Problem of the Day: March 16 -20, 2015

Day 1: You are a high school teacher and have to grade some exams. It takes you 1
hours to grade 15 student exams. If you have five classes and each class has 28
students, how long will it take you to grade all of their exams?

Day 2: As the controller of a new amusement park ride, you need to calculate the
number of runs that you can make each hour. If each run take approximately five
minutes, loading passengers takes approximately three minutes and unloading
passengers take approximately two minutes, about how many rides can you run per
hour?

Day 3: You are a window washer and have a 25-floor building to clean today. Two
people are working with you and there are twelve windows per floor. If you divide
the job evenly among yourselves, how many windows will you personally have to
wash today?

Day 4: You are a baker and have to make a batch of doughnuts. You need 3/8 of a
cup of vegetable shortening for every twelve doughnuts. If you need to make
ninety-six doughnuts, how much vegetable shortening do you need?

Day 5: You are a graphic artist and must design a three-panel brochure for a client.
If each panel is five inches wide and eight inches tall, and your design will include
both the front and back of the panels, how much space do you have available to
create the design?