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   In 1948, 5 people had bought 66 acres of land for $124.00 per acre. In 1967, the same 66 acre was sold and

bought for $15, 787.25 per acre. What was the percentage rate of mark up on the acre from 1967 to 2013?

2.       2. What would have been the sale price of the acre in 1967?

3.       3. What was the mark up of the acre from 1967 until 2013?

4.       What was the total amount paid for the acres in 2013?

5.       What is the cost of a typewriter that is 18% off the list price of $375 with sales tax of 5% that must be paid?

6.       A publishing company’s cost for publishing a certain book was $4.85 The selling price of the book was$11.97.

 Find the percent of profit based on the cost.

7.       Find the cost at 7 ½ per kw-hr

Sept. 1: 12, 725 kw-hr

Oct. 1: 13, 814 kw-hr

Electric bill_______

June 1: 21, 416 kw-hr

July 1: 23, 0006 kw-hr

Electric bill_______

Nov. 1: 8,316 kw-hr

Dec. 1: 9,255 kw-hr

Electric bill_______

8.       Mr. Davidson is a meter reader for the electric company. Yesterday he read a meter that used 1, 256 kw-hr

 since the previous reading. On the previous reading, the

meter read 5,781 kw-hr. What the meter read yesterday?

9.       On April 1, Mr. Olson’s meter read 7,329 kw-hr. On May 1, the meter read 8, 284 kw-hr. At $.08 per kw-hr,

what was his electric bill for the month of April?

Measurement

10.       12 ft. 9 in.

       8 ft. 10 in.

+_11 ft.  4 in.

11.       15 lb. 12oz.

      8 lb.  13oz.

+   7lb.      9oz.

12.       3 gal. 2 qt. 1 pt.

    7 gal. 3 qt. 1 pt.

+ 5 gal. 1 qt. 1 pt.

13.      15 hr. 7 min.

    -6 hr. 12 min.

14.    19 yd. 28 in.

-16 yd. 31 in.

15.   61 wk. 4 da.

-18 wk 6 da.

16.   12 hr. 19 min.

x           10

17.   8 lb. 9 oz.

x        15  

18.   8 tbsp. 2 tsp.

x             15

19.     193 lb. 7 oz.

-178 lb. 15 oz

       Sue Mitchell weighed 8lb. 13 oz. when she was born. She now weighs 93lbs. 5 oz. How much has she gained since birth,

      and what has been her average weight gain for each year if she is 13 year old?

     Mrs. Davis worked 42 hr. 35 min. last week. How many hours and minutes did she average in each of the five days?