Question

1. landon elliott fumigates rooms and charges $21.95 per room. on monday, he fumigated 3 rooms in one house, 2 in another, and 4 in a third. find his total charges. 16. paul james is a chrome plater at a local plant. if he plates 300 items or more, he is paid $1.25 each. for less than 300 items, he is paid $0.75 each. what is his total pay if he plates 321 items on wednesday and 154 items on thursday? 17. audrey lorenz assembles gift baskets for a florist. the owner pays her $0.45 per small basket and $0.75 per large basket. on tuesday, she assembled 288 small baskets and 72 large ones. what is her total pay? 18. karen sullivan delivers newspapers for the tribune dispatch. she receives 18.2 cents per paper, 6 days a week (for the daily paper), and 70 cents for the sunday paper. she delivers 124 daily papers each day and 151 sunday papers each week. what is her total pay? 19. charlene levington operates an oil change and tune - up service. she charges $33.95 per oil change. tune - up is $72.50 for a four - cylinder engine, $82.50 for a six - cylinder engine, and $92.50 for an eight - cylinder engine. what are the charges for a week in which charlene’s facility did 35 oil changes and tuned 5 four - cylinder engines, 7 six - cylinder engines, and 2 eight - cylinder engines? 20. algebra wing ko replaces watch bands. he is paid $24.60 per band. how many bands must he replace to earn at least $122.50 per day? 21. challenge problem lindsay bedford works at the baseball cap shop. she is paid $6.50 per hour plus $0.45 for each cap she embroiders. how many caps must she embroider to earn at least $85 in an 8 - hour day? special review multiply the numbers. round the answers to the nearest cent. (skill 8) 22. $0.23×89 23. $1.10×240 24. $0.06×4,192 25. $0.06×906 26. you are scheduled to work from 7:00 am to 11:00 am and from 12:00 noon to 3:30 pm monday through friday at the local television station. your hourly rate is $8.55. what is your pay for the week? (lesson 13) 27. you earn $9.35 per hour and work 32 hours week at an advertisement agency. what is your straight - time pay? (lesson 1.1) get ready for the next lesson prerequisite skill rounding decimals to the nearest hundredth (skill 2) round to the nearest hundredth. 28. 35,987.642 29. 0.0125 30. 283.8549 31. 1.005 32. 0.123 33. 49.667

Explanation:

Problem 15

Step1: Calculate total rooms

$3 + 2 + 4 = 9$

Step2: Calculate total charges

$9 \times 21.95 = 197.55$

Step1: Calculate Wednesday pay

$321 \times 1.25 = 401.25$

Step2: Calculate Thursday pay

$154 \times 0.75 = 115.50$

Step3: Sum total pay

$401.25 + 115.50 = 516.75$

Step1: Calculate small basket pay

$288 \times 0.45 = 129.60$

Step2: Calculate large basket pay

$72 \times 0.75 = 54.00$

Step3: Sum total pay

$129.60 + 54.00 = 183.60$

Answer:

$\$197.55$

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Problem 16