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2 Choosing the correct operation

Homework
1 The organiser of a church fête needs 1000 balloons. She has a budget of $30.
Each packet contains 25 balloons and costs 85p. Does she have enough?
2 A TV rental shop buys TVs for $110 each.
The shop needs to make at least 10 per cent profit on each TV to cover its costs.
On average each TV is rented for 40 weeks at $3.50 per week.
Does the shop cover its costs?
3 The annual subscription fee to join a fishing club is $42. The treasurer of the club has collected
$1134 in fees. How many people have paid their subscription fee?
4 Mrs Woodhead saves $14 per week towards her bills. How much does she save in a year?
5 Mohamed saves $15 each week.
He wants to buy a dining set costing $860.
Will he have saved enough money after one year?
Show how you worked out your answer.
6 Sylvia has a part-time job and is paid $18 for every day she works. Last year she worked for
148 days. How much was she paid for the year?
7 Mutya has a part-time job, working three days each week.
She is paid $5 per hour.
She works four hours each day.
Neil has a full-time job, working five days each week.
He is paid $6 per hour.
He works seven hours each day.
How many weeks does Mutya have to work to earn at least as much as Neil earns in one
week?
Show how you worked out your answer.
8 A concert hall has 48 rows of seats with 32 seats in a row. What is the maximum capacity of
the hall?
9 Julio is a market gardener and has 420 bulbs to plant. He plants them out in rows with 18 bulbs
to a row. How many complete rows will there be?
10 Paul’s room measures 7 m by 3 m.
The carpet is sold from rolls which are 4 m wide.
This means that a person buying carpet has to buy pieces from the full width of the roll.
a What is the smallest area of carpet that Paul has to buy?
b He has $300 to spend on the carpet.
What is the most he can spend per m2?
11 There are 240 students and teachers on a school visit.
Four coaches are booked.
Each coach can take 53 passengers.
The school decides to book another coach for the remaining passengers.
What is the smallest number of seats needed on this coach?

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