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The company policy where you work states that you will be reimbursed for the business use of your car at $.21 per mile. About how much can you expect to be reimbursed for the round-trip mileage if your supervisor has asked you to drive a client to the airport which is 95 miles away? What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and the units used are correct): 4. Bananas are on sale at 4 pounds for a dollar. The bunch of bananas youve chosen weighs 2 1/8 pounds. a. Estimate what the bananas will cost. b. Use your calculator to find out how much the cashier will charge you. How will the cashier round the fractional cents? What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 6. A farm-retail spread of 75 for food products means that the farmer receives $.25 out of each dollar a consumer spends on food. At this rate, about how much does the farmer receive out of a consumers food purchases of $90.00? What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 8. The cost of transporting goods limits how far a farmer is willing to move his goods to market. The Baileys look over their records for the past several trips to a distant market. The labor and fuel expenses were $62, $55, $58, $70, and $61. On the above trips they delivered 98 bushels, 102 bushels, 95 bushels, 107 bushels, and 90 bushels, respectively. a. About how much does it cost in labor and fuel for each trip to this distant market? b. About how many bushels are the Baileys able to deliver on each trip? c. Using these estimated averages, about how much does it cost in lab`or and fuel per bushel to deliver the produce to market? What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 10. The pricing for many farm products is given in dollars per hundred pounds (or hundredweight, abbreviated cwt). For example, milk may sell at a price of $13.80 per cwt. a. What would be the price of milk per pound, rounded to the nearest penny? b. Suppose milk were priced per pound instead of per hundred pounds. If the price per pound increased one penny (for example, from $.14 per pound to $.15 per pound), what would be the increase in cost per hundred pounds? What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 12. A report on the federal government budget gave the following distribution of spending: military services -- 59.2%, international -- 9.6%, interest on debt -- 7.9%, veterans -- 6.4%, and other --16.9%. Make a list of these categories, and show how much of each federal dollar (that is, 100 cents) goes to each category. Round the amount in each category to the nearest cent. What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 14. The restaurant bill for the dinner meal (excluding tax) came to a total of $24.75. If you would like to leave a gratuity of about 15%, to the nearest dollar, how much should you leave? What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 16. For each customers shampoo, you use 1.5 ounces out of a one-gallon container of cream shampoo. You are figuring out how many shampoos you can give using a gallon (128 oz) of cream shampoo. a. Estimate the answer by rounding 1.5 oz down to the nearest ounce. b. Estimate the answer by rounding 1.5 oz up to the nearest ounce. c. If you wanted to be safe and make sure you had enough shampoo left, which estimate should you use? d. Use your calculator to get the exact answer. Should you round up or round down your answer? Explain. What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 18. You currently earn about $60 a week from an after-school job. The management has announced a 4.5% raise for all employees. a. Estimate how much increase you can expect in each weeks pay. b. About how much will this increase your annual (52 weeks) pay? (Assume you will work roughly the same hours all year.) c. Use your calculator to obtain an exact answer to the above questions. (Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.) What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 20. You are thinking about opening a snowcone stand during the three summer months. You figure that you can net $.55 on each snowcone you sell. However, you must pay the rent and electricity for your small portable building. You estimate these costs to total about $50 each month. a. Estimate how many snowcones you need to sell each month just to pay for the rent and electricity. b. About how many snowcones would this be per week? c. Do you think that you would have a good chance of making some money selling snowcones? What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your worQk in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 22. A suggested calorie-intake guide for men at various ages is shown below. a. Each of the calorie allowances appears to have been rounded off to what amount? b. I f Roberts ideal weight is 135 pounds and he is 27 years old, how can he use the chart to estimate his calorie allowance? c. What calorie allowance would you suggest he use? DAILY CALORIE ALLOWANCE FOR MEN Ideal weight in pounds 25 years 45 years 65 years 90 1775 1665 1405 101 1925 1815 1505 112 2075 1965 1605 