At Cherry Valley Farms, a farmer plants 350 acres of soybeans, 288 acres of corn, 590

Add the following numbers. 45 27 1 19 91

Add the following numbers. 548 229 4,600 1 62,660

Add the following numbers. 339 1,236 5,981 3,597 8,790

Add the following numbers. 2,359 8,511 14,006

Add the following numbers. 733 401 1,808 24,111 10,595

Add the following numbers. 2,339 1 118 1 3,650 1 8,770 1 81 1 6 5

Add the following numbers.12,554 1 22,606 1 11,460 1 20,005 1 4,303 5

Estimate the following by rounding each number all the way; then add to find the exact answer. 288 512 3,950 1,944

Estimate the following by rounding each number all the way; then add to find the exact answer. 38,599 3,116 1 129

Estimate the following by rounding each number all the way; then add to find the exact answer. 318,459 1 283,405

Estimate the following by rounding each number all the way; then add to find the exact answer. City traffic engineers in Canmore are doing an intersection traffic survey. On Tuesday, a counter placed at the intersection of Armstrong Place and Three Sisters Blvd. registered the following counts: morning, 2,594; afternoon, 2,478; and evening, 1,863. a. Round each number to the nearest hundred and add to get an estimate of the traffic count for the day. b. What was the exact amount of traffic for the day?

While shopping, Tyler Hammond purchases items for $3, $24, $13, $2, and $175. How much did he spend?

The following chart shows the April, May, and June sales figures by service categories for Pandoras Beauty Salon. Total each row to get the category totals. Total each column to get the monthly totals. Calculate the grand total for the three-month period. Pandoras Beauty Salon Category Service Category April May June Totals Cutting, Styling, Coloring $13,515 $12,350 $14,920 Manicure, Pedicure, Waxing 5,418 7,640 5,756 Facials and Makeup 4,251 6,125 6,740 Beauty Supplies 8,690 7,254 10,346 Monthly Grand Totals Total

At Cherry Valley Farms, a farmer plants 350 acres of soybeans, 288 acres of corn, 590 acres of wheat, and 43 acres of assorted vegetables. In addition, the farm has 9 acres for grazing and 4 acres for the barnyard and farmhouse. What is the total acreage of the farm?

Service Masters Carpet Cleaners pays its sales staff a salary of $575 per month, plus commissions. Last month Alex Acosta earned commissions of $129, $216, $126, $353, and $228. What was Alexs total income for the month?

Subtract the following numbers.354 2 48

Subtract the following numbers.5,596 2 967

Subtract the following numbers.95,490 2 73,500

Subtract the following numbers.339,002 2 60,911

Subtract the following numbers.2,000,077 2 87,801

Subtract the following numbers. $185 minus $47

Subtract the following numbers.67,800 9,835

Subtract the following numbers. $308 less $169

Subtract the following numbers.Subtract 264 from 1,893

Subtract the following numbers.Subtract 8,906,000 from 12,396,700

The beginning inventory of the Designer Shoe Salon for August was 850 pairs of shoes. On the 9th, it received a shipment from the factory of 297 pairs. On the 23rd, another shipment of 188 pairs arrived. When inventory was taken at the end of the month, there were 754 pairs left. How many pairs of shoes were sold that month?

An electrician, Sparky Wilson, starts the day with 650 feet of wire on his truck. In the morning, he cuts off pieces 26, 78, 45, and 89 feet long. During lunch, he goes to an electrical supply warehouse and buys another 250 feet of wire. In the afternoon, he uses lengths of 75, 89, and 120 feet. How many feet of wire are still on the truck at the end of the day?

Use the U.S. Postal Service Mail Volume graph on the next page to answer the following questions. a. How many pieces were delivered in 2005 and 2006 combined?b. How many fewer pieces were delivered in 2009 than in 2007? c. Write the number of pieces of mail for 2008 in numerical form.

