1. A gallon of a certain kind of paint will cover 224 square feet of surface. In painting two walls; one 36’ by 8’ and the other 24’ by 9’, the number of gallons of paint used is:

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2. Susan wants to use blue, yellow, green, and pink paint to decorate her house. She needs 3 times as much blue paint as yellow paint and ½ much yellow paint as green paint. She needs 3 ¼ gallons of pink paint, which is ¾ of a gallon more than the green paint she needs. How much paint does Susan need in all?

3. Mrs. Roberts needs material for four curtains. Each curtain requires 4 yards 1 foot of material. At $3 per yard the cost for material is:

4. A tractor wheel is 88 inches in circumference. How many complete turns will the wheel make in rolling one mile on the ground? (1 mile is 5280 feet)

5. A kitchen floor is 9 feet long and 6 feet wide. The number of yards of molding needed to hold the linoleum around the outside edge is:

6. The basketball team of Martin Luther Kind High School won 12 of its first 15 game. It then won its next 3 games. Its winning percentage was then:

7. A circular track is 1000 yards in circumference, Cyclists A, B, and C started at the same place and time, and race around the track at the following rates per minute: A at 700 yards, B at 800 yards, and C at 900 yards. What is the least number of minutes it must take for all three to be together again?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

1. 2 1/4 Gallons
2. 10 3/4 Gallons
3. $52
4. 720 Turns
5. 12 yards
6. 83 1/3 %
7. 40 questions
8. 50400 minutes

Answer 3

5 is actually 10 yards

perimeter = 9 + 6 = 15 * 2 = 30

then convert to yards
30 / 3 = 10 yards

Answer 4

I don't get #3??