A. Section 5.2

Last Week at the Sunshine Valley Rock Festival, Joel sold 3 times as many tie-dyed T-shirts as silk-

screened shirts. He sold a total of 176 shirts. How many tie dyed shirts did he sell?

B. Section 5.3

Sears Purchased 10,000 pairs of men’s slacks for $18.46 a pair and marked them up $21.53. What was

the selling price of each pair of slacks? Use the formula S C M  .

C. Section 5.1

Solve for the unknown: 3 5
2

K
 

D. Section 5.3

Home Depot sold bird feeders for $69.99 and had marked them up $36.12. What was the cost of the

feeders? Use the formula S C M  .

E. Section 5.1

Solve for the unknown: 3( 1) 21B  .

F. Section 5.3

Jacob borrowed $30,000 to start up his consulting business. The loan had simple interest rate of 6.2% for

3 years. Use the formula I prt to find the amount of interest he will pay with the loan. I = interest; p

= principal; r = rate (expressed as a decimal 0.062);

t = time in years.

G. Section 5.1

Solve for the unknown:
2 9

4 N


H. Section 5.1

Solve for the unknown: 2 7
3

B
 

I. Section 5.2

Will ordered 2 times as many boxes of ballpoint pens as boxes of felt-tip pens. Ballpoint pens cost $3.50

per box, and felt tip pens cost $4.50. If Will’s order of pens totaled $46, how many boxes of each type

did he buy?

MAT105 – Quantitative Methods

Unit 3 DB Assignment

J. Section 5.1

Solve for the unknown: 6( 2) 30B 

K. Section 5.1

Solve for the unknown: 8 6 48C C  

L. Section 5.1

Solve for the unknown: 5 20A 

M. Section 5.1

Solve for the unknown: 3
12

R


N. Section 5.1

Solve for the unknown: 7 12B 

O. Section 5.1

Solve for the unknown: 16 3A 

P. Section 5.1

Solve for the unknown: 4 3 27A 

Q. Section 5.2

A recipe uses 3 cups of flour to
1

1
4

cups of milk. If you have 2 cups of flour, how much milk should

you use?

R. Section 5.1

Solve for the unknown: 8
5

P


S. Section 5.2

A scale drawing of an office building is not labeled, but indicates
1

4
inch = 5 feet. On the drawing, one

wall measures 2 inches. How long is the actual wall?

T. Section 5.1

Solve for the unknown: 4 48M 

U. Section 5.1

Solve for the unknown: 8 2 42K K 

V. Section 5.2

Manny plans to save
1

12
of his salary each week. If his Weekly salary is $372, find the amount he will

save each week.

W. Section 5.1

Solve for the unknown: 3 28J J 

X. Section 5.3

Dollar General sold garden hoses at a reduced price of $7.64 and took an end-of-season markdown of

$12.35. What was the original selling price of each hose? Use the formula M S N  (Markdown =

selling price- reduced price).

Y. Section 5.3

Jordan purchased a new copy machine and financed it for one year. The installment price was $4,235.50

and the cash price was $3,940. Find the amount of finance charge using the formula: Finance charge =

Installment price – Cash price.

Z. Section 5.3

The formula depreciable Value = total Cost – Salvage value is used to set up a depreciation schedule for

an asset. The formula can be written in symbols as V C S  . Solve the formula for C.