Problem-Solving Applications:Mixed Review
1-13Solve each problem and explain the method you used.- The school book fair wanted to raise $1500.
It raised $2500. What is the difference
in the amounts? - Abigail bought a garden book for $17.89.
How much change did she receive from
a twenty-dollar bill? What coins and bills
could she have received as change? - Max sold a science fiction novel that
describes life one hundred thousand years
from now. What will the date be one
hundred thousand years from today? - Paperbacks sold for 50¢ each.
Hardcover books sold for $1.25 each.
Was it more expensive to buy 3
paperbacks or 1 hardcover book? - Ray sold handmade bookmarks for
75¢ each. What five coins could be
used to pay for 1 bookmark? - One book at the sale was printed
100 years ago. In what year was that
book printed? - The book fair sold 437 books this year. Last year it
sold 327 books. In which year were more books sold?
how many more? - Zena brought 10 dollars to the book fair. She bought
2 books about mountain climbing for $4.20 each.
How much change did she get?
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