Basic Mathematics for College Students

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  1. HEALTH Find the point total for the six risk
    factors (shown with blue headings) on the medical
    questionnaire below. Then use the table at the
    bottom of the form (under the red heading) to
    determine the risk of contracting heart disease
    for the man whose responses are shown.

  2. POLITICAL POLLS Six months before a general
    election, the incumbent senator found himself trailing
    the challenger by 18 points. To overtake his opponent,
    the campaign staff decided to use a four-part strategy.
    Each part of this plan is shown below, with the
    anticipated point gain.
    Part 1Intense TV ad blitz: gain 10 points
    Part 2Ask for union endorsement: gain 2 points
    Part 3Voter mailing: gain 3 points
    Part 4Get-out-the-vote campaign: gain 1 point
    With these gains, will the incumbent overtake the
    challenger on election day?

  3. MILITARY SCIENCE During a battle, an army
    retreated 1,500 meters, regrouped, and advanced
    3,500 meters. The next day, it advanced 1,250 meters.
    Find the army’s net gain.

  4. AIRLINES The graph in the next column shows
    the annual net income for Delta Air Lines during
    the years 2004–2007.


a. Estimate the company’s total net income over
this span of four years in millions of dollars.

b. Express your answer from part a in billions of
dollars.

Age
Age
35

Points
–4

Reading
280

Points
3

To tal Cholesterol

Cholesterol
HDL
62

Points
–3

Systolic/Diastolic
124/100

Points
3

Blood Pressure

Diabetic

Ye s

Points
4

Total Points
–2 or less
–1 to 1
2 to 3
4

Risk
1%
2%
3%
4%

Total Points
5
6
7
8

Risk
4%
6%
6%
7%

Ye s

Points
2
10-Year Heart Disease Risk

Smoker

Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute


  1. ACCOUNTING On a financial balance sheet, debts
    (considered negative numbers) are written within
    parentheses. Assets (considered positive numbers)
    are written without parentheses. What is the 2009
    fund balance for the preschool whose financial
    records are shown below?


–3,000

–2,000

–1,000

1,000

0

2,000

$ millions
–4,000

–5,000

–6,000
–7,000
(Source: The Wall Street Journal)

Delta Air Lines
Net Income

3,000

–5,198

–3,818

–6,203

1,612

’07

’04 ’05 ’06
Year

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Fund Balance $
Classroom supplies $5,889
Emergency needs $927
Holiday program ($2,928)
Insurance $1,645
Janitorial ($894)
Licensing $715
Maintenance ($6,321)
BALANCE?

ABC Preschool Balance Sheet, June 2009


  1. SPREADSHEETS Monthly rain totals for four
    counties are listed in the spreadsheet below. The
    entered in cell B1 means that the rain total for Suffolk
    County for a certain month was 1 inch belowaverage.
    We can analyze this data by asking the computer to
    perform various operations.


a. To ask the computer to add the numbers in cells B1,
B2, B3, and B4, we type SUM(B1:B4). Find this sum.
b. Find SUM(F1:F4).

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