Eileen Townsend is planting her flower beds. She initially bought 72bedding plants at Home Depot. a. If she plants 29 in the front bed, how many plants remain unplanted? b. Eileens remaining flower beds have room for 65 bedding plants. How many more plants must she buy to fill up the flower beds? c. How many total plants did she buy?

An Allied Vans Lines moving truck picks up loads of furniture weighing 5,500 pounds, 12,495 pounds, and 14,562 pounds. The truck weighs 11,480 pounds, and the driver weighs 188 pounds. If a bridge has a weight limit of 42,500 pounds, is the truck within the weight limit to cross the bridge?

A personal balance sheet is the financial picture of how much wealth you have accumulated as of a certain date. It specifically lists your assets (i.e., what you own) and your liabilities (i.e., what you owe). Your current net worth is the difference between the assets and the liabilities. Net worth 5 Assets 2 Liabilities Tom and Carol Jackson have asked for your help in preparing a personal balance sheet. They have listed the following assets and liabilities: current value of home, $144,000 ; audio/video equipment, $1,340; automobiles, $17,500; personal property, $4,350; computer, $3,700; mutual funds, $26,700; 401(k) retirement plan, $53,680; jewelry, $4,800 ; certificates of deposit, $19,300; stock investments, $24,280; furniture and other household goods, $8,600; balance on Wal-Mart and Sears charge accounts, $4,868; automobile loan balance, $8,840; home mortgage balance, $106,770; Visa and MasterCard balances, $4,211; savings account balance, $3,700; Carols night school tuition loan balance, $2,750; checking account balance, $1,385; signature loan balance, $6,350. Use the data provided and the personal balance sheet on page 14 to calculate the following for the Jacksons. a. Total assets b. Total liabilities c. Net worth 175 195 215 190 180 185 200 205 210 Total Pieces of Mail Delivered (in Billions) 212 212 180 213 203 Year U.S. Postal Service Mail Volume 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Source: U.S. Postal Service Postal Facts The U.S. Postal Service delivers billions of pieces of mail each year to more than 149million residences, businesses, and Post Office Boxes in every state, city, town, and borough in America. In 2008, the USPS had over 656,000 career employees in 32,741 post offices, handling an average of 667 million pieces of mail each day. The USPS has the largest civilian fleet of vehicles in the world, 221,000, driving over 1.2 billion miles each year and using 1.21million gallons of fuel. d. Explain the importance of the personal balance sheet. How often should this i nformation be updated?

Brady White weighed 196 1 _ 2 pounds when he decided to join a gym to lose some weight. At the end of the first month, he weighed 191 3 _ 8 pounds. a. How much did he lose that month? b. If his goal is 183 3 _ 4 pounds, how much more does he have to lose?

Hot Shot Industries manufactures metal heat shields for light fixture assemblies. What is the length, x, on the heat shield?

Tim Kenney, a painter, used 6 4 _ 5 gallons of paint on the exterior of a house and 9 3 _ 4 gallons on the interior. a. What is the total amount of paint used on the house? b. If an additional 8 3 _ 5 gallons was used on the garage, what is the total amount of paint used on the house and garage? c. Rounding your answer from part b up to the next whole gallon, calculate the total cost of the paint if you paid $23 for each gallon.

You are an executive with the Varsity Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia. The company president was scheduled to make an important sales presentation tomorrow afternoon in Seattle, Washington, but has now asked you to take his place. The trip consists of a 2 1 _ 2 -hour flight from Atlanta to Dallas, a 1 1 _ 4 -hour layover in Dallas, and then a 3 3 _ 4 -hour flight to Portland. There is a 1 1 _ 2 -hour layover in Portland and then a 3 _ 4 -hour flight to Seattle. Seattle is on Pacific Time, which is 3-hours earlier than Eastern Time in Atlanta. a. I f you depart Atlanta tonight at 11:30 p.m. and all flights are on schedule, what time will you arrive in Seattle? b. If your return flight is scheduled to leave Seattle at 10:10 p.m. tomorrow night, with the same flight times and layovers in reverse, what time are you scheduled to arrive in Atlanta? c. If the leg from Dallas back to Atlanta is 2 _ 3 of an hour longer than scheduled due to headwinds, what time will you actually arrive?

