Level 1
Chapter 5 – Section II – Exercise 2
One-fifth of the employees of Delta Industries, Inc., work in the Midwest region. If the
company employs 252 workers in that region, what is the total number of employees working
for Action Hydraulics?
Level 2
Chapter 5 – Section II – Exercise 3
Walter’s salary this year is $23,400. If this is $1,700 more than he made last year, what
was his salary last year?
Level 2
Chapter 5 – Section II – Exercise 15
The U.S. Congress has a total of 535 members. If the number of representatives is 65 less
than five times the number of senators, how many senators and how many representatives
are in Congress? HINT: Let N = the number of Senate members
Level 3
Chapter 5 – Section II – Exercise 17
You are the shipping manager for World Imports. Calculate is the total cost to
ship an order of glassware weighing 1,860 pounds, if the breakdown is $.04
per pound for packing, $.02 per pound for insurance, $.13 per pound for
transportation, and $132.40 for the crate?
Level 2
Chapter 5 – Section II – Exercise 21
At Fancy Fruit Distributors, Inc., the ratio of fruits to vegetables sold is 5 to 3.
If 1,848 pounds of vegetables are sold, how many pounds of fruit are sold?
Level 2
Chapter 5 – Section II – Exercise 25
Following a recent election, it was reported that 300,000 people applied for 7,000
available jobs in the new president’s administration. At that rate, on average, how
many people had applied for each job?
Round to the nearest whole person.
Contemporary Mathematics for Business and Consumers, Eighth Edition
Robert Brechner and George Bergeman
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Level 3
Chapter 5 – Section II – Exercise 28
Eighty ounces of Lazy Lawn fertilizer covers 1,250 square feet of lawn.
a. How many ounces would be required to cover a 4,000 square foot lawn?
b. If Lazy Lawn costs $1.19 for a 32-ounce bag, what is the total cost to fertilize the lawn?
Level 2
Chapter 5 – Assessment Test – Exercise 20
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 long did the call last?
HINT: Let M be the total number of minutes of the call.
Level 2
Chapter 5 – Assessment Test – Exercise 21
Discount Electronics ordered three dozen cell phones from the manufacturer.
If the total order amounted to $1,980.00, what was the cost of each phone?
Level 3
Chapter 5 – Assessment Test – Exercise 32
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.
a. How many flower bulbs will she need for an area measuring 230 square inches?
b. If the price is $1.77 for every 2 bulbs, how much will she spend on the flower bulbs?
Level 3
Chapter 5 – Assessment Test – Exercise 33
The Pizza Palace makes 30 pizzas every 2 hours to accommodate the lunch crowd.
a. If lunch lasts 3 hours, how many pizzas does Pizza Palace make?
b. If each pizza can serve 4 people, how many people are served during the 3-hour lunch
period?