Basic Mathematics for College Students

(Nandana) #1

  1. 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?

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

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

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

  5. 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:?

CEREALToasted Whole Grain Oat

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Nutrition Facts
Serving size :? cups
Servings per container: 11

CEREAL

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6 5 4
7
8
9
Oranges
84 cents a pound


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

  2. 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?

  3. 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?

  4. 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?

  5. Explain the difference between and.

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


Find the LCM of the given numbers.


  1. 5, 12, 15 116. 8, 12, 16


Find the GCF of the given numbers.


  1. 12, 68, 92 118. 24, 36, 40


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WRITING


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270 Chapter 3 Fractions and Mixed Numbers

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