Sam Estero received a $50 gift card to iTunes for his birthday. If he downloaded 12 songs at $0.99 per song, 5 songs at $1.29 per song, and 4 apps for his iPhone at $1.99 per app, how much credit remained on the gift card?

Ben Whitney bought a car at Auto Nation for $14,566.90. The sticker price was $17,047.88. a. How much did Ben save from the sticker price? b. The tax was $957.70, and the registration and license plate cost $65.40. What is the total cost of the car? c. If Ben makes a down payment of $4,550 and gets an interest-free car loan from the dealer, what will the equal monthly payments be for 48 months?

Jimmie Masters earns $4,825.50 per month as a manager at Berries Restaurant. a. How much does he earn in a year? b. If Jimmie gets a raise of $2,965 per year, what is his new annual and monthly salary?

In November 2009, USA Today reported that Ethiopian Airlines had confirmed a $3billion order for 12 A350 aircrafts from Airbus. a. What was the average cost per plane? b. It was also reported that Airbus planned large wingtip devices on the A320 aircraft, reducing fuel burn by 3.5% and saving about $220,000 a year per plane. How much will this fuel savings per year amount to for a fleet of 12 of these aircraft?

Last week you worked 18 hours and earned $256.50. What was your hourly rate?

Matt Menke purchased 153.6 square yards of carpeting on sale for $13.70 per yard. a. What was the cost of the carpet? b. Normally, this carpeting sells for $19.69 per yard. How much did Matt save by purchasing during the sale?

Edward Nolan has room for 26 bedding plants in his garden. He can get pansies for $1.89 each, marigolds for $1.29 each, and zinnias for $0.84 each. He plans to buy 10 of one type and 8 each of the other two types of plants. a. What is the minimum Edward will have to spend? b. What is the maximum Edward could spend?

Southern Telecom is offering a prepaid phone card that contains 200 minutes of time for 8 cents per minute. What is the cost of the card?

A developer, Fiesta Valley Homes, is building 13 townhouses at one time. Each roof measures 45.7 feet by 68.55 feet. a. What is the total square feet per roof? (Multiply length by width.) b. What is the total square feet of roof for the entire project? c. If the roofing company charges $4.15 per square foot, what is the total cost of the roofs?

Tim Meekma owns a PepsiCo vending truck that holds 360 quarts of soda. Last Saturday at a carnival, Tim sold out completely. He sells a 10-ounce Pepsi for $1.25. There are 16ounces in a pint and 2 pints in a quart. a. How many drinks did he serve? b. How much revenue did he take in for the day? c. For the next carnival, Tim is considering switching to either a 12-ounce drink for $1.65 or a 16-ounce drink for $1.95. As his business adviser, what size do you recommend, assuming each would be a sellout?

According to the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 20082009, the National School Lunch Program served 31.2 million school lunches. Of these, 16.1 million students received free lunches, 3.2 million received lunches at a reduced price, and 11.9 million paid full price for their lunches. The federal government reimburses school districts $2.68 for each free lunch, $2.28 for each reduced-price lunch, and $0.25 for each paid lunch. In addition to cash reimbursements, schools are entitled to receive USDA foods called entitlement foods at a value of 19.50 cents for each lunch served. You are the administrator in charge of the school lunch program for your school district. Last month the schools in your district served 25,000 free lunches, 15,000 reduced-price lunches, and 50,000 regular priced lunches. a. Calculate the amount of reimbursement you expect to receive from the NSLP for last month. b. In addition to the lunch reimbursement, the NSLP program pays your district $.035 per one-half pint of milk served with each meal. If each student averaged 1 one-half pint of milk per meal, calculate the total amount of milk reimbursement you expect for last month. c. The Bottom LineWhat is the total amount of reimbursement your district will receive for last month? d. Red Tape The government paperwork you must submit requires that you report the average reimbursement per student for both lunch and milk combined last month. Calculate this amount.

