1. On Saturday Jerry earned $38.00 from washing cars, another $25.00 from helping his sister clean her backyard and finally an additional $20.00 for running errands for his next door neighbor. He then bought himself a new fall jacket for $55.00. How much money does Jerry have left?

2. The SPCA says it costs $3 per day to keep a cat and $5 per day to keep a dog. Last week there were ten dogs and fifteen cats at the SPCA. Mr. Crocker’s fifth grade class offered to raise money to pay for the full week’s expenses. How much will his class have to raise?

3. Darren has x video games that if multiplied by 275 then multiplied by .30 that is then divided by 5 equals 3,564. How many video games does Darren have?

4. Cindy bought 7 t-shirts, one for each of her seven brothers, for $9.95 each. The cashier charged her an additional $13.07 in sales tax. She left the store with a measly $7.28. How much money did Cindy start with?

5. You have x amount of glasses that is multiplied by 308 that is then multiplied by .10 that is then divided by 3 and finally equals 462. What number does x represent?

6. For Trish’s Home Economics Class project she decided to make her own homemade trail mix. She bought 7 lbs. of peanuts that cost $4.00 per pound, 5 lbs. of raisins that cost $2.75 per pound and 10 lbs. of M&Ms that cost $3.63 per pound. She mixed all of the three ingredients together and made individual 1 lb. bag treats to hand out at school. What would be the cost per pound of the mixed treats?

7. An average adult heart beats 72 times per minute. An average ten year old’s heart beats 84 times per minute. After one day, how many more beats has a ten year old’s heart made than an adult’s?

8. Jane has a small bookcase in her room that has three shelves. When she organized the seventy-two books in her fantasy book collection it was filled. She counted twelve hardcover books on the bottom shelf and half the remaining books on each of the two other shelves. How many books were on each of the last two shelves?

9. Jack walked from Santa Clara to Palo Alto. It took 1 hour 25 minutes to walk from Santa Clara to Los Altos. Then it took 25 minutes to walk from Los Altos to Palo Alto. He arrived in Palo Alto at 2:45 P.M. At what time did he leave Santa Clara?

10. Penny has x Barbie dolls that she has collected over the years. If the number of Barbie dolls is multiplied by 52 then multiplied by .90 that is then divided by 8 equals 351, how many Barbie dolls does Penny have?

11. Mariam came home with a lot of homework. She started her English reading at 3:45PM and ended at 4:30PM. She then worked on her history report from 4:30PM until 5:15PM. After dinner, she finished up with her math worksheets that took her from 5:40PM until 6:25PM. How long in total did it take Mariam to do all of her homework?

12. Celtic Bakery is having a sale. The following items are on sale:
White Bread - 2 for $1.25
Rye Bread - 2 for $1.35
Onion Rolls - 6 for $1.00
Hamburger Buns - 6 for $0.85
Hot Dog Buns - 6 for $0.69.
Melanie and Kevin are going shopping for their mom at the Celtic Bakery. They were told to buy 15 onion rolls, 10 hamburger buns and 2 loaves of rye bread. How much will it cost them?

13. Arthur wants to take his wife to Hawaii for five days. He estimated that the trip will cost him $3,600. He has $1,000 in the bank that he can use but must save up another $2,600 in 8 weeks. How much will he have to save each week to save up the remaining $2,600?

14. Four boys work together painting houses for the summer. For each house they paint they get $256.00. If the boys work for 4 months of the summer and their expenses are $152.00 per month, how many houses must they paint for each of them to have one thousand dollars at the end of the summer?

15. Mrs. Baker teaches piano. She set a goal for Jason, one of her students who doesn’t like to practice. He was to practice 5 minutes the first night, 10 minutes the second night, 15 minutes the third night and so on until he had practiced for a total of three hours. How many nights will it take Jason to reach his goal?

16. Janet wants to buy a digital camera that costs $249. She has $24 already and wants to save the rest in equal amounts for five weeks so she can buy it just in time for Christmas. How much must she save each week to buy the camera?

17. Sir Cameron and Sir Connor cleaned the rust off of helmets by rolling them in the sand. Cameron could clean 13 helmets in one day, and Connor could clean 10 helmets in one day. After 7 days, how many more helmets would Cameron have cleaned?

18. Mr. Jones has an apartment building that is eleven stories high. All of the even number floors have five apartments. All of the odd number floors have four apartments. How many apartments are in Mr. Jones’s building?

19. The Weber Zoo has a total of 316 animals. Of those, 211 are large animals and 105 are smaller animals. It costs the zoo $14 per day to feed each of the larger animals and $9 per day to feed each of the smaller animals. How much does it cost the zoo each month (30 days) to feed all of the animals?

20. Candice and Holly sold cookies to raise money for charity. They bought the cookies already wrapped in sets of three cookies for $0.50 each set and they purchased 115 sets. They were able to sell all of the sets of cookies for $1.50 each. What was their gross profit?

21. Trip to the Lake Question: The Deweys' car gets 20 miles per gallon (mpg)
The Stones' car gets 30 miles per gallon (mpg)
The Webers' car gets 15 miles per gallon (mpg)
The Golds' car gets 24 miles per gallon (mpg). Four families traveled from different places to vacation together at a lake. The Deweys drove 210 miles
The Webers drove 50 miles less than the Deweys drove
The Golds drove 100 miles more than the Webers drove
The Stones drove 110 miles more than the Webers drove.
How many gallons of gas did each family use to get to the lake?
(Round answers to the nearest tenth)

22. Travis counted 157 quarters in his shoe box. He had to pay his father $36.00 for replacing a window he broke with a baseball. Does Travis have enough money to pay back his father and if so, how many quarters will he have left in his shoe box?

23. Rachel served pizza at her birthday party. Each person ate three pieces. How many friends were at her party if she served thirty-six pieces of pizza? [Be careful and make sure you read this problem correctly - the answer might not be as easy as you think.]

24. Jamie’s mother is making Halloween costumes for the first grade class. There are 36 students in the class. After buying all of the supplies to make the costumes, Jamie’s mother spent $317.12. How much will each costume cost to make if she charges the same price to each student?

25. The Art Museum has a total of 912 exhibits. Of those, 382 are paintings, 311 are sculptures and 219 are various artifacts. It costs the Museum $2,400 per month to insure all of the exhibits. How much does it cost per exhibit to insure?