1-68. Assume 6,000 children go to Disneyland today. How much additional revenue will Disneyland receive if it raises the cost of admission from $31 to $41 and lowers the age limit for adults from 12 years old to 10 years old?

2-34. Joy Wigens, who works at Putnam Investments, received a check for $1,600. She deposited ¼ of the check in her Citibank account. How much money does Joy have left after the deposit?

2-36. Lester bought a piece of property in Vail, CO. The sides of the land measure 115 ½ feet, 66 ¼ feet, 106 1/8 feet and 110 ¼ feet. Lester wants to know the perimeter (sum of all sides) of his property. Can you calculate the perimeter for Lester?

2-38. Seventy-seven million people were born between 1946 and 1964. The U.S. Census classifies this group of individuals as baby boomers. It is said that today and every day for the next 18 years, 10,000 baby boomers will reach 65. If ¼ of the 65 and total technology usage for this age group as a fraction.

2-40. Bernie Falls bought a home from Century 21 in Houston, TX that is 9 ½ times as expensive as the home his parents bought. Bernie’s parents paid $30,000 for their home. What is the cost of Bernie’s new home?

2-42. A local Target store bought 90 pizzas at Pizza Hut for its holiday party. Each guest ate 1/6 of a pizza and there was no pizza left over. How many guest did Target have for the party?

2-44. Lionel Sullivan works for Berger King. He is paid time and one-half for Sundays. If Lionel works on Sunday for 6 hours at a regular pay of $8 per hour, what does he earn on Sunday?

2-46. A trip to the White Mountains of New Hampshire from Boston will take you 2 ¾ hours. Assume you have traveled 1/11 of the way. How much longer will the trip take?

2-48. Mobil allocates 1,692 ¾ gallons of gas per month to Jerry’s service Station. The first week, Jerry sold 275 ½ gallons; second week 280 ¼ gallons; and the third wee, 189 1/8 gallons. If Jerry sells 582 ½ gallons in the fourth week, how close is Jerry to selling his allocation?

2-50. The price of a used Toyota Land Cruiser has increased to 1 ¼ times its earlier price. If the original price of the Land Cruiser was $30,000, what is the new price?

2.52. Alicia, an employee of Dunkin Donuts, receives 23 ¼ days per year of vacation time. So far this year she has taken 3 1/8 days in January, 5 ½ days in May, 6 ¼ days in July and 4 ¼ days in September. How many more days of vacation does Alicia have left?

2.54. Shelly Van Doren hired a contractor to refinish her kitche. The contractor said the job would take 49 ½ hours. To date, the contractor has worked the following hours:
Monday 4 ¼
Tuesday 9 1/8
Wednesday 4 ¼
Thursday 3 ½
Friday 10 5/8
How much longer should the job take to be completed?

2-56. Albertsons grocery planned a big sale on apples and received 750 crates from the wholesale market. Albertsons will bag these apples in plastic. Each plastic bag holds 1-9 of a crate. If Albertsons has not loss to perishables, how many bags of apples can be prepared?

2-58. A local Papa Gino’s conducted a food survey. The survey showed that 1/9 of the people surveyed preferred eating pasta to hamburger. If 5,400 responded to the survey, how many actually favored hamburgers?

2-60. Quilters newsletter Magazine gave instructions on making a quilt. The quilt required 4 ½ yards of white on white print, 2 yards blue check, ½ yard blue and white stripe, 2 ¾ yards blue scraps, ¾ yard yellow scraps, and 4 7/8 yards lining. How many total yards are needed?

2-62. Land Rover has increased the price of the FreeLander by 1/5 from the original price. The original price of the Freelander was $30,000. What is the new price?

3-62. A Chevy Volt costs $29,000 in the United States. Using the exchange rate given on page 74, what would it cost in Canada?

The information on the exchange rate is as follows: Fri US$ vs, YTD chg In US$ per US$ (%)
Canada dollar - .9794 1.0210 2.6

4-4. The World Bank forecasts growth of world trade to be 4.7% in 2012, down from 12.4% in 2010. This change has caused Peru’s Apple Blossom Florist to analyze its current financial situation, beginning with reconciling its accounts. Apple Blossom received its bank statement showing a balance of $8,788. Its checkbook balance is $15,252. Deposits in transit are $3,450 and $6,521. There is a service charge of $45 and interest earned of $3. Notes collected total $1,575. Outstanding checks are No. 1021, for $1,260 and No. 1022 for $714. All numbers are in U.S. dollars. Help Apple Blossom Florist reconcile its balances.

4-6. A local bank began charging $2.50 each month for returning canceled checks. The bank also has an $8.00 “maintenance” fee if a checking account slips below $750. Donna Sands likes to have copies of her canceled checks for preparing her income tax returns. She has received her bank statement with a balance of $535.85. Donna received $2.68 in interest and has been charged for the canceled checks and the maintenance fee. The following checks were outstanding: No. 94, $121.16, No. 96, $106.30, No. 98, $210.12 and No. 99, $64.84. A deposit of $765.69 was not recorded on Donna’s bank statement. Her checkbook shows a balance of $806.94. Prepare Donna’s bank reconciliation.

5-12. In 1955 an antique car that originally cost $3,668 is valued today at $62,125 if in excellent condition, which is 1 ¾ times as much as a car in very nice condition – if you can find a owner willing to part with one for any price. What would be the value of the car in very nice condition?