The Kid Who Ran For President
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1) Judson borrowed $1500 from his parents on Monday, $3000 on Tuesday, and $6000 on Wednesday. If this pattern continues, how much money will he borrow from his parents on Friday?
2) JUDSON MOON FOR PRESIDENT banner measured 20 feet by 40 feet. What is the perimeter and the area of the banner?
3) Judson's mother has a goal of raising $500,000 for her son. She has already raised $12,755. How much more money does she need to raise to reach her goal?
4) 1,500 people were invited to the Judson Moon for President fund-raising party. If one-fourth more people arrived than invited, how many people attended the party?
5) Tony and Sandy spent a total of 2 hours putting up JUDSON MOON FOR PRESIDENT banners. They posted banners all over town. Sandy worked three times as long as Tony putting up signs. How long did each of them work?
6) There are 32 students in a class. Five students say that their favorite candidate is President White, seven students say it's is Judson Moon, and 4 students say it's Senator Dunn. Rest of them did not choose any candidate. What fraction of the students did not choose any candidate?
7) There are 52 people on a bus. One-half of the people would like to vote for Judson Moon. One quarter of the people would like to vote for President White. The rest don't want to vote. How many people don't want to vote?
8) There were 128,200 people listening to Senator Dunn brag about his accomplishments. 9900 people got tired of his bragging and turned off their radios. How many stayed and listened to the bragging?
9) If a 30-second TV commercial costs about $30,000, how much would it cost to run a 30-second commercial 50 times?
10) Judson Moon's team sent 2 million e-mails yesterday and 700,000 e-mails today. How many e-mails were sent in two days? How many fewer e-mails were sent today?
11) Judson Moon's popularity was 24% yesterday. Today it dropped by two-thirds. What is the popularity now?
12) The inauguration of the new president cost $40 million. Write it in the standard form.
Answers for The Kid Who Ran For President
1) $12,000 on Thursday.
$24,000 on Friday
Doubling everyday.
2) Perimeter = 120 feet
Area = 800 square feet
3) $487.245
4) 1/4 of 1500 is 375
1500 + 375 = 1875 people
5) 2 hours = 120 minutes
Sandy = 90 minutes
Tony = 30 minutes
6) 1/2
7) 13 students
8) 118,300
9) $1,500,000
10) 2,700,000 total emails
1,300,000 fewer emails
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11) Dropped by two-thirds means popularity is only one-third.
One-third of 24% is 8%
12) $40,000,000