Basic Mathematics for College Students

88. HARDWARE Refer to the illustration below. How
    long should the threaded part of the bolt be?


89. OCTUPLETS On January 26, 2009, at Kaiser
    Permanente Bellflower Medical Center in California,
    Nadya Suleman gave birth to eight babies. (The
    United States’ first live octuplets were born in
    Houston in 1998 to Nkem Chukwu and Iyke Louis
    Udobi). Find the combined birthweights of the babies
    from the information shown below. (Source: The
    Nadya Suleman family website)
    No. 1: Noah, male, pounds
    No. 2: Maliah, female, pounds
    No. 3: Isaiah, male, pounds
    No. 4: Nariah, female, pounds
    No. 5: Makai, male, pounds
    No. 6: Josiah, male, pounds
    No. 7: Jeremiah, male, pounds
    No. 8: Jonah, male, pounds


90. SEPTUPLETS On November 19, 1997, at Iowa
    Methodist Medical Center, Bobbie McCaughey gave
    birth to seven babies. Find the combined birthweights
    of the babies from the following information.
    (Source:Los Angeles Times, Nov. 20, 1997)

Nathanial Roy

2lb––^78

Kenneth Robert

3lb––^14

Kelsey Ann

2lb–– 165

Brandon James

3lb–– (^163) Natalie Sue
2lb––^58
Joel Steven
2lb^15 –– 16 Alexis May
2lb^11 –– 16
(^2 1116)
(^1 1516)
(^2 34)
(^1 12)
(^2 12)
(^3 14)
(^2 34)
(^2 1116)
(^5) –
8
––^5
16
Bolt head
Bolt should extend
in. past nut.
in. thick bracket
(^3) –
4
4 in. pine block
(^7) –
8
1 in. nut

91. HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS The Declaration of
    Independence on display at the National Archives in
    Washington, D.C., is 24 inches wide by 29 inches
    high. How many inches of molding would be needed
    to frame it?


92. STAMP COLLECTING The Pony Express Stamp,
    shown below, was issued in 1940. It is a favorite of
    collectors all over the world. A Postal Service
    document describes its size in an unusual way:
    “The dimensions of the stamp are by 1 inches,
    arranged horizontally.”
    To display the stamp, a collector wants to frame it
    with gold braid. How many inches of braid are
    needed?


93. FREEWAY SIGNS A freeway exit sign is shown.
    How far apart are the Citrus Ave. and Grand Ave.
    exits?


94. BASKETBALL See the graph below. What is the
    difference in height between the tallest and the
    shortest of the starting players?

(^1) –
6'5 " (^27) –
8
6'1 "
6'9"
(^1) –
4
6'11 "
(^1) –
6'7 " 2
Heights of the Starting Five Players
Citrus Ave. mi
Grand Ave.
(^3) –
4
(^1) – mi
2

3

44

100

84

100

3

4

1

2

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