Prealgebra Question Bank ASAS1

What is 777 + 773 + 737 + 733 + 377 + 373 + 337 + 333?

At a supermarket, Max buys a pair of shoes worth $45 , a $66 jacket, and a $175 DVD player. The cashier scans the shoes, the DVD player, and then the jacket, but Max insists that he would save money if the cashier scanned the more expensive items first. The cashier reluctantly does so, thus first scanning the DVD player, then the jacket, and finally the shoes. How many dollars does Max save by having the cashier follow his way?

Compute 90 + 91 + 92 + 93 + 94 + 95 + 96 + 97 + 98 + 99.

Johnny is collecting pennies. He begins the month of February with 34 pennies in his collection. He collects 13 pennies in the first week of February, 9 in the second week, 6 in the third week, and 7 in the fourth week. How many pennies does Johnny have at the end of February?

Evaluate: 290 + 9 + 2 + 492 + 5 + 393 + 3 + 0 + 1 + 5.

What is 1 + (2 + (3 + (4 + (5 + 6) + 7) + 8) + 9) + 10?

Erwin is selling vegetables with his dad at the farmer's market. Erwin's dad asks him to figure out how much money they should have in the cash register. Erwin thinks, "We started with $73 in change, and then we sold $14 worth of corn, $28 worth of tomatoes, $6 worth of peas, $12 worth of turnip greens, and $7 worth of carrots." How many dollars should they have in the cash register?

Farmer Bob's dairy farm is ready for milking day. His 199 cows line up in the barn and he begins milking them. The first cow gives 4 pints of milk. The next cow gives 5 pints of milk. The next gives 6 pints, and so on, increasing by 1 pint each cow. How many pints of milk does the last cow give?

What is the value of the sum 5 + 10 + 15 + . . . + 95 + 100?

What is the sum of the first sixty-one positive integers?