“FUN” PROBLEMS #1

1. The perimeter of the square is 172 centimeters. How long is each side of the square?

2. The area of a rectangle 14 feet wide is 238 square feet. How long is the rectangle?

2. One painting sold for one-third as much as another. If the cheaper one cost $1250, how much was

the other?

3. In the senior class at State College one-twelfth of the students were majoring in mathematics.

Find the number of students in the class if 74 were mathematics majors.

4. Together, a sofa and a chair cost $316. The sofa cast three times as much as the chair. How much did

the chair cost? The sofa?

5. Including the tip, a luncheon check came to $3.50. The price of the meal was 6 times the tip. How much

was the tip? The meal?

6. On Sunday morning, a copy of the NEWS costs 25 cents less than a copy of the TIMES. Mr. Duncan

buys both papers and spends 95 cents for the Sunday edition. How much does a copy of each paper cost?

7. In a run-off election for president of the Student Senate, the winner received 115 more votes then the

other candidate. Six hundred seventy-three students voted for one candidate or the other. How many voted

for the winner?

8. Judge Smith took one hour to drive from her home to the courthouse and back. How long did it take

her each way?

10. Pat spent 6 hours on the lake. He fished for 2 hours longer than he rowed his boat.

How long did he fish?