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Math 64 Chapter 4 Word Problems 1. A customer at a supermarket deli ordered the following amounts of sliced meats: 13 pound of roast beef, 34 pound of turkey, 38 pound of salami, and 12 pound of boiled ham. What was the total amount of meats purchased? 2. The scale on a road map is given so that one inch equals 50 miles. How many miles are represented by 314 inches? 3. During five days in one week the price of Xerox stock rose 14 of a dollar, rose 78 of a dollar, rose 34 of a dollar, fell 12 of a dollar and rose 38 of a dollar. How much did the stock go up in price over these five days? 4. A long distance runner was in training. He ran ten miles in 50310minutes. Three months later, he ran the same ten miles in 47710minutes. By how much did his time improve? 5. A telephone pole is 32 feet long. If 516 of at the pole must be underground and 1116 of the pole must be above ground. How much of the pole must be underground? How much of the pole must be above ground?6. A swimming pool contains 50023 gallons of water. If 2345 gallons evaporate, how many gallons of water are left in the pool? 7. Jason won $7500 in the state lottery. If 15 of his prize money was withheld for taxes, how much money did he actually receive? 8. A box holds 5 pounds of candy. If 325 pounds are eaten, how many pounds of candy remain in the box? 9. A swimming pool contains 37512 gallons of water. The pool needs to be drained in order to do some maintenance. The pool can drain 917 gallons of water every minute. How long will it take to drain the water out of the pool? 10. You go to Home Depot and purchase a 50 foot spool of electrical wire. You are going to run fan lights throughout your house. Each fan light requires 734 feet of wire. How many fan lights can you install using this spool of electrical


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