A percentage of the cost of items you buy that goes to the government is called:
sales tax
20
The total after expenses is called:
net income
10
If the net income is a negative number is called:
loss
15
Monica goes to the grocery store to buy some food. She buys a liter of milk for $3.20, a bag of lettuce for $2.00, and 2 bags of apples that cost $4.26 each. How much does Monica spend at the grocery store?
$13.72
25
Bob makes and sells cookies. To make 10 cookies, Bob must spend $7 to buy the ingredients. Bob sells his cookies at $2.50 each. If he sells all 10 cookies, what is his profit?
$18
25
What is one service the government pays for with the money they receive from taxes, like sales taxes?
police departments
20
Which payment type has extra fees?
credit card
15
Jeremy is at the store. He needs to buy some basketball supplies. He buys shoes for $29.99, shorts for $24.50, a ball for $39.99, and 3 pairs of socks that cost $12.19 each. How much money did Jeremy spend on socks?
$36.57
25
Heather makes and sells lemonade. She spends $16 on ingredients to make her lemonade. Holly is able to use those ingredients to make 40 glasses of lemonade. She sells her lemonade for $1.00 a glass. How many glasses of lemonade must Heather
16 glasses of lemonade
25
Laura is shopping for a new skateboard. She has a debit card and cash. She has $65 in cash and $40 in her savings account. The new skateboard costs $58.98. Which form of payment should she use?
debit card
25
If 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, Then, 6=?
is 3, because ‘six’ has three letters
25
I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven (take away the ‘s’ and it becomes ‘even’).
25
Using only an addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1000?
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000
25
There is a basket containing 5 apples, how do you divide the apples among 5 children so that each child has 1 apple while 1 apple remains in the basket?
4 children get 1 apple each while the fifth child gets the basket with the remaining apple still in it.
25
There is a three-digit number. The second digit is four times as big as the third digit, while the first digit is three less than the second digit. What is the number?
