Sheet # 29 /Mixed Problems
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1. Let us suppose that your car can hold 20 gallons of gas. When you filled your car with the gas, the odometer read 8,743. When you were out of gas and had to fill it again, the odometer read 9,743 miles.
a) How many miles did your car run on that tank of gas?
b) How many miles (approximately) did your car run on one gallon of gas?
c) If the gas cost $1.25/gallon, how much did 20 gallons cost?
2. Tom places a rocket which is 4 feet 9 inches tall on a launch pad which is 1 foot 10 inches tall. How tall will the entire unit ( rocket and launch pad? be?
3. Tom has to be at school by 8:30 A.M. It takes him 20 minutes to get dressed, 20 minutes to eat and 30 minutes to walk to school. What time should he get up?
4. Tim dropped his basketball from a height of 80 meters. It bounced 1/4 of the height it fell. How high will the ball bounce after it hits the ground?