Word Problem Practice #1

Tom has a job mowing lawns around his neighborhood. Each month he spends $17 on gas and mows 3 lawns (charging $12 per lawn mowed). How much profit does Tom earn each month?

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Cody was selling drawings for $5 each. For every 8 drawings he sold, he had to use $4 in art supplies to make them. How much profit would he make if he sold 8 drawings?

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) A toy company had an order of 6 boxes to ship. Unfortunately this was 13 pounds over the shipping weight limit per order. If each box weighs 9 pounds, what is the maximum shipping weight per order?

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A chef bought 5 bags of apples for $24. Each bag had ten apples, but he had to throw away 12 apples because they were rotten. How many good apples did the chef end up with?

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On the home screen of Katie's tablet she had 9 rows of apps with 10 apps on each row. If she deleted 31 apps, how many would she have left on her home screen?

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