1.06 Unit Test: All about Jobs

Jeanie's car averages 35 miles per gallon and the current cost of gasoline is $2.56 per gallon. To the nearest cent, what is the cost per mile?

$0.07

You have just accepted a job at Wonders Day Camp for the summer. The camp will pay you $48.23 each day for 8 weeks. If you work 5 days each week, how much money will you make this summer?

$1,929.20

After eating dinner at the local diner, your bill is $14.25. If you tip 10%, how much money will you leave the waiter?

$1.43

Michael's Department Store has a Help Wanted sign posted advertising a position for 18 hours a week at $5.60 per hour. What is the weekly pay?

$100.80

13% of $99.99 =

$13.00

If you deposit $1,234.16 in your checking account each month, how much will you have deposited at the end of the year?

$14,809.92

Find the pay earned: 33 hours at $5.15 per hour.

$169.95

Your checking account has a beginning balance of $68.02. You deposited $169.23 into the account. The next week you spent $31.57 for gas and $25 to go out with friends. How much do you have left in the account?

$180.68

The total cost of dinner at a restaurant for Shelly and her 4 friends was $98.60. Each person paid the same amount. How much did each person pay?

$19.72

Bank Card is charging 1.7% monthly interest on credit card charges. If you charged a $175 pair of running shoes on the card and did not pay it off this month, what would be the interest for the shoe charge?

$2.98

Arthur is treating his friends to a meal at Chez Rich. The meals added up to $152.30. If he tips the waiter 15%, what is the amount of the tip?

$22.85

Henry was buying clothing for the fall at Good Stuff. He spent $59 on a pair of jeans, $45.87 on a shirt, and $131.39 on a pair of shoes. How much did he spend?

$236.26

Cheeseburgers to go has advertised for counter help. If you take the job, you will be working 18 hours a week for $75.20 per week. How much would you make an hour?

$4.18

You called Ticket Taker for local team football tickets. The tickets cost $94 and you will be charged a processing fee of 5%. How much is the fee?

$4.70

You just worked a week for Jan\'s Jewels. Your pay before deductions was $101.46 and you worked 19 hours. How much did you make per hour?

$5.34

Potatoes are selling for $0.48 per pound. How much is 12 lbs of potatoes?

$5.76

Evaluate: 6.7 × $99.99 =

$669.93

Find the pay per hour if you earned $120.67 for 16 hours worked.

$7.54

You will be charged 10.5% interest on a loan of $678. How much interest will you pay on the loan?

$71.19

McFarland's Restaurant has advertised an opening for a cashier. The hours listed are M/T/F 5 to 10 p.m. The job pays $5.18 an hour. How much is this per week?

$77.70

Suzanne bought 12 pounds of oranges at $0.69 per pound. How much did she spend on oranges?

$8.28

Find the hourly wage: $80 for 9 hours.

$8.89

Compute the total pay: Hours worked: 9 Hourly wage: $4.25 Plus Tips: $51.85

$90.10

Susan is a waitress at the country club restaurant. She receives an automatic 15% tip which is added to the members check for the meal. If she earns $2.15 an hour, works 20 hours this week and has served meals costing $325, what is her gross pay?

$91.75

Write as a decimal: 6%

0.06

Find the percent of tip: Cost of meal $18.50, Tip $2.59

14%

Chen is keeping track of mileage to find out how many miles per gallon he gets in his truck. If he puts in 12 gallons of gas and has driven 212.4 miles since his last fill-up, how many miles per gallon does his truck get, to the nearest tenth?

17.7 mpg

On a four day trip, you have traveled 429.8 miles at the end of one day. If you plan to drive this amount in each of the remaining days, how far will you have driven in the four days?

1719.2 miles

Write as a decimal: 203%

2.03

Divide and round to the nearest tenth: 8.57÷4

2.1

Write as a fraction in lowest terms: 40%

2/5

Last winter, Michigan had these snow fall totals (in inches) over a one month period: 9.2, 0.5, 6, and 5.9. What was the total amount of snow during the month?

21.6

Evaluate: 5(7) - 3(4)

23

Evaluate: (4 + 6 ⋅ 3) + 3

25

An ad on TV claims that 90% of doctors interviewed chose Brady's Aspirin as the leading medicine to cure minor aches. If 30 doctors were interviewed, how many chose Brady's?

27

On your last math test you earned an 80%. Of the 45 questions on the test, how many did you get correct? Round to the nearest whole number question.

36

Calculate: 22 + 4(5 - 1)

38

Evaluate: 481 + 7 + 0.56 =

488.56

The rain totals for one week in Indiana in November were: 2 in., 0.58 in., 0 in., 0.2 in., 0 in., 0.9 in., and 2.15 in. How much rain fell during the week?

5.83

Good Stuff is giving away free pens to each of the first 200 people who come in the store today. In the first hour, they gave away 25% of the pens. How many is this?

50

87.5% of 64 =

56

Write as a percent: 0.564

56.4%

Write as a percent: 5/8

62.5%

Evaluate: 3(2+9)(5-3) =

66

During 2002, the average person ate 220.8 pounds of meat. How much meat does a family of 3 people eat in year?

662.4 pounds

Evaluate: 692+51.8=

743.8

804.69 - 2.056 =

802.634

These three jobs were in the paper today: Frank's Furters $5.67 /hr. Harriet's Hair Styles $80 for 15 hours weekly. Babysitting $250 a month for 10 hours after school a week. (Assume 4 weeks is a month.) Which job has the highest hourly pay?

Babysitting

Tom and Martin both worked 9 hours this week and sold $360 worth of meals. Their hourly wages are $2.15 and $2.50, respectively. In addition, Tom's percent of tips was 15% while Martin's was 20%. Who made the most money this week between Tom and Martin?

Martin made more money than Tom

Your mom has sent you to buy a new suit, and will let you get new shoes too if you keep it under $200. The suit you want to buy is $230. If you are getting 20% off the price, will you get the shoes?

Yes, the suit will cost less than $200