Word Problem (2)( Week 39 Practice) 1. All the customers to the restaurant ordered either hamburgers or fries or both in some day. 40 customers ordered hamburgers, 44 ordered fries, and 38 ordered both. What was the total number of customers in the day to the restaurant? 2. The number of the fruit candies were 5 times the number of chocolates. Emily ate 4 fruit candies and one chocolate every day. Several days later, there were 16 fruit candies left and no chocolate candies left. How many fruit candies were there originally? 3. There are a total of 49 dogs and cats in a pet store. Each dog sells for $153 and each cat sells for $53. If the total value of the animals is $5397, how many dogs are there in the pet store? 4. In a math contest of 21 problems, 28 points were given for each correctly solved problem and 9 points were deducted for each problem unsolved or solved incorrectly. If Joe scored 477 points, how many questions did he solve correctly? 5. Ed wants to buy a new digital camera. If he saves all of his salary, he will have enough money in 6 weeks. However, Ed also needs to pay his weekly bills at the same time. The cost of the camera is the same as his bills of 8 weeks. If he starts to save and also pays his bills on time, how many weeks will be needed for the camera? |