123 2225 2065 1755 130 2325 2215 1805 134 2375 2290 1855 145 2525 } 2365 2005 156 2625 2465 2055 167 2775 2615 2155 What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 24. A health service administrator determines that the medical staff of 127 people must be reduced by about 8 per cent. a. How many staff positions must be eliminated? b. If, on the average, each staff person being eliminated was earning $28,900 per year, estimate how many salary dollars are saved as a result of the reduction. What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 26. After boning and trimming, 212 ounces of strip sirloin of beef are used to make 10-ounce-strip sirloin steaks. a. Estimate how many strip steaks can be cut from the sirloin. b. Use your calculator to find the exact answer. Round your answer to the nearest whole number of steaks.  c. Is your estimate higher of lower than the exact answer? Why? What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 28. Parents brought home a newborn last week and are still trying to get used to changing diapers. Last week the day-to-day count of diapers used was: 10 diapers, 9 diapers, 12 diapers, 9 diapers, 8 diapers, 10 diapers, and 10 diapers. Disposable diapers come in boxes of 66 diapers. a. About how many diapers are used each day? b. Estimate how many days a new box of diapers will last. c. Should an estimate like this be suspected to be too large or too small? Explain. What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 30. You are wallpapering a 12-foot long wall. The wall is 9 feet high, and without doors or windows. The solid-colored wallpaper youve selected is 27 inches wide and comes in 16-foot rolls. a. Estimate how many widths of paper it will take to cover the wall. b. Use your calculator to determine how many widths it will take. c. Use your calculator to determine the exact total length of paper you will need. d. How many rolls of wallpaper must you buy to get this total length? e. Does it make any difference whether you round the number of rolls up or round it down? Explain. What aere you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 32. You install solar heating systems. The number of panels needed depends of the amount of living area and the climate. For mild climates, you take 10% of the living area to find the total area of solar panels needed. Each solar panel is 3 ft x 7 ft, or 21 ft2. a. What is the total surface area of solar panels needed for a single story house with 1,360 ft2 of living area? b. Because of the design of the panels, you need to always have pairsd of panels together. How many 21 ft2 solar panels should you recommend to obtain this surface area and have an even number of panels? What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 34. You work with the city highway department setting light cycles for traffic signals. You find that 85 vehicles travel down Lazy Lane every 10 minutes and pass through the intersection. The traffic light goes from green to yellow, to red, and back to green, every 75 seconds. Thats called a cycle. a. Find the number of light cycles that occur every ten minutes. b. About how many vehicles pass through the light during each cycle? What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 36. You need to pour a concrete slab that is to be 1/9 - yard thick (that is, 4 inches), 8 yards wide, and 20 yards long. a. How many yards (cubic yards) of concrete do you need? (Hint: Volume is calculated by multiplying the thickness by the width by the length.) b. The cement company will take orders only for whole yards of concrete. How many yard^s of concrete should you order? What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 38. You work as a quality control inspector at Scan deordorant factory. The assembly line you monitor produces about 20,000 bottles in a 24-hour period. You sample about 90 bottles an hour and red-tag the line if the reject level of your samples exceeds 2%. a. About how many bottles are being produced each hour by the assembly line? b. What percent of the hourly production do you sample? (Round your answer to the nearest percent.) c. How many rejects should you allow before red-tagging the line? What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): 40. A belt-driven exhaust fan is being designed. As shown in the sketch below, the motor is to have a 2 in. pulley, and the fan a 6 in. pulley. The centers of the two pulleys will be separated by about 30 inches. The circular distance around a pulley (the circumference) can be computed by multiplying the pulley diameter by the number 3.142 (known as pi). Estimate the total length of the belt needed to turn the exhaust fan. Place the exhaust fan design, page 35, here. What are you looking for? What do you need to answer the question? Estimate what your answer(s) might be (think of both numbers and terms to be used). Write out the methods that you will use to solve the problem and show your work in calculating the answer(s). Your answer(s) are (make sure you are close to your estimate and units used are correct): DSET|(H->"9 *6*>"9DSET(H-9>96*=9DSETR ----   -Unit 2 Even Questions