Problems In Earlier Examinations.
If a railroad car runs 41-1/2 miles per hour, how far would it go in 12 days running 10-1/2 hours per day?
If paper is worth 40 cents per pound, what is the cost of one sheet of paper weighing six pounds to the ream? (480 sheets equals one ream.)
An office uses 98 pounds of twine per year in tying packages. Allowing 178 yards to the pound, how many packages are tied if each requires an average of 1-1/2 feet?
Multiply 696.6 by 785.09 and divide the product by 25.
A carrier makes 4 trips a day, carrying 64 letters and 32 papers each trip. The letters average in weight 1/4 oz. each, and the papers 2 oz. each. How many pounds of mail does he deliver in a day? (16 oz. to the pound.)
Multiply 26.32 by 3, and to the product add 2.04.
Three gross of lead pencils are divided equally among the clerks in a post office, giving to each clerk eleven and leaving a remainder of fourteen pencils. How many clerks are there in the office.