Download Math 60 – Basic Math Questions Work out answers to each question

Math 60 – Basic Math Questions
Work out answers to each question without using a calculator.
1. Simplify 12  (5)  (13)  3 .
2. Write 0.0000451 in scientific notation.
15. The following histogram is based upon a
survey when teens were asked how many
hours a day they spent using a computer.
3. What Fahrenheit temperature corresponds
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to 10C if F  C  32 ?
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4. Simplify: 7 x  2  4  x   8
5. Solve: 4  3  x  5  2
1 2
 x
7 3
7. Jack and Donna shared the grocery bill
with other roommates. Jack paid one-fifth
of the bill and Donna paid one-fourth.
Together they spent $63. How much was
the grocery bill?
6. Solve: x 
8. The cost of my cab ride was $9. This was
$5.25 pick-up fee plus $0.75 per mile.
How many miles did I go?
9. Evaluate 2 x2  5x for x = 4.
10. At the beginning of the month your bank
account had a balance of $1400. You
withdrew a constant amount for 20 days.
After those 20 days the balance was $250.
How much were the daily withdraws?
11. Is the ordered pair (4, 5) a solution to the
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equation y  x  7 ?
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x 32
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12. Solve for x :
14 7
(a) How many teens spent 4 or more
hours?
(b) How many teens were surveyed?
(c) What percentage spent exactly 6
hours?
16. The length of a table is two more than
three times the width. If w represents the
width, then write an expression for length.
17. Make a table containing 3 solutions to the
equation and graph the equation:
y  2x  3 .
18. At the store you bought 3 bags of chips and
2 jars of salsa. A jar of salsa costs $2 more
than a bag of chips. If you spent $14.25,
how much did each bag of chips cost?
19. Give the coordinates of points A and B,
which are plotted in the following graph:
13. Charles' cat eats 54 pounds of cat food a
month. If there are 16 ounces in 1 pound,
then how many ounces is this?
14. A basketball costs $2.50 more than a
soccer ball. Together a basketball and
soccer ball cost $18.48. How much does a
soccer ball cost?
20. The local sales tax is 4%. If Jack buys a
calculator that costs $85, how much tax
will he be charged?