Basic Mathematics for College Students

104. CEMENT MIXERS A cement mixer can carry
     cubic yards of concrete. If it makes 8 trips to a
     job site, how much concrete will be delivered to the
     site?


105. SHOPPING In the illustration, what is the cost of
     buying the fruit in the scale? Give your answer in
     cents and in dollars.


106. PICTURE FRAMES How many inches of
     molding is needed to make the square picture
     frame below?


107. BREAKFAST CEREAL A box of cereal contains
     about cups. Refer to the nutrition label shown
     below and determine the recommended size of one
     serving.


108. BREAKFAST CEREAL A box of cereal contains
     about cups. Refer to the nutrition label shown
     below. Determine how many servings there are for
     children under 4 in one box.

Nutrition Facts

Serving size

Children under 4: cup

Servings per Container

Children Under 4:?

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Nutrition Facts

Serving size :? cups

Servings per container: 11

CEREAL

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109. CATERING How many people can be served
     -pound hamburgers if a caterer purchases
     200 pounds of ground beef?


110. SUBDIVISIONS A developer donated to the
     county 100 of the 1,000 acres of land she owned.
     She divided the remaining acreage into -acre lots.
     How many lots were created?


111. HORSE RACING The race tracks on which
     thoroughbred horses run are marked off in
     -mile-long segments called furlongs. How many
     furlongs are there in a -mile race?


112. FIRE ESCAPES Part of the fire escape stairway for
     one story of an office building is shown below. Each
     riser is inches high and each story of the building
     is 105 inches high.
     a. How many stairs are there in one story of the fire
     escape stairway?
     b. If the building has 43 stories, how many stairs are
     there in the entire fire escape stairway?


113. Explain the difference between and.


114. Give three examples of how you use mixed numbers
     in daily life.

Find the LCM of the given numbers.

115. 5, 12, 15 116. 8, 12, 16

Find the GCF of the given numbers.

117. 12, 68, 92 118. 24, 36, 40

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