Rational Numbers Word Problem Mixed Operations

Daniel is purchasing 3 ¼ pounds of cheese that costs $5.99 per pound. How much change will Daniel receive if he gives the cashier $20.00?

Stephen had 36 tickets for games at the fair. He used ⅓ of the tickets on the dart-balloon game. He then used 0.5 of the remaining tickets to play the ring-toss game. He won 6 tickets playing the ring-toss. How many tickets did Stephen have after playing these games?

Mr. Parker had $86 to buy school supplies for his class. He bought 32 boxes of pencils and 32 packages of notebook paper. Each package of paper cost $1.09, and each box of pencils cost $0.75. How much money did Mr. Parker have left?

In his garden Tim plants a tomato seed 5¼ inches below the ground. After one month the tomato plant has grown a total of 11½ in. How many inches is the plant above the ground?

• 16¾ inches

• 6½ inches

• 6¼ inches

A worker in a silver mine descends 60 feet. Use an integer to represent the change in the worker's position.

• 60

• −60 feet

• 60 feet

• −60

Mr. Smith has an account balance of -$275.78.  He deposits $539.20 into his account.  What is Mr. Smith's account balance now?

• $813.98

• $263.42

• $539.78

• $345.98

Jacob ran  4  3/5  miles on Monday, 4.5 miles on Tuesday, and  3  3/5 miles on Wednesday.  How many total miles did John run?

• 12  26/50  miles

• 12  7/10  miles

• 11  7/12  miles

• 12  miles

A pitcher contains  3  1/2 quarts of milk.  Gabrielle pours 1.875 quarts into a smaller pitcher.  How many quarts of milk are left in the first pitcher?

• 1  3/4  quarts

• 1  5/8  quarts

• 1  1/4  quarts

• 4  3/4  quarts

Devon had his two friends over for pizza. Devon ate 1/4 of the pizza. One of his friends ate 3/8 of the pizza and the other friend ate 1/8 of the pizza. How much of the pizza is left?

• 1/4

• 1/8

• 1/3

• 1/5

Your bank account balance is -$31.00. You then get paid $195 for work this week before paying your cellphone bill of $75.  How much money remains in your account?

• $-89.00

• $51.00

• $301.00

• $89.00