In 2009, Ford Motor Co. announced that it planned to sell a new police cruiser vehicle in the United States to replace its Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. Ford sells about 45,000 police vehicles a year, or about 75% of all police vehicles sold in the United States. Based on this information, what is the total number of police vehicles sold in the United States each year?

Elwood Smith attends a college that charges $1,400 tuition per semester for 12 credit hours of classes. If tuition is raised by 9% next year: a. How much more will he pay for two semesters of classes with the same course load? b. If Elwood works at a car wash earning $8 per hour and pays 15% in taxes, how many extra hours must he work to make up for the tuition increase? Round to the nearest whole hour.

You are the catering manager for the Imperial Palace Hotel. Last Saturday your staff catered a wedding reception in the main ballroom, during which 152 chicken dinners, 133 steak d inners, and 95 fish dinners were served. All dinners are the same price. The hotel charges per person for catered events. a. What percent of the total meals served was each type of dinner? b. If $13,300 was charged for all the meals, how much revenue did each type produce? c. If a 20% price increase goes into effect next month, what will be the new price per meal? d. When photographers, florists, DJs, bands, and other outside vendors are booked through your office for events at the hotel, a 5 1 _ 2 % finders fee is charged. Last year $175,000 of such services were booked. How much did the hotel make on this service? e. If your boss is expecting $11,000 in finders fee revenue next year, what amount of these services must be booked?

Tim Houston purchased a wall unit for $2,400. He made a $700 down payment and financed the balance with an installment loan for 48 months. If Tims payments are $42.50 per month, use the APR formula to calculate what annual percentage rate he is paying on the loan.

Stereo Central uses the Second National Bank to finance customer purchases. This month the bank is offering 24-month installment loans with an APR of 15.25%. For qualified buyers, no down payment is required. If Nathan David wants to finance a complete stereo system for $1,300, use the APR tables to calculate the finance charge and the monthly payment on his loan.

At a recent boat show, Nautica Bank was offering boat loans for up to 5 years with APRs of 13.5%. On new boats, a 20% down payment was required. Scott Vaughn wanted to finance a $55,000 boat for 5 years. a. What would be the finance charge on the loan? b. What would be the monthly payment?

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a. What is the rebate fraction of a 36-month loan paid off after the 14th payment? b. What is the rebate fraction of a 42-month loan paid off after the 19th payment?

Charlie Allen financed a $3,500 Nautilus home gym with an 8% add-on interest installment loan for 24 months. The loan required a 10% down payment. a. What is the finance charge on the loan? b. What are Charlies monthly payments? c. What annual percentage rate is being charged on the loan? d. If Charlie decides to pay off the loan after 16 months, what is his loan payoff?

Chuck Wells is planning to buy a Winnebago motor home. The listed price is $165,000. Chuck can get a secured loan from his bank at 7.25% for as long as 60 months if he pays 15% down. Chucks goal is to keep his payments below $3,800 per month and amortize the loan in 42 months. a. Can he pay off the loan in 42 months and keep his payments under $3,800? b. What are Chucks options to get his payments closer to his goal? c. Chuck spoke with his banks loan officer, who has agreed to finance the deal with a 6.95% loan if Chuck can pay 20% down. Will these conditions meet Chucks goal?d. Chuck has told the seller he cannot buy the motor home at the listed price. If the seller agrees to reduce the listed price by $4,600 and Chuck pays the 20% down, will Chuck meet his goal?

The advertisement for the 3-D TV at the Electronic Boutique shown below appeared in your local newspaper this morning. Answer the questions that follow based on the information in the ad. a. If you purchased the TV on January 24 of this year and the billing date of the i nstallment loan is the 15th of each month, when would your first payment be due? b. What is the required amount of that payment? c. If that payment is late or less than required, what happens and how much does that amount to? d. If that payment is more than 30 days late, what happens and how much does that amount to? e. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of this offer.