionofexactly$150 on the 4 sales, then the 4th commission must be

A certain fishing boat is chartered by 6 people who are to contribute equally to the total charter cost of $480.Ifeachpersoncontributesequallytoa$150 down payment, how much of the charter cost will each person still owe?

If a photocopier makes 2 copies in 1 3 1 3 second, then, at the same rate, how many copies does it make in 4 minutes?

A caterer ordered 125 ice-cream bars and 125 sundaes. If the total price was $200.00andthepriceofeachice-creambarwas$0.60, what was the price of each sundae?

For telephone calls between two particular cities, a telephone company charges $0.40perminuteifthecallsareplacedbetween5:00a.m.and9:00p.m.and$0.25 per minute if the calls are placed between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. If the charge for a call between the two cities placed at 1:00 p.m. was $10.00, how much would a call of the same duration have cost if it had been placed at 11.00 p.m.?