Show your method. A calculator is optional. Prices, rates, and scenarios are fictional arithmetic examples.
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Four game scores are 68, 71, 66, and 67. Find the mean.
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Items cost $2.10, $1.58, $3.99, and $2.65. What change is due from $15?
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A fictional ride costs $3 plus $0.50 for each of 15 miles. Find the total.
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A player gains 35 yards, gains 15, loses 5, and gains 17. Find the net change.
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A baker packs 160 rolls into boxes holding 12 each. How many whole boxes are needed?
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Which package has the highest price per pound: 14 oz for $1.50, 16 oz for $2.10, 22 oz for $2.75, or 32 oz for $3.85? Use 16 oz = 1 lb.
Answers and explanations
- (68 + 71 + 66 + 67) ÷ 4 = 272 ÷ 4 = 68.
- The total is $10.32, leaving $4.68.
- $3 + (15 × $0.50) = $10.50.
- 35 + 15 − 5 + 17 = 62 yards gained.
- 14 boxes: 13 hold 156, and a fourteenth holds the final four.
- Prices per pound are about $1.7143, $2.10, $2.00, and $1.925. The 16 oz package has the highest unit price. The old question was ambiguous and its answer key was incorrect.
Adapted from Rick’s Math Word Problems Test, page 4. 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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