Hesi Math word problems

Zack would like to purchase two DVD's. The first DVD costs $12.95. The second costs $14.50. He has a 20% off coupon for the store. How much will Zack pay for both DVD's?

$21.96

Cheryl has $4,400.00 in her savings account. Her savings account earned her 6% in interest. How much interest did Cheryl gain?

$264.00

If randy sells 8 times as many vacuum cleaners as Janice, and Janice sells 690 vacuum cleaners per year, on avg, how many does Randy sell each month

If Randy sells 8 times as many vacuum cleaners as Janice, and Janice sells 690 vacuum cleaners per year, then randy sells 8*690=5,520 vacuum cleaners per a year. The question asks how many vacuum cleaners randy sells per month so: 5,520/12=460 vacuum cleaners per month

A baker can bake 4 cakes with 10 cups of sugar. If he has a 30c bag that is 1/2 full, how many cakes bake?

If the 30c bag of sugar is 1/2 full, there are 15c left. If the baker can bake 4 cakes with 10 c, he can bake 2 with 5. therefore, he can bake 2*3=6cakes

Quantitative

data can be counted, measured, and expressed using numbers

Qualitative

data is descriptive and conceptual, it also can be categorized based on traits and characteristics

If 6 textbooks cost $354, how much do 13 textbooks cost?

if 6 textbooks cost $354, then 1 textbook costs: $354/6= $59. Since 1 textbook cost $59, 13 textbooks will cost $59* 13= $767

If Larry can wash 50 cars in 1/2 hour, how long will it take him to wash 80 cars?

if it takes Larry 30 minutes (1/2 hour) to wash 50 cars, then it takes 30/50=.6 minutes per car. 80 cars will take 80*6=48minutes

SUBTRACTING THE FRACTIONS:Alan is making a table. The table will be 6 1/2 feet long and 4 feet wide. The board for the table is 7 7/8 feet long and 4 feet wide. How much of the board will Alan need to cut off?

1 3/8

DIVIDE THE FRACTIONS AND REDUCE:Jenny has 8 1/3 yards of ribbon. She is making bows for her bridesmaids. Each bow has 5/6 yard of ribbon. How many bridesmaids does Jenny have for her wedding?

10

The boiling point of water is 212⁰ Fahrenheit. What is the boiling point of water using the metric system?

100⁰ Celsius

A patient has a temperature of 40.0⁰ Celsius. What is the patient's temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?

104.0⁰ Fahrenheit

A marathon runner is training for his next race. On his daily run he completes 21.6 mile and burns 2,274 calories. What is his rate of calories burned per mile?

105.28

SUBTRACTING THE FRACTIONS:McKeena has 1 2/3 cups of milk. She gives Mark 3/4 cup of milk to make a cake. How much milk will McKenna have left?

11/12

DIVIDE THE FRACTIONS AND REDUCE:Danny has 11 1/4 cups of chocolate syrup. He is going to make chocolate sundaes for his friends. Each sundae will have 3/4 cup of chocolate. How many sundaes can Danny make?

15

There are 2.2 pounds in a kilogram. If a patient's mass is 75 kilograms, how many pounds does he weigh?

165

If Andy runs five times as long as Jake, and Jake runs 24.5 miles each week, how many miles does Andy run in a day?

17.5

Maren walks 3/5 mile in 24 minutes at a steady pace. How long does it take her to walk 2 miles?

1:20

Leslie is blowing up one of her favorite photographs to hang on her wall. If the photo's original length and height were 8 inches and 15 inches, and the new height is 4 feet, how many feet must the new picture be?

2.1

What is the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit?

212⁰ Fahrenheit

If it is 69.8⁰ Fahrenheit outside, what is the temperature in degrees Celsius?

21⁰ Celsius

MULTIPLY THE FRACTIONS AND REDUCE:Rick rides 11 1/8 miles in an hour with his bike in second gear going uphill. If Rick rides downhill in fourth gear he goes 2 1/2 times faster. How many miles will Rick go in an hour downhill in fourth gear?

27 13/16

If it is 86⁰ Fahrenheit outside, what is the temperature in degrees Celsius?

30⁰ Celsius

What is the freezing point of water in Fahrenheit?

32⁰ Fahrenheit

Molly drove six hours at an average rate of 55 miles per hour. How many miles did Molly travel?

330

If it is 98.6⁰ Fahrenheit outside, what is the temperature in degrees Celsius?

37⁰ Celsius

Ashley's family lives 240 miles away from Washington, DC. While visiting Washington, DC, they drove half of the distance with the speed 60 mph. Their speed during the remaining part of the trip was only 40 mph. On the way back home their speed was the same all the time, and the way back home took as much time as the way to Washington. What was their speed on the way back?

48

Corey got a 75% on an exam that had 64 questions. How many questions did Corey answer correctly?

48

A chart describes the types of entries into Evansdale's Annual Culinary Contest. What is the ratio of sandwich (8) entries to soup (6) entries?

4:3

Robert got an 84% on his last exam. If he answered 42 questions correctly, how many questions were there on the exam?

50

There are 454 grams in a pound. If a patient weighs 132 pounds, what is her mass in kilograms?

60

A bowling team consists of 34 members, and 18 are male. If 4 females leave the team, what percent of the remaining members are male?

60%

John has monthly income of $3,820.00. His monthly mortgage is $1,375.20. What percentage of John's monthly income remains after he pays his mortgage?

64%

If a spring is being stretched 5 cm with a force 15 kg, how far (cm) will it stretch if the force is increased to 24 kg?

8

Tom took an examination that had 130 test questions. He answered 104 correctly. What score (PERCENT) did Tom receive on his examination?

80%

A person driving along the road moves at a rate of 56 miles per hour driven how far does the person drive in 1.5 hours show the calculation you use in your answer and find your answer in proper units.

84

Carmen took four exams this semester. Her scores were 80%, 78%, 84%, and 98%. What was Carmen's average score for the semester?

85%

A patient has a temperature of 32⁰ Celsius. What is the patient's temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?

89.6⁰ Fahrenheit

There are 2.2 pounds in a kilogram. If a patient's weighs 198 pounds, what is his mass in kilograms?

90

Jessie can answer multiplication problems at a rate of 6 problems every 20 seconds. If she has a 10-minute test with 175 questions on it, will she finish in time?

If Jessie can answer 6 questions in 20 seconds, and there are 60 seconds in a minute, she can answer 36=18 questions each minute. Since the test is 10 minutes long, she can answer 1018=180 questions. therefore, she will finish the 175-question test and could even complete 5 more

There are 3.79 liters in a gallon. About how many liters are there in 12 gallons?

45

There are 128 ounces in a gallon. a half-gallon carton of milk costs $4.48. What is the cost per ounce of milk?

$0.07

Sixteen percent of Jen's monthly income goes to her car payment. Her car payment is $300.00. What is her monthly income?

$1,875.00

Jackie is taking two courses this semester. Her anatomy class is three credits and costs $295.50 per credit. Her biology class is four credits and costs $270.10 per credit. How much will Jackie pay in tuition this semester?

$1,966.90

Kathryn made a trip to her cabin on the lake and back. On the trip there she drove 40.5 km/h and on the return trip she went 36 km/h. How long did the trip there take if the return trip took 0.9 hrs?

.8

A circuit consists of three resistors in series with a 10v power supply. Each resistor has a resistance of 5 ohms. What is the current flowing in the circuit?

0.67

MULTIPLY THE FRACTIONS AND REDUCE:Alec has six friends who each give him 2 3/4 pieces of gum. How many pieces of gum does Alec have now?

16 1/2

Denise pays $640.00 each month for her rent. Her monthly income is $4,000.00. What percentage of Denise's monthly income is her rent?

16%

An animal shelter houses 56 animals. Of the 56, 21 are cats. If 3 dogs are adopted, what percent of the remaining animals are cats?

40%

Mr. and Mrs. Harris pay $2,240.00 each month for their mortgage. Mr. Harris earns $2,600.00 each month. Mrs. Harris earns $3,000.00 each month. What percent of the Harrises' monthly income goes to pay the monthly mortgage?

40%

There are about 0.6 miles in one kilometer. If Megan travels 240 miles, about how far has she traveled in kilometers?

400

There are 1,600 students at a university. 24% of students are sophomores, 20% are juniors, and 28% are seniors. How many students at the university are freshmen?

448

2 workers can finish building a play set in 18 hours. How long will it take 4 workers to build 3 play sets?

If 2 workers can finish a play set in 18 hours, it would take half the time, or 9 hours, to finish the play set with 4 workers. It would then take 93 hours to finish building 3 play sets: 9 hours3play sets=27hours.

If Alice consumes two times as many calories as Claire, and Claire consumes 2.500 calories a day, how many calories does Alice consume a week?

If Alice consumes twice as many calories as Claire, and Claire consumes 2,500 every day, then Alice will consume 5,000 per day. The question asks how many calories Alice will consume in a week, so: 5,000*7= 35,000 calories

two buildings in downtown Chicago stand across the river from each other. The first buildings height is 1,700ft and it casts a shadow that is 525ft long. If the second building's height is 1,450 feet, how long will its shadow be at the same time of the day (round to the nearest foot)?

If the height of the first building is 1,700ft while its shadow is 525ft, and the second building's height is 1,450ft tall, it sets up this proportion: 1,700/525=1,450/x. By cross multiplying and solving for x we find: 1,700x=761,250; x=448ft long

A runner leaves his house at 7:45 for a morning run. If he travels at an average speed of 6mph and gets back home at 10:00, how far did he run?

If the runner is out from 7:45 to 10:00, he ran for 2:15. 2;15= 2.25 hours. Since he travels at an average of 6mph, his total travel distance is 2.25*6= 13.5 miles.

Train A leaves the station at 1:45 traveling at a constant speed of 65mph. If it arrives at its destination at 3:15, how many miles did it travel?

If the train leaves at 1:45 and arrives at 3:15 it has been traveling for 1.5 hours. to find how far it has traveled, we multiply by the speed: 1.5*65=97.5

A bookstore has 50% more fantasy books than biographies. What is the ratio of fantasy books to biographies?

If there are 50% more fantasy books than biographies, then we can create false numbers and say that if there are 100 biographies, there will be 150 fantasy books. The ratio of fantasy books to biographies, then, is 150: 100. dividing by 50, the ratio simplifies to 3:2