1 1 3

Evaluate 7𝑥𝑥 − when 𝑥𝑥 = and express your answer as a mixed frac�on.

2 4
2 3
A recipe for a cakerequires 4 cups of sugar. However, you're making only half of the cake.
How much sugar is needed for this adjusted recipe?
3 Solve for 𝑥𝑥 in the equa�on 3𝑥𝑥 + 5 = 2𝑥𝑥 + 10
4 If John earns $10 per hour and has already earned $40 today, how many more hours must
he work to reach a total of $100?
5 Simplify the algebraic expression 5𝑦𝑦 + 3𝑦𝑦 − 2𝑦𝑦 + 6.
6 What is the result of 5.75 − 2.33 + 0.58
7 5
Convert 7 into a decimal
8 Express 0.08� into simple frac�on
9 If there are 360 boys in a school with a total of 920 students, then what percent of the
students are girls?
10 The popula�on of a small town increased from 20,000 to 23,000. What was the percentage
increase?
11 In a mixture of red, blue, and green marbles, the ra�o of red to blue is 3:2, and the ra�o of
blue to green is 5:4. If there are 15 red marbles, how many green marbles are there?
12 A car travels 360 kilometers in 4 hours. What is its average speed in kilometers per hour?
13 One US dollar is the equivalent of 7 Namibian dollars. One US dollar is also the equivalent
of 6 Chinese yuan. If a pain�ng costs 105 Namibian dollars, how much would it cost in
Chinese yuan?
14 Worker A can complete a task in 6 hours, and Worker B can complete it in 4 hours. If they
work together, how long will it take them to complete the task?

1 1 3
Evaluate 7𝑥𝑥 − when 𝑥𝑥 = and express your answer as a mixed frac�on.
2 4
2 3
A recipe for a cakerequires cups of sugar. However, you're making only half of the cake.
4
How much sugar is needed for this adjusted recipe?
3 Solve for 𝑥𝑥 in the equa�on 3𝑥𝑥 + 5 = 2𝑥𝑥 + 10
4 If John earns $10 per hour and has already earned $40 today, how many more hours must
he work to reach a total of $100?
5 Simplify the algebraic expression 5𝑦𝑦 + 3𝑦𝑦 − 2𝑦𝑦 + 6.
6 What is the result of 5.75 − 2.33 + 0.58
7 5
Convert 7 into a decimal
8 Express 0.08� into simple frac�on
9 If there are 360 boys in a school with a total of 920 students, then what percent of the
students are girls?
10 The popula�on of a small town increased from 20,000 to 23,000. What was the percentage
increase?
11 In a mixture of red, blue, and green marbles, the ra�o of red to blue is 3:2, and the ra�o of
blue to green is 5:4. If there are 15 red marbles, how many green marbles are there?
12 A car travels 360 kilometers in 4 hours. What is its average speed in kilometers per hour?
13 One US dollar is the equivalent of 7 Namibian dollars. One US dollar is also the equivalent
of 6 Chinese yuan. If a pain�ng costs 105 Namibian dollars, how much would it cost in
Chinese yuan?
14 Worker A can complete a task in 6 hours, and Worker B can complete it in 4 hours. If they
work together, how long will it take them to complete the task?
1. Consider a scenario where a baker is preparing a recipe that requires a certain quan�ty of
3𝑥𝑥−4
sugar, represented by the expression . The baker decides to alter the recipe slightly by
5
2 2
using 3 of the originally planned quan�ty of sugar. Subs�tute 𝑥𝑥 with 3 and present the result
in a mixed frac�on.
2. 3 1
Imagine you are at a community bake sale. A cake is divided into and sec�ons. If you
4 4
decide to buy both sec�ons, calculate the total frac�on of the cake you will purchase.
3. In a mathema�cs compe��on, a contestant is faced with the following equa�on:
7𝑥𝑥 − 4 = 3𝑥𝑥 + 8. Solve for 𝑥𝑥.
4. A botanist is studying the growth of a par�cular plant species. She notes that the height of
the plant increases linearly and formulates the following equa�on to represent the growth:
Height=2.5×Age+10. If she finds a plant that is 35 cm tall, determine the age of the plant.
5. A student is simplifying expressions in their algebra homework and encounters 4𝑥𝑥 2 − 21
𝑦𝑦 2 + 3𝑥𝑥 2 + 32𝑦𝑦 2. Simplify this expression, combining like terms and incorpora�ng
frac�onal
6. In a science experiment, a researcher measures three lengths: 12.35 cm, 7.42 cm, and 9.58
cm. Calculate the total length measured by the researcher.
7. 7
Convert the frac�on to a decimal.
8
8. Express the repea�ng decimal 0. 3� as a frac�on.
9. A store marks down a $50 item by 30% for a sale. Calculate the sale price of the item.
10. A popula�on of 1,000 bacteria increases by 15% in the first hour and then decreases by 20%
in the next. Find the final popula�on.
11. In a chemistry lab, a solu�on is made by mixing substances A and B in a ra�o of 3:2. If 15
liters of substance A are used, how much of substance B is needed?
12. A cyclist travels 90 kilometers in 3 hours. Calculate the cyclist's average speed.
13. In the fantasy land of Numeralia, distances are measured in 'gliffs' and 'zorbs'. The
conversion rates are quite unique: 1 gliff equals 7 zorbs, and 1 zorb equals 0.25 furlongs. If a
traveler needs to cover a distance of 12 gliffs to reach the mys�cal town of Digitopolis, how
many furlongs must the traveler cover?
14. Two pipes can fill a tank in 5 hours and 3 hours respec�vely. If both pipes are opened
together, how long will it take to fill the tank?
15. An engineer is designing a new gadget and models its efficiency with the equa�on
2𝑥𝑥 2 −3
. If
4
5
the gadget's current se�ng is 𝑥𝑥 = 4
, calculate the efficiency and express it as a mixed
16. 3
Imagine a scenario where you're hos�ng a dinner party. You've made 5 of a pie and your
2
friend brings another 5. If you combine the pies, what frac�on of a whole pie do you have
for your guests?
17. During a physics experiment, a student comes across an equa�on: 4𝑥𝑥 + 6 = 2𝑥𝑥 − 8. Solve
for 𝑥𝑥.
18. A biologist is tracking the growth of a bacteria colony. The colony's size can be modeled by
the equa�on Size= 3𝑡𝑡 + 7, where 𝑡𝑡 is �me in days. If the colony is observed to have 25
bacteria, determine the �me since the biologist started tracking it.
19. 2
In an algebra class, a student encounters a challenging problem: Simplify 3𝑥𝑥 3 − 𝑥𝑥 2 +
3
3 1 2
5𝑥𝑥 − 4
𝑥𝑥 .
20. A tourist is conver�ng currencies at an airport. She has $250.75 USD and needs to convert it
to Euros, with the conversion rate at $1.25 USD to 1 Euro. Calculate the amount in Euros.
21. 9
Convert the frac�on 16 to a decimal.
22. Express the repea�ng decimal 0. �72
��� as a frac�on.
23. In a survey, 25% of the 400 par�cipants prefer reading books over watching movies.
Calculate the number of par�cipants who prefer reading books.
24. The price of a smartphone was $800 and then decreased by 15%. Calculate the new price.
25. In a mixture, the ra�o of water to sugar is 4:1. If there are 20 liters of water in the mixture,
calculate the amount of sugar.
26. A train travels 300 kilometers in 5 hours. Find the average speed of the train.
27. In an imaginary world, the unit of length 'fizzle' is defined such that 1 fizzle equals 15
'bizzles', and 1 bizzle equals 2 'wizzles'. Calculate the equivalent number of wizzles for 3
fizzles.
28. Workers A and B can complete a job in 6 and 9 hours, respec�vely. If they work together,
how long will it take them to complete the job?
29. Evaluate
3+𝑥𝑥(3+2𝑥𝑥)−32
when 𝑥𝑥 = −4
𝑥𝑥−5+𝑥𝑥 2

30. 𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 3 4
Find the value of when 𝑥𝑥 = and 𝑦𝑦 =
7𝑥𝑥+3𝑦𝑦 7 3

31. 1 2 1
Find the value of 6 of 7 of 2 of 168

32. 1 4
Kory pays 3 of his income in tax. He then spends 5 of what remains a�er tax, and places the
rest into savings account. What frac�on of his income does he put in his savings account?
33. 1
Sam purchased 3 4 pounds of cheese. He used half of the purchased cheese for a casserole
1
and pound for sandwiches. Express as a mixed number the number of pounds of cheese
4
he has le�.
34. 3
Maya starts with 400 pennies. She then gives 5 of her pennies to her brother Mitch, and
3
then gives 4 of her remaining pennies to her mother. How many pennies does Maya have
le�?
35. 1 2
Two 600 ml pitchers contain vinegar. One pitcher is full and the other pitcher is full. Oil is
3 5
added to fill each pitcher completely, and then both pitchers are poured into one larger
container. What frac�on of the mixture in the large container is vinegar?
36. 1
Kayla adds the same number to both the numerator and denominator of the frac�on 10. Her
2
resul�ng frac�on equals 3. What number did she add to both the numerator and
denominator of her original frac�on?
37. Douglas writes down his favorite number, which is a two-digit posi�ve integer. He then turns
the number into a three-digit number by wri�ng a 7 at the end of his favorite number. This
new number is 385 more than Douglas's favorite number. What is Douglas's favorite
number?
38. Paula can't quite read the board in her math class. She writes down the equa�on she reads
on the board as 2𝑥𝑥 − 7 = 23. She correctly solves the equa�on she wrote down, but is
surprised to hear the teacher say the answer is 5 less than the answer Paula found. When
Paula asks the teacher to check her work, the teacher says that Paula copied the coefficient
of 𝑥𝑥 incorrectly (but copied everything else correctly). What should the coefficient of 𝑥𝑥 have
been?
39. If I give my sister 5 dollars, then we will have the same amount of money. If instead she
gives me 8 dollars, then I'll have twice as much money as she has. How much money does
she have?
40.
41. At some point in the season, the Unicorns had won 60% of their basketball games. A�er
that point, they won 8 more games and lost 2, to finish the season having won 65% of their
games. How many games did the Unicorns play during the season?
42. If there are 240 boys in a school with a total of 960 students, then what percent of the
students are girls?
43. 200 students enrolled in the Percentages 101 class in 2010. A 20% increase in enrolment is
expected each year. How many students are expected to enrol in the class in 2012?
44. The January price of a television was $2200. This price was raised by 10% to produce the
February price of the television. The February price was decreased by 15% to produce the
March price of the television. What was the March price?
45. Sale prices at the Ajax Outlet Store are 50% below original prices. On Saturdays, an
addi�onal discount of 20% off the sale price is given. What is the Saturday price of a coat
whose original price is $180?
46. The ra�o of boys to girls at a summer camp is 4 to 5. If the total number of students at the
camp is 108, then how many boys are at the camp?
47. Originally, there are 20 fish in a tank, and each fish is a guppy or an angelfish. The ra�o of
guppies to angelfish in the tank is 3 : 2. Twenty more fish are added to the tank. Each new
fish is either a guppy or an angelfish. The ra�o of guppies to angelfish a�er the fish are
added is 2 : 3. How many guppies were added to the tank?
48. The four partners in a business decide to split the profits of their company in the ra�o 2 : 3 :
3 : 5. If the profit one year is $26,000, then what is the largest amount of profit received by
one of the four partners?
49. If 4 ∙ 𝑥𝑥 2 = 𝑥𝑥 ∙ 16, then what is the value of 𝑥𝑥?
50. When the Slowpoke Marathon began, the ra�o of runners to joggers was 2 to 19. If 4200
par�cipants began the race (each either a runner or a jogger, but not both), and 500 joggers
dropped out of the race, but all the rest of the par�cipants finished, then what was the ra�o
of runners to joggers among those who finished the race?
51. The students in Mrs. Reed's English class are reading the same 760-page novel. Three
friends, Alice, Bob, and Chandra, are in the class. Alice reads a page in 20 seconds, Bob
reads a page in 45 seconds, and Chandra reads a page in 30 seconds. (a) If Bob and Chandra
both read the whole book, then Bob will spend how many more seconds reading than
Chandra?
52. Buses from Dallas to Houston leave every hour on the hour. Buses from Houston to Dallas
leave every hour on the half hour. The trip from one city to the other takes 5 hours.
Assuming the buses travel on the same highway, how many Dallas-bound buses does a
Houston-bound bus pass on the highway (not in the sta�on)?
53. 7 1
On a map, two mountains are 8 inches apart. If 2 an inch on the map represents 80 miles,
then how many miles apart are the two mountains?
54. On my tourist map of Quebec, the distance between the dots represen�ng Montreal and
4
Quebec City is 10 cm. If the scale of the map is mm = 1 km, then how far apart are
9
Montreal and Quebec City? (Note that 10 mm = 1 cm.)
55. Carlos is going on vaca�on from Mexico to London, with a brief stop in New York. He forgot
to exchange his pesos for Bri�sh pounds, and must do so in New York. He would like to have
2000 Bri�sh pounds for his trip. 12.1 Mexican pesos can be exchanged for 1 dollar, and 1
dollar can be exchanged for 0.62 pounds. To the nearest peso, how many pesos will Carlos
have to exchange in order to get 2000 Bri�sh pounds?
56. Working alone, Jamie can mow her lawn in 75 minutes. If Bob helps her, then the two can
mow the lawn in 30 minutes. How long does it take Bob to mow the lawn alone?
57. Four short-order cooks can make 24 omeletes in 10 minutes. If a diner gets a to-go order
for 90 omeletes that needs to be ready in 15 minutes, then how many cooks do they need
to complete the order on �me?
58. Five workers together can build a road in 20 days. Suppose every worker works at the same
rate. If three workers work on the road for 10 days before eleven more workers join them,
then how long total will it take to build the road?
59. Solve these equa�ons :

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)
(e)

60. Simplify these equa�ons :

(a)

(b)

61.

62.

63.
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