Two Automobiles start together from the same place and travel along the same route. The first averages 40 miles per hour. The second 55 miles per hour. How many miles further alone the route is the second auto at the end of five hours?

Find the total thickness of two pieces of wood that a carpenter glued together if one is 5/16 inches and the other is 7/8 inches thick?

An average tube bath uses 8 gallons of water and an average shower uses 6 gallons to provide baths for 60 men. How much more water will be needed if tubs are used instead of showers?

A Carpenter cut three 4 foot 6 inch shelves from a 14 foot board. How long a piece was left over?

A father walks 36 miles in 12 hours, while his son covers the same distance on a bicycle at twice the father's rate of speed. At this rate how many miles would the bicycle rider travel in 9 hours

A Bird flies 2/3 of a mile per minute. How many miles per hour is it flying?

Out of 20 attempts a basketball player scored 8 times. What percent of his chances did he score?

How many 35 passenger buses will it take to carry 140 people?

If 12 men are needed to run 4 machines, How many men are needed to run 20?

A pole 24 feet high has a shadow 8 feet long. A nearby pole is 72 feet high. How long is it's shadow?

A man is paid $26.00 for 8 hours of work. How much should this man be paid for working 37 hours at the same time hourly rate?

Soup ordinarily priced at 2 cans for 33 cents may be purchased in lots of one dozen for $1.74. What is the savings per can when it is purchased in this way?

It cost a boy $13.50 to take a girl out for the evening. sixty percent of this was for the theater tickets. What was the cost of each ticket?

If the following series will continue in the same pattern, What is the next number in the series: 1, 10, 7, 16, _____

Mary put in a total of 16 1/2 hours babysitting during 5 days of the past week. What was her average work day?