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Example Question #61 : Operations
Mindy bought a box of granola bars for . She sold each bar for . If Mindy sold all bars, how much of a profit would she make in dollars?
If the box of granola bars was , this means that each granola bar cost because divided by is .
If Mindy then sold each granola bar for , the profit per bar would be minus the cost of the bar, which is equal to .
If she sold all granola bars, then she would have made a profit of , which is .
Example Question #62 : How To Multiply
Maria makes jewelry with beads. She can make a pair of earrings with beads, a bracelet with beads, and a necklace with beads. If Maria has beads, which of the following could she make?
bracelets
necklaces
bracelets and pairs of earrings
pairs of earrings
pairs of earrings
Given that each pair of earrings requires beads, the number of beads that pairs of earrings would require is equal to:
Since Maria has beads, she has a sufficient number of beads to make earrings. The other jewelry arrangements will result in there being a shortage of beads: Maria would need beads to make necklaces (), beads to make bracelets (), and beads to make bracelets and pairs of earrings ().
Example Question #62 : Operations
The cost for two people to be part of a tennis club is a month. If Jon and Marie share the annual cost of the club membership, how much does each person have to pay per year?
If the cost of being part of a tennis club for two people is a month, that means the annual cost for two people will be .
If two people share this cost, that means that each person will have to pay because half of is .
Therefore, the correct answer is .
Example Question #61 : How To Multiply
On average, Lisa sends twelve emails a day. How many emails would she send in a week if she sent her average number of emails every day of the week?
If Lisa sends an average of emails a day and sends emails over a course of days, that means that the total number of emails that she sends will be equal to . Therefore, the correct answer is .
Example Question #65 : How To Multiply
Andrew recorded a song with his band that is minutes and seconds long. of the way into the song, he begins a drum solo. For how long does the song play before the solo begins?
minute and seconds
minute
minute and seconds
minutes and seconds
minute and seconds
If a song is minutes and seconds long, this is the equivalent of being seconds long. ( minutes is equal to seconds and .)
of is because . Therefore, of is equal to . Therefore, seconds (or minute and seconds) will go by before the drum solo begins.
Example Question #64 : Operations
Anita owns a store. She buys twenty sweaters for each and sells them for each. If she sells all of the twenty sweaters that she bought, how much profit will she earn in dollars?
If Anita buys twenty sweaters for each and sells them for each, this means that she makes profit per sweater. If she sells sweaters, the profit that she makes will be , which is equal to .
Example Question #62 : How To Multiply
Find the product of and .
Find the product of two numbers by multiplying them together. , so the correct answer is .
Example Question #63 : How To Multiply
Find the product of:
When multiplying one negative factor with one positive factor the product will always be negative.
Thus, the solution is:
Example Question #64 : How To Multiply
Find the product of:
When multiplying two negative factors the product will always be positive.
Thus, the solution is:
Example Question #65 : How To Multiply
Find the product of:
When multiplying one negative factor with one positive factor the product will always be negative.
Thus, the solution is:
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