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Add and subtract money amounts: word problems
An employment agency specializing in temporary construction help pays heavy equipment operators
$
130
\$ 130
$130
per day and general laborers
$
93
\$ 93
$93
per day. If thirty-four people were hired and the payroll was
$
3717
\$ 3717
$3717
, how many heavy equipment operators were employed? How many laborers?
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3
3
3
tins of beans and
4
4
4
tins of tomatoes costs
£
2.73
\pounds 2.73
£2.73
, and
5
5
5
tins of beans costs
£
1.55
\pounds 1.55
£1.55
.
\newline
Work out how much one tin of tomatoes costs.
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1
1
1
. Alice and Candice went shopping with the same amount of money at first. After Alice spent
$
480
\$ 480
$480
and Candice spent
$
620
\$ 620
$620
, Alice had twice as much money as Candice. How much money did they have altogether at first?
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Ken and Jane had the same amount of money.
\newline
After Ken spent
$
1044
\$ 1044
$1044
, Jane had
4
4
4
times as much as Ken. How much did Ken have at first?
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Jasmine paid
$
314.68
\$314.68
$314.68
PAYG tax out of her weekly wage of
$
1014.65
\$1014.65
$1014.65
.
\newline
a How much PAYG tax did Jasmine pay for the year?
\newline
b How much did Jasmine earn for the year, after tax?
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Luke had
$
200
\$ 200
$200
at first.
\newline
He spent four times as much in the evening as in the day. He had \$\(5\) left.\(\newline\)How much did Luke spend in the day?
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Roger gets
$
40
\$40
$40
per day as wages and
$
4.50
\$4.50
$4.50
as commission for every pair of shoes he sells in a day. His daily earnings goal is
$
112
\$112
$112
. How many pairs of shoes does Roger need to sell in a day to meet his earnings goal?
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Suppose Mr. Deng's friend works in the computer store, and his friend has an employee discount. If the computer normally costs
$
800
\$ 800
$800
, but with the employee discount it only costs
$
680
\$ 680
$680
.
\newline
3
3
3
. How much is the employee discount? Show how you figured it out.
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A bank loaned out
$
14
,
000
\$ 14,000
$14
,
000
, part of it at the rate of
5
%
5 \%
5%
annual interest, and the rest at
3
%
3 \%
3%
annual interest. The total interest earned for both loans was
$
440.00
\$ 440.00
$440.00
. How much was loaned at each rate?
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Maya wants to buy a home for
$
550
,
000
\$ 550,000
$550
,
000
, but can only get a loan from the bank for
$
522
,
500
\$ 522,500
$522
,
500
. How much money does Maya have to put down in order to pay for the home?
\newline
Answer:
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3
3
3
tins of beans and
4
4
4
tins of tomatoes costs
£
2.73
\pounds 2.73
£2.73
.
5
5
5
tins of beans costs
£
1.55
\pounds 1.55
£1.55
. Work out how much one tin of tomatoes costs.
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The regular price of a laptop computer is
$
901
\$901
$901
. This week, it is on sale for
$
887
\$887
$887
off. What is the sale price of the computer?
$
\$
$
_____
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