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1. Two automobiles start together from the same place and travel along the same route. The first averages 40 miles per hour, the second 55 miles per hour. How many miles further along the route is the second auto at the end of 5 hours?

2.Find the total thickness of two pieces of wood that carpenter glued together if one is 5/16 inch thick and the other is 7/8 inch thick.

3.An average tub bath uses 8 gallons of water, and an average shower uses 6 gallons. To provide baths for 60 people, how much more water will be needed if tubs are used instead of showers?

4. A carpenter cut three 4’6” shelves from a 14” board. How long a piece was left over?

5. A father walks 36 miles in 12 hours while his son covers the same distance on a bicycle at twice the fathers rate of speed. at this rate, how many miles would the bicycle rider trave?

6. Out of 20 attempts, a basketball player scored 8 times. What is the percent of his chances did he score?

7. How many 36 passenger busses will it take to carry 144 people?

8. If 12 people are needed to run 4 machines, how many people are needed to run 20 machines?

9. A pole 24 feet high has a shadow 8 feet long. A nearby pole is 72 feet tall. How long is its Shadow?

10. John is paid $26.00 for 8 hours of work. How much should he be paid for working 37 hours at the same hourly wages?

11. Soup ordinarily priced at 2 cans for 33 cents may be purchased in lots of one dozen for $1.74. What is the savings per can when purchased this way.

12. It costs John $13.50 to take Mary out for the evening. Sixty percent of this total was for theater tickets. What was the cost of each ticket?

13. If the following series will continue in the same pattern, what is the next number in the series: 1, 10, 7, 16 __ ?

14. Mary worked a total of 16 ½ during 5 days of the past week. What was her average work day?

1. The duty of the lighthouse keeper is to keep the light burning no matter what happens, so that ships will be warned of the presence of dangerous rocks. If a shipwreck should occur near the lighthouse, even though he would like to aid in the rescue off its crew and passengers the lighthouse keeper must…

2. In certain areas, water is so scarce that every attempt is made to conserve it. For instance, on one oasis in the Sahara Desert, the amount of wáter necessary for each date pal is carefully determined. How much wáter is each tree given?

3. Twenty-five percent of all household burglaries can be attributed to unlocked doors or windows. Crime is the result of opportunity plus desire. To prevent crime, it is each individual’s responsibility to……

4. From a building designer’s standpoint, three things that make a home livable are the client, the building site, and the amount of money the client has no spend. According to the passage, to make a home livable….

5. A business letter has a six parts instead of five. The extra part is called the inside address. It is placed just above the salutation. The other five parts as just the same as for the friendly letter. What is the extra part of a business letter?

6. When writing a letter you should use correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, letter form, and paragraphing. When you have finished, read your letter through and rewrite it if you are not satisfied with any part of it. When should you rewrite your letter?

7. Mineral-rich Zaire is one of the world’s most important sources of uranium. It also is a source of copper, tin, diamonds (mainly industrial) gold,cobalt, and zinc. Agricultural products include palm oil, and kernels, cottonseed, rubber, cotton lint, coffee, peanuts, sweet potatoes and yams and cassava. How Many cotton products does Zaire produce?

8. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators fro each state, chosen by the people there of, for six years; each Senator shall have one vote. Immediately after the shall be divided as equally as may be divided into three classes. The seats of senators of the first class shall be vacant at the expiration of the four year, and of the third class at the expiration of the six year, that one third may be chosen every second year. The purpose of three classes is to….

1.When the temperature is 20 degrees Celsius ©, what is it on the Fahrenheit (F) scale? Use the following formula. F= (9/5 X C) + 32

2. The perimeter of a rectangle is 38 inches. If the length is 3 inches more than the width, find the width.

3. Find the square root of 85 correct to the nearest tenth.

4. If 5x=30, then x is equal to:

5. What is the product of
(a-5) and (a+3)?

6. Solve for z: 3z – 5 + 2z = 25 – 5z