Exam 1: Whole Number: How to Dissect and Solve Word Problems

True Value Hardware buys 200 snow blowers for $90 each to stock the store for the winter. If True Value sells the 200 snow blowers at $120 each, what is the profit? (sales - cost)

Estimate by rounding all the way (do not round final answer):

Rounding approximates actual answers.

Ace Landscape buys 100 shovels for $15 each. Ace sells all 100 shovels at $29.99. What is his profit?

Divide by long division:

Divisor plus quotient + remainder = dividend.

Estimate by rounding all the way (do not round final answer):

Round all-the-way 2,689:

Fill in the missing number:

Estimate by rounding all the way (do not round final answer):

Divide by long division: 6,438 ÷ 132 Check

Fill in the missing number:

Janet Woo received the following grades in an accounting class at Mclennan Community College: 65, 80, 70, 100, 75, and 90. The instructor said he would drop the lowest grade. What is Janet's average?

The total of addends is called the sum.

At Best Buy a flat screen television with a regular price of $1,790 was reduced by $395. Assuming 800 customers purchased the television, what were the total sales to Best Buy?

Estimate by rounding all the way (do not round final answer):

Rounding up occurs if the digit to the right of the identified digit is 5 or less.

Divide by long division:

Divide by long division:

Art Missan has his oil tank filled 12 times per year. His oil tank has a 300-gallon capacity. Assuming the price of home heating fuel is $3.00 per gallon and the tank is completely empty each time Art has it filled, what is Art's average monthly bill? Try to complete blueprint aid to dissecting a word problem.