Sheet # 20/Mixed Problems
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1) Maria takes her car to Mike's garage to have the oil and filter changed and the radiator filled with antifreeze. The sign below is posted in Mike's garage.
Job Cost at Mike's Garage
10% discount with any 3 or more services performed
Excluding tax, how much money all together will Maria pay for the services she wants done.
2) Jose and Alex are both saving money for college. Jose saves $150 per month and currently has $2,000 in the bank. Alex saves $250 