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Samantha has 312 greeting cards that she needs to sort into boxes that each hold 24 cards. She will need 312/24 = 13 boxes. Gasoline costs $3.76 per gallon and Dan's tank holds 17 gallons. If he has a quarter tank remaining, filling the rest of the tank will use 17 * 3/4 = 12.75 gallons, costing 12.75 * $3.76 = $47.80. With 5.5 grosses of baseball cards where each gross contains 144 packs with 8 cards each, there are 5.5 * 144 * 8 = 6,336 cards total. In the parking lot with 260 cars, half are SUVs and a third are subcompact

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Algebra: Word Problems Version 5: Directions

Samantha has 312 greeting cards that she needs to sort into boxes that each hold 24 cards. She will need 312/24 = 13 boxes. Gasoline costs $3.76 per gallon and Dan's tank holds 17 gallons. If he has a quarter tank remaining, filling the rest of the tank will use 17 * 3/4 = 12.75 gallons, costing 12.75 * $3.76 = $47.80. With 5.5 grosses of baseball cards where each gross contains 144 packs with 8 cards each, there are 5.5 * 144 * 8 = 6,336 cards total. In the parking lot with 260 cars, half are SUVs and a third are subcompact

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Name ___________________________

Date ____________________

Algebra: Word Problems Version 5


Directions: Solve each problem.
1. Samantha wants to sort her greeting
cards into boxes that hold 24 cards each.
She has 312 greeting cards. How many
boxes will she need?

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2. Gasoline costs $3.76 per gallon. Dan's


car holds 17 gallons of gas. Dan has a
quarter of a tank of gas, how much will it
cost him to top off the tank?

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3. A gross of baseball cards contains 144


packs of cards. Each pack contains 8
baseball cards. If you have 5 and half
grosses of baseball cards, how many cards
do you have in all?
4. A parking lot is filled with 260 cars. 1/2
of the vehicles are SUVs. 1/3 are sub
compact cars. The rest are luxury cars. How
many cars in the lot are luxury cars?

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5. Chess experts believe that the first 4


moves (in sequence) can take place
197,299 different ways (when totaled). It
takes a half of a minute to make a single
move. How long do you think it would take
a player to try every possible set of 4
moves?

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This algebra worksheet is from www.teach-nology.com

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