In the United States, a person eats more than 40,000 pounds of bread in a lifetime if she or he lives to be 80 years old. Does this statement make sense or is it nonsense? Explain.

In going to the store, you walked 1/3 of a mile but on the way back, you took the path through the park and walk 1/2 of a mile. How much farther did you walk on the way back?

There are 36 coins in a bag, all are quarters and dimes. There are half as many dimes as quarters and the value of the coins in the bag totals $7.20. How many dimes (d) are in the bag? How many quarters (q) are in the bag?

You want to plant a flower garden in your yard. There are two types of flowers that you are going to be planting. You will be planting some tulips and geraniums. At the store tulips come in packs of 3 and geraniums come in packs of 4.

What is the solution to x2 - 6x + 13 = 0 when written in the form a ± bi?

During the construction of a skyscraper, a bolt fell from 400 ft. What was the speed of the bolt when it hit the ground? Use V^2=64d

A bag contains six marbles: two red, one yellow and three blue. What is the probability of randomly selecting to red marbles in a row assuming the marbles are not put back in the bag after being drawn

How many terms would the expansion of (a-b) 8 have?

Use angle relationships and the diagram at right to write and solve an equation for 4x-5 2x+9

3) A cable company had 595 subscribers. The ratio of regular subscribers to premium subscribers was 8:9. How many regular subscribers did they have?

Expand the system : (4v+8) ^2