A customer hands you three (3) five-dollar bills, five (5) quarters, and two (2) dimes to pay the full amount for an item. How much does the item cost?

While making deliveries for a courier service, you drive 0.75 miles. What fraction of a mile, in simplified form, have you driven?

A part-time contractor at a manufacturing facility earns $11.00 per hour. He worked 4 1/4 hours on Tuesday, 3 1/4 hours on Wednesday, 7 1/4 hours on Thursday, and 5 1/4 hours on Friday. How much money did he earn for the week?

A customer purchases three pairs of pants for $17.95, $18.32, and $20.98 (prices include tax). How much change should you give back if they paid with one $50 bill and one $20 bill?

You’re laying plumbing on a construction site. The blueprints call for 8 sections of 5 3/4 inch long piping. How many inches of piping will you use?

Your employer pays you 1 1/2 times your normal wage on holidays. If your normal hourly wage is $12/hour, how much will you make per hour on the holiday?

As a project manager, you need to plan production runs over the next 3 1/2 weeks. If your team is able to produce 1250 widgets in one week, how many widgets can they produce in 3 1/2 weeks?

You’re making deliveries and can travel 324 miles on 18 gallons of gas. How far can you travel on 41 gallons of gas?

You’re working as a floor rep in the local home improvement store. The store wants to increase its inventory. Last year, 40 lawn mowers cost $4,776. At the same cost, how much will 120 lawn mowers cost this year?

The telephone company purchased 95 yards of wire for $1,235 in September. They plan on making a purchase of 285 yards in October. How much will the October purchase cost?

Your company sells $25,543 worth of merchandise in January, $15,550 in February, and $32,461 in March. What are the average sales for these months?

A human resource manager is researching the entry-level salary for a technician position. He determined that other companies in the area are paying $15.50, $16.85, $14.25 and $15.95 per hour. What is the average pay for an entry-level technician position?

Sales Team A at Drive-A-Lot Cars sells nine (9) cars during the first week of the new sales period. Over the next three weeks, they sell six (6) cars, ten (10) cars and seven (7) cars. What is the team’s average weekly sales for the four weeks?

You’re recording inventory after a big weekend sale in the travel section of a department store. There are 20 remaining suitcases, of which 16 will be further marked down. True or False: The fraction 20/16 is in the simplest form.

You are working in a coffee shop that specializes in mixing rare beans to provide customers with the perfect cup of coffee. To make the Signature Blend, you need to fill the coffee machine with 1 3/4 cups of the Bean A and 3 1/2 cups of Bean B. How many cups of coffee beans are required for the signature blend?

A metal alloy is made by mixing 1/2 ounce of metal C with 1/3 ounce of metal D. What is the total weight of the alloy?

At a residential construction site, a piece of crown molding is 64 1/4 inches long. If you cut 30 7/8 inches off, how much crown molding is left?

Your company has decided to give 15% of all weekend sales to a community charity. If the total weekend sales are $9,520, your company will give $635.

A quality report for a production line shows a score of 59 points on a 65-point inspection test. A passing score is 95% compliance. Did the production line pass inspection?

A machinist is allowed 1% tolerance on a shaft that measures 15 inches long. What is the amount of tolerance?

You’re working in the sedan section of Dean’s Car Dealership. A customer makes a down payment of 15% on a new car that costs $13,450. How much is the down payment?

You work in a department store and sell a dress that is on sale for $58.80. If the regular price of the dress is $98, what is the discount?

The combined sales tax rate for your county is 7.25%. How much would you pay to purchase a new video game system with a listed price of $299?

As purchasing assistant at Rosie’s Retail, you order a unique item for $1,055. You mark it to sell for 117% of the purchasing cost. How much do you sell it for?

A board that measures 3/4 feet long is cut into 6 equal pieces. What is the length of each piece?

A seamstress is covering a banner with fabric. She has a piece of material that is 2 yards long and 36 inches wide. What size banner can she cover with the material? Multiply the length and width to find the answer.

A trucker had a load of grain containing 2 tons. She unloaded 1 ton and 1,200 pounds at the warehouse. How much grain does she still have left on the truck?

On a recent business trip, it took 7 hours 30 minutes to drive 375 miles. How many miles per hour was the average?

You are employed at a grain processing plant that sells cornmeal for $1.28 per pound. If a sack of cornmeal weighs 4 pounds 12 ounces, how much does it cost?

A mechanic has a radiator hose that measures 32 feet long. It needs to be cut into pieces equaling 5 feet 3 inches. How many whole pieces can it be cut into?

A pharmacist mixes 3 grams of compound with 5,000 milligrams of solution to create a prescription. How many total grams is the prescription?

As the grounds maintenance manager, you need to replace the fence of a 30 foot by 40 foot commercial lot. Which of the following shows the calculation for the perimeter of the lot?

A glass company is to make a panel of glass for a front door. What is the area of the glass panel if it is 120 cm long and 20 cm wide?

You need to rent meeting space in a downtown co-working center that charges $25/hour per room. If you want the largest room for your money, which room is a better deal? The Hub Room, measuring 9 feet by 11 feet, or the Huddle Room, measuring 8 feet by 12 feet, and by how much?

A carpet cleaner charges $0.70 per square foot to clean carpet. In the next house she is going to clean, the living room measures 18 feet by 24 feet. How much will she charge?

A contractor has been hired to install flooring in a concert hall in the shape of a circle that is 21 feet across. How many square feet of flooring will be required? Use 3.14 for π.

A painter needs to paint a circular helicopter landing pad that is 24 yards in diameter. A gallon of paint covers 59 square yards. How many full gallons of paint are needed to cover the landing pad?

An architect is designing a circular opening 16 feet in diameter to make room for a spiral staircase. If pi = 3.14, what will the circumference of the circular opening be?

You’re manufacturing a border around a circular café table. The table is 36 inches across. How much border is needed for the project?