Sheet # 232
Name: ________________________ Date_____________
Explain and Show Your Work.
1) Mindy wants to buy a new pair of shoes. She has $50 to spend. The pair she wants costs $70, but there is a sale tomorrow that will offer a 1/3 off special. If she decides to buy these shoes, how much money will she have left over after she buys them?
2) In a bungie jump from a height of 30 meters, the jumper bounces back up to 3/4 the original height on the first bounce, back up to 1/2 of the height of the first bounce on the second bounce, and so on. How high does the person bounce back on the first bounce? On the second bounce?
3) Sharon worked as a volunteer in her neighborhood swimming pool 1 5/6 hours a day for 5 days. How many hours did she work in all over the 5 days?
4) A tanker truck delivering fuel to gas stations in town has a load of 50,000 liters. Diesel fuel is 1/5 of the load, 8/15 is regular gas, 1/6 is premium gas. The rest is a blend of regular and premium. How many liters of each type of fuel are on the truck?
Answers for sheet # 232
1) Money off on the shoe = (1/3) x $70 = $23.33
Cost of the shoe = $70 - $23.33 = $46.66
Money left = $50 - $46.66 = $3.34
2) Height after first bounce = (3/4) x 30 m = 22.50 m
Height after 2nd bounce = (1/2) x (22.50 m) = 11.25 m
3) 1 5/6 hours = (11/6 hours/day)
Hours spent in 5 days = (11/6) x 5 days = 55/6 = 9 1/6
4)Diesel fuel = (1/2) x 50,000 = 25,000 liters
Regular gas = (8/15) x 50,000 = 26,666.66 liters
Premium gas = (1/6) x 50,000 = 8333.33 liters