8. At TelePower Plus, long-distance phone calls to China cost $0.59 for the first minute and $0.25 for each additional minute, plus an additional roaming charge of $2.50. If the total charge of a call to Beijing was $11.84, how many minutes did the call last? (Points : 2)
9. Do It Best Hardware is offering a 140-piece mechanic’s tool set plus a $65 tool chest for $226. What is the cost per tool? (Points : 2)
10. Austin and Kaitlyn Kojan invested $195,000 in a business venture. If Kaitlyn invested 2 ¼ times as much as Austin invested, how much money did Kaitlyn invest? (Points : 2)
11. A Cold Stone Creamery ice cream shop sells sundaes for $3.60 and banana splits for $4.25. The shop sells four times as many sundaes as banana splits. If total sales amounted to $3,730 last weekend, how many banana splits were sold? (Points : 2)
12. What were the total dollar sales of sundaes from the previous question? (Points : 2)
13. You are interested in purchasing a wide-screen television set at Target. On this type of TV, the ratio of screen width to screen height is 16 to 9. If a certain model you are considering has a screen width of 48 inches, what is the height of the screen (in inches)? (Points : 2)
14. Angela Hatcher is planting flower bulbs in her garden for this coming summer. She intends to plant 1 bulb for every 5 square inches of flower bed. How many flower bulbs will she need for an area measuring 230 square inches? (Points : 2)
15. From the previous question, if the price Angela pays is $1.77 for every 2 bulbs, how much will she spend on all the flower bulbs? (Points : 2)
16. The Book Nook makes four times as much revenue on paperback books as on hardcover books. If last month’s sales totaled $124,300, how much of that money was made on paperbacks? (Points : 2)
17. You are moving to a new home and have rented a truck to assist you with the move. Trailside Truck Rentals charges $39.95 per day plus $0.68 per mile. You will need the truck for 3 days and will travel 460 miles. What will the total cost be? (Points : 2)
18. E-Z Stop Fast Gas sold $10,957 worth of gasoline yesterday. Regular grade sold for $2.30 a gallon and premium grade sold for $2.55 a gallon. If the station sold 420 more gallons of regular than of premium, how many gallons of regular were sold? (Points : 2)
19. Using your answers from the the previous question, if the profit on regular gas is $0.18 per gallon and the profit on premium gas is $0.20 per gallon, what was the station’s total profit? (Points : 2)
20. One-ninth of Polymer Plastics’ sales are made in New England. If New England sales amount to $600,000, what are the total sales of the company?
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10)$121.875
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14)46
15)33.13
17)432.65
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