Exercise 3

1 Express 3.01010101010101…. as a mixed fraction.

2 Express as a common fraction:

1
1−
1
1− 3
1−8

3 When 3.583ത is express as the ratio of two relatively prime integers a and b.
What is a + b?

4 The Benton Hotel has six floors and the same number of stairs between floors. It takes Peter
30 seconds to climb the stairs from the first floor to the third floor. At this rate, how many
seconds will it take Peter to climb the stairs from the first floor to the six floor?

5 A train, traveling at an average speed of 55 miles an hour, leaves Chattanooga at 2 a.m.

At what time in the morning will the train arrive in Birmingham, which is 275 miles away?

6 Jessica ran the 6.2 mile Bolder Boulder road race in 55 minutes. At the same pace, how many
minutes will it take her to run the Horsetooth Half Marathon which is 13.1 miles long?

7 Patrick drove to work on Monday at an average speed of 40 mph and arrived one minute late.
He left at the same time on Tuesday, drove an average speed of 45 mph, and arrived one
minute early. How many miles does he drive to work each day?

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8 Asley average 40 miles per hour for the first 20 miles and 60 miles per hour for the next
40 miles of a 60 miles trip. How many minutes did the trip take?

9 Lightning strikes a point 2 miles away and you hear the thunder 15 seconds later. Sixty
seconds after seeing a second bolt of lightning, you hear the thunder. How many miles
away the second lightning bolt strike?

10 The mean of three test scores is 74. What must a fourth test score be to increase the
mean to 78?

11 The arithmetic mean of Ed’s 10 test scores is 87. The teacher throws out the top
and bottom scores, which are 55 and 95. What is the mean of the remaining set
of scores?

12 The mean of a list 10 numbers is 8. If 17 and -1 are added to the list, what is the new mean?

13 After four Algebra test Stephanie had a mean of 90. After 5 tests she had a mean of 91.
What did she score on the fifth test?

14 The month of April has 30 days. In Leesburg, it rained 80% of the days in April and the
temperature rose above 600 on 25% of the rainy days. How many days in April was it above
600 and raining?

15 On a recent math test, the mean score for Mr. Bill’s first and second period classes
combined was 74%. The mean score in first period was 70%, and the mean score in
second period was 80%. There was a total of 50 students in the two classes.
How many students were in the first period?

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16 In how many distinct ways can 4 books be arranged next to each other on a bookshelf?

17 Using one kind of cheese, one kind of meat, and one kind of bread, how many different
sandwiches can be made from the following:
Bread: rye, white, wheat, oatmeal
Cheese: cheddar, Swiss
Meat: bologna, turkey, ham

18 In his locker, Andrew has 2 history books and 3 math books. In his rush to get to class,
he grabs 1 book, then a second book, without stopping to look. What is the probability
that he pulls a math book out first and a history book out second?

19 In a singles tennis tournament, each player plays every other player exactly once.
There is a total of 28 games. How many player are in the tournament?

20 The letters in the word COUNTS are to be written down in some order from left to right.
In how many different ways can this be done?

21 Eighty socks, each colored one of six different color, have been tossed into a drawer.
How many socks must be drawn from the drawer to ensure that at least two socks
of the same color have been drawn?

22 How many ways could 3 different students be selected for president, vice-president,
and treasurer of a club if each student hold exactly one office?

23 A motorist who drives through the same intersection each day observes that a
traffic light shows red as often as green, but shows yellow only one-sixth as often
as it shows red and green. Based on this observation, what is the probability that
a motorist approaching the traffic light encounter a yellow light?

24 How many different three letter monograms can be formed using the letters
A, E, I, O, and U if each letter can be used more than once?

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25 The ratio of boys to girls at Boston Middle School is 5 : 4. If the number of boys
involved in the team sport is 135, then how many girls must be involved in team
sport to maintain the same ratio?

26 Three number are in the same ratio 2:3:4, and their sum is 126. What is the greatest
of the three number?

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27 Sue is four times as old as Tom is now, and she is 3 as old as Tom will be in 7 years.

How many years old was Tom three years ago?

28 The ratio of beans to peas in a jar is 2:5 and there are a total of 840 peas and beans.
How many beans should be added to make the ratio 1:2?

29 Working together, Jo and Ralph can do the garden chores in 6 hours. It takes Jo
twice as long as Ralph to do the work alone. How many hours does it take Jo to
working alone?

30 Kristen or Jen working alone can each mow the lawn in two hours. Working at the
same rate, how many hours does will it take them to mow the lawn if they work together?