Sheet # 475 Multistep
Name_________________________Date:_____________
1) Each year approximately 28 million tons of yard waste (mowed grass, dead leaves, etc.) are thrown away in the United States. This is about 20% of the total amount of garbage thrown away in the United States each year. About how many tons of garbage are thrown away in the United States each year?
2) My turkey for Christmas dinner needed to cook for 3 hours and 45 minutes. Then I had to take it out of the oven and cook my other items 30 minutes, after first raising the temperature of the oven, which took 10 minutes. If I served dinner at 4:00 p.m., what time did I put the turkey into the oven?
3) When I shopped at Cosentinos for Christmas dinner the bill came to $210.34. I then turned in $25.35 in coupons, which were doubled. Finally, my Advantage Card gave me an additional savings of $12.48. What was my final cost?
4) During the 180 days of school in one Chicago school students kept track of the weather every day. They found that it rained 3/10 of those days and snowed another 25% of the time. How many days during that time period did the students see no snow?
Answers for sheet # 457
1) 140 millions
2) 12:05 p.m.
3) $147.16
4) 135 days