| 1. My washing machine needs to be fixed. It made 7
loud noises on Monday, 15 loud noises on Tuesday, and 17 loud noises
on Wednesday. On Thursday, it tore big holes in all of my socks.
How many noises did it make all week ? |
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| 2. Oscar Hudnut had a new job. He was supposed
to watsh all the sheep, on Arnold's Sheep Ranch. There were 6,779,002
sheep on the ranch. After a week on the job, Oscar decided to count
the sheep. There were only 79,843 sheep left. How many sheep were
missing ? |
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| 3. A woman is chosen at random among all women that
have two children. She is asked do you have at least one boy, and
she answers 'yes.' What is the probability her other child is a
boy? Assume every pregnancy has a 50/50 chance to be a boy or a
girl. |
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| 4. Suzy is ten years older than Billy,
and next year she will be twice as old as Billy. How old are they
now? |
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| 5. A farmer grows 252 kilograms of apples. He sells
them to a grocer who divides them into 5 kilogram and 2 kilogram
bags. If the grocer uses the same number of 5 kg bags as 2kg bags,
then how many bags did he use in all? |
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| 6. A 800 seat multiplex is divided into 3 theatres.
There are 270 seats in Theatre 1, and there are 150 more seats in
Theatre 2 than in Theatre 3. How many seats are in Theatre 2? |
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| 7. Three people share a car for a period of one year
and the mean number of kilometers travelled by each person is 152
per month. How many kilometers will be travelled in one year? |
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| 8. Bacteria in a petri dish double the area they cover
every day. If the dish is covered after 16 days, on what day was
only one quarter of it covered? |
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| 9. Jenny bought 7 t-shirts, one for each of her seven
brothers, for $9.95 each. The cashier charged her an additional
$13.07 in sales tax. She left the store with a measely $7.28. How
much money did Jenny start with? |
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| 10. If BEST BUY buys oranges at 8 for 5
cents and sell them at 4 for 11 cents, how many must he buy and
sell to make a profit of about 500 cents? |
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