Name ____________________________________________________  Date___________________________________

Word problems using formulas

 

  1. If a car that normally sells for $12,000 is discounted $1,500, find the sales price? ______________________

 

    2.   At a year-end clearance sale, a $15,750 Jeep-Wrangler sold for $13,450.  What was the amount of the discount?   

          ______________________

 

  1. A store buys a lamp for $35 and then marks up the cost $20 before selling.  What is the retail price? ______________________

  

    4.    It costs a snack bar owner 20 cents to make a snow cone.  If he charges 70 cents for the snow cone, what is the markup?  

           ______________________

 

  1. A charity telethon took $14 million in donations but had expenses totaling $2 million.  What was the profit made by the institution? ______________________

 

  1. In 1997, the Salvation Army collected $1.7 billion in donations.  Of that amount, $1.4 billion went directly to support its programs.  What were the 1997 administrative costs of the organization? ______________________

 

  1. As they migrate from the Bering Sea to Baja California, gray whales swim for about 20 hours a day, covering a distance of approximately 70 miles.  Estimate the average swimming rate in miles per hours?

 

  1. Find the distance covered by a jet if it travels for 3 hours at 550 mph. ______________________

 

  1. The thermostat in an office building was set at 770F.  Convert this setting to degrees Celsius. ______________________

 

  1.  The record high temperature for New Mexico is 1220F, on June 27, 1994.  Convert this setting to degrees Celsius. ______________________

 

  1.  Find the distance a camera fell in 6 seconds if it was dropped by a vacationer taking a hot-air balloon ride.  ______________________

 

  1.  Find the distance a ball has fallen 7 seconds after being dropped from a building. ______________________

 

  1.  Find the average for a bowler who rolled scores of 254, 225, and 238. ______________________

 

  1.  In a math course, a student had the following scores in the first three tests, 75, 90, and 65.  If he missed the last two tests, what is his average in class?  ______________________