Show your method. A calculator is optional. Prices, rates, and scenarios are fictional arithmetic examples.
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A fictional store sells 110 screens for $1,500 each. What are the gross receipts?
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An item priced at $1,800 is reduced by 10%. Find the sale price.
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For this arithmetic example, add a hypothetical 6.5% charge to the $1,620 sale price. Find the charge.
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Add 10½ and 2¾.
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A 67-member club requires at least two-thirds of all members to vote yes. What is the smallest whole number of yes votes needed?
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One task takes 3½ hours and another takes ¾ hour. What is the difference?
Answers and explanations
- 110 × $1,500 = $165,000. This is receipts, before any costs.
- 10% is $180. $1,800 − $180 = $1,620.
- $1,620 × 0.065 = $105.30. This is not a statement of any current tax rate.
- 10½ = 10¼ + ¼; more directly, 10.5 + 2.75 = 13.25 = 13¼.
- 67 × 2/3 = 44⅔, so at least 45 votes are needed.
- 3½ − ¾ = 3¼ + ¼ − ¾ = 2¾ hours. Equivalently, 3.50 − 0.75 = 2.75. The old answer key was wrong.
Adapted from Rick’s Math Word Problems Test, page 3. Wording and answer explanations have been revised; original diagrams are labeled as recovered. This is a practice sheet, not a standardized assessment.
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