1.  It takes Farid 25 minutes to walk to the car park and 45 to drive to work.

At what time
should he get out of the house in order to  get to work at 9:00 a.m.? 

Solution:

The time Farid should get out of the house is 7.50 a.m.

25minutes + 45 minutes = 70 minutes = 1 hour 10 minutes

0900 - 0110 = 0750 = 7.50 a.m.

2.  Linda bought 3 notebooks at $1.20 each; a box of pencils at $1.50 and a box of pens at
$1.70. How much did Linda spend? 

Solution:

The amount of money Linda spent is equal to (3x$ 1.20)+ $1.50 +$1.70 = $6.80

3.  Tim and Arvin have a total of 49 toys. If Arvin has 5 more toys than Tim, how many toys
does each one have?

Solution:

49-5=44 44/2=22 toys

Tim has 22toys and Arvin has 27toys.

4.  Nina can eat a quarter of a pizza in one minute. How long does it take her to eat one
pizza and a half? 

Solution:

The time of Nina take to eat one pizza and a half is equal to 6 x 1 minute = 6 minutes

5. Suresh read the quarter of the time that Lim read. Lim read only two-fifth of the time that
Sasha read. Sasha read twice as long as  Ikmal. If Ikmal read 5 hours, how long did Suresh
read? 

Solution:

Suresh = 1/4 Lim

Lim = 2/5 Sasha

Sasha = 2x Ikmal

The time taken for Suresh read is equal to 1/4 x 2/5 x 2 x 5 hours = 1 hour