Steven asks…
Help with math problems…?
I have a few math problems, that I need help setting up, I’m horrible with word problems and these are due in the morning. Thanks in advance…..
a) A realty company charges 9% commission on the sales price of home they sell. They collect the full commission if they list the home and one of their sales staff sells it. You are thinking of selling a home through them. If the price yo have in mind is $300,000, how much commission would you owe the realty company if they list home and one of the staff sells it?
b) A bicycle shop is selling a $500.00 bicycle at 10% off. If the sales tax for this particular state is 7%, how much will the bicycle cost?
c)We want to buy a new car and talk the dealer down to $20,000 because that is the most we feel we can afford. We forgot about the 5.5% sales tax. How much difference is this going to make on the price of the car?
d) Tom borrowed $740 from his brother, Bill. He agreed to pay the money back in exactly one year with 12% simple interest. How much will Tom give Bill at the end of one year? (Remember, he has to give back the original amount PLUS interest at the end of one year.)
e) A room is 12 ft. x 9 ft. What are the dimensions in yards?
f) The speed of the space shuttle is 27,404 feet/second according to its specifications. How much is this in miles per hour?
g) Change 14.25 feet into inches.
h) We have a cube that has a volume of 3 cubic feet. How many cubic inches does this cube contain?
i) A bowling ball weighs 16 pounds. How many ounces is this?
j) To conserve energy, a water heater was limited to heating water to 1400 F. How many Celsius degrees is this?
k) Jake can rake the lawn in 2 hrs 22 minutes. Jill can rake the same lawn 27 minutes quicker. How long does it take Jill to rake the lawn?
adminsta answers:
Hi, don’t worry word problems suck.
First what grade r u in?
I am in 8th and this sounds like algebra or pre-algebra, just wanted to know.
A) the answer is 27,000. They authors r trying to trick u by putting too much info. All you have to do is .09 (your percent) times 300,000 (the price of your house) = 27,000 (your commission)
b) The answer is 535. Again they are giving you too much info, all you have to do is
.07 (percent) times 500 (price) = 35 (your tax) now you add your price and tax and you get what you owe – 535
c) The answer is “the price will be 1100 more. Te people want to know how much the actual tax will be so all you have to do is – 20,000 (price) times .055 (tax %) = 1100 (actual tax)
d) The answer is 828.8. First you have to find out the interest. The rate is 12% so you do-
.12 (rate) times 1 (number of years) times the 740 (original amount) = 88.8 which you add to your original and get 828.8 (amount you pay)
e) The answer is 4yds. By 3yds. There are 3 ft in 1 yd. The people only want to know the dimensions so you divide the 12 by 3 and the 9(number of ft) by 3(number ft in yds)
f) The answer is 18’684.54mi/h. The equation is 27’404 ( feet per second) times .68181 (number of miles per hour in a foot per hour) = 18’684 (the number of miles per hour)
1 foot per second = 0.681818182 miles per hour
g) the answer is 171 inches. All you have to do is- 14.25(number of feet) times 12 (number of inches in a foot) = 171 (number of inches in 14.25 ft.)
h)I am a bit unsure bout this one but i think it is 36 cubic inches. First- 3 (number of cubic feet) times 12(inches in a foot) 36 cubic inches.
I) the answer is 256. There are 16 ounces in a pound. So you- 16(number of pounds) times 16(number of ounces
j) THe answer is 760. The equation C= (F-32) times 5/9
So you do 1400 (F) – 32 = 1368 times 5/9 = 760 (C)
k) The answer is 1hr and 55 min. First you convert the hours to minutes so it is 142 min for Jake.
Then you do 142 (Jake) – 27 (how much faster Jill did hers) = 115 (Jill) and then you convert to hours – 1hr and 55min.
Hope this helped – Tanu
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