Suppose a student ran a pace of eight minutes per mile at consistent pace.  He arrived at the school in thirty minutes.  How far is the school in miles?

Mr. Thomas's car holds exactly 14 gallons of gasoline, and gets 24 miles per gallon. He gets into his car, which has a full gas tank, and drives  miles. He then refills the car until the gas gauge reads "full" again. In terms of , how many gallons of gasoline did he put in his car?

Mrs. Williams' car gets miles to the gallon; its tank holds  gallons. Mrs. Williams gets into her car, which has a full tank; she drives  miles, and then refills the tank completely with gasoline that costs  dollars per gallon.

In order to determine the amount Mrs. Williams paid for the gasoline, you need to know the value of each of the following varables except:

Six friends work for a company as maintenance staff. 

Above are six graphs. Each graph shows the distance that one of the six is from his home from 8 AM to 9 AM on a particular day, relative to the time. The time of day is represented by the horizontal axis, and the distance from home is represented by the vertical axis. The name of the person represented by each graph is under the graph.

Of the six, who stopped for some breakfast on the way to work?

Six friends work for a company as maintenance staff. 

Above are six graphs. Each graph shows the distance that one of the six is from his home from 8 AM to 9 AM on a particular day, relative to the time. The time of day is represented by the horizontal axis, and the distance from home is represented by the vertical axis. The name of the person represented by each graph is under the graph.

Of the six, which one started out, realized he forgot his briefcase, went back for it, and went to work?

Six friends work for a company as maintenance staff. 

Above are six graphs. Each graph shows the distance that one of the six is from his home from 8 AM to 9 AM on a particular day, relative to the time. The time of day is represented by the horizontal axis, and the distance from home is represented by the vertical axis. The name of the person represented by each graph is under the graph.

Of the six, which one works the night shift, and therefore went from work to home between 8 AM and 9 AM?

Six friends work for a company as maintenance staff. 

Above are six graphs. Each graph shows the distance that one of the six is from his home from 8 AM to 9 AM on a particular day, relative to the time. The time of day is represented by the horizontal axis, and the distance from home is represented by the vertical axis. The name of the person represented by each graph is under the graph.

Of the six, who got halfway there, got sick, and returned home?

Six friends work for a company as maintenance staff. 

Above are six graphs. Each graph shows the distance that one of the six is from his home from 8 AM to 9 AM on a particular day, relative to the time. The time of day is represented by the horizontal axis, and the distance from home is represented by the vertical axis. The name of the person represented by each graph is under the graph.

Of the six, who took the express train directly to work?

Six friends work for a company as maintenance staff. 

Above are six graphs. Each graph shows the distance that one of the six is from his home from 8 AM to 9 AM on a particular day, relative to the time. The time of day is represented by the horizontal axis, and the distance from home is represented by the vertical axis. The name of the person represented by each graph is under the graph.

Of the six, which one called in sick at 7:30 AM and stayed in bed?

On a map, one half of an inch represents forty miles of real distance.

It takes John 90 minutes to get from Kingsbury to Willoughby driving an average of  miles per hour. How many inches apart, in terms of , are the two cities on the map?