1. a) Based on recent statistics, Green Way Airlinesexpects 4.2% of its customers will be “no shows”. If the airlinesold 260 seats for a flight, how many people would the airlineexpect as “no-shows”? (Round to the nearest wholenumber)

b) If the airplane can hold 254 passengers, can allthose who show up at the gate get on the plane?Explain

2. JK Builders bought 35 acres of land for a housingdevelopment. They will give 1.75 acres to the city for a playgroundand subdivide the remaining land into house lots of 0.875 acres.How many house lots can beformed?    

3. The average snowfall amounts for 5 winter months inBurlington, Vermont are given in the table.

    a) Find the mean snowfallamount.   

   b) Find the median snowfallamount.                                                                                                             

Month	Snowfall (in.)
November	6.6
December	18.1
January	18.8
February	16.8
March	12.4

                                    

4. Volunteers from Habitat for Humanity are painting 16interior walls in new homes that have been built. Each wallmeasures 14 feet by 6 2/3 feet.

a) If a gallon of paint covers 400 square feet, how manygallons will be required to paint all the walls? (Round to nextwhole number)

b) If each gallon costs $27.95, find the cost of theproject.

5. In a recent year, wind machines in the United Statesgenerated 17.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity (enough topower more than 1.6 million households). The nation’s totalelectricity production was 4450 billion kilowatt-hours. Whatpercent of the total electrical energy production was generated bywind machines?

6. If a 5 1/4 inch line on a map represents a 9-mileroad, how many miles would be represented by a 3 1/2 inchline?

7. At a fire sale, items are being sold at 3/4 off themarked price. What is the sale price of an item that has a markedprice of $156?

8. Sixteen ounces of mouthwash costs $3.49 while a33-ounce container of the same brand costs $6.99. Which is a betterbuy? Why?

9. The price of gasoline jumped from $3.24 per gallon to$4.05 per gallon in one year. What was the percentincrease?

10. You buy 2.75 yards of material at $4.80 per yard andpay $0.87 sales tax. What is the total cost for yourpurchase?

11. Ruth orders clothes from a retail catalog. Sheorders two turtleneck tops for $35 each, two pairs of stretch pantsfor $45 each, one winter jacket for $130, and three leather beltsfor $25 each. The shipping and handling charge for the order is$15. What is the total charge for Ruth’s order?

12. A recipe for a wedding punch calls for 12 quarts ofchampagne. If the champagne comes in bottles that are 4/5 of aquart, how many bottles of champagne would be needed?

13. One bank offers a 4-year car loan at an annualsimple interest rate of 7% plus a loan application fee of $45. Asecond bank offers 4-year car loans at an annual simple interestrate of 8% but no loan application fee. If you need to borrow $5800to purchase a car, which of the two bank loans has the lesser loancost? (Assume you keep the car for all 4 years.)

14. In a recent survey of new car buyers, 20 of 63 mensaid they would prefer to buy a silver car while 16 of 49 womensaid they would prefer silver.

a) Which group has a stronger preference for silvercars?

b) Explain your answer

15. How many acres are contained in 1 square mile? (1mile = 5280 ft.; 1 acre = 43,560 sq. ft.)