1. A person owned five sixths of a piece of property and sold three fourths of her share for $1,800. What was the value of the property?

2. A dealer bought motorcycles for $4,000. He sold them for $6,200, making $50 on each motorcycle. How many motorcycles were there?

3. After gaining 50 percent of his original capital, he had capital of $18,000. Find the original capital.

4. It requires 4 men three days to take an inventory; the weekly salary of each is as follows:
A—$250, B—$130, C—$120, D—$90.
Calculate the cost of taking the inventory, assuming that there are five full working days in a week.

5. To work off 60 calories, Brenda needs to walk on the treadmill for 15 minutes. How long will it take her to work off 100 calories?

6. A student worked thirty days at a part-time job. He paid two fifths of his earnings for room and board and had $81 left. What was his daily wage?

7. A lot costing $21,250 leases for $1,900 per year. The taxes and other expenses are $300 per year. Find the percentage of net income on the investment.

8. If the average cost of sweeping a square foot of a small town’s street is $0.75, the cost of sweeping 100 square feet is

9. A clerk divided his 35-hour work week as follows:
One fifth of his time in sorting mail; one half of his time in filing letters; and one seventh of his time in reception work.
The rest of his time was devoted to messenger work. The percentage of time spent on messenger work by the clerk during the week was nearly

10. A city department has a computer unit and rents five computers at a yearly rental of $1,400 per machine. In addition, the cost to the department for the maintenance and repair of each of these machines is $100 per year. Five computer operators, each receiving an annual salary of $30,000, and a supervisor, who receives $38,000 a year, have been assigned to the unit. This unit performs the work previously performed by 10 employees whose combined salary was $324,000 per year. On the basis of these facts, the savings that will result from the operation of this unit for five years will be nearly

11. A man is standing between a bank and a drugstore. He is 60 feet away from the bank and the drugstore is 100 feet away from the bank. How many feet nearer is the man to the bank than the drugstore is to the bank?

12. Joe can do a certain job in eight days. After working alone for four days, he is joined by Mary, and together they finish the work in two more days. How long would it take Mary alone?

13. Eighty dozen pairs of rubber gloves were purchased for a medical facility. If the gloves are used at a rate of 32 pairs per day, what is the maximum number of days the gloves will last?

14. Typist A can do a job in 3 hours. Typist B can do the same job in 5 hours. How long would it take both, working together, to do the job?

15. An organization had one fourth of its capital invested in goods. Two-thirds of the remaining capital was invested in land. The rest was cash in the amount of $1,224. What was the capital of the firm?

16. At a certain health-care facility, the average cost of providing care for 3 patients for five days is $7,200.00. What is the average cost of providing care for 24 patients for five days?

17. After her car broke down on the way to a conference, a nurse had the car towed home 90 miles away. If the car was towed at a rate of 36 miles per hour, how many hours did it take to tow her car home?

18. B owned 75 shares of stock in a building association worth $50 each. The association declared a dividend of 8 percent, payable in stock. How many shares did he own then?

19. A and B together earn $2,100. If B is paid one fourth more than A, how many dollars should B receive?

20. If a boat is purchased for $21,500 and sold for $23,650, what is the percentage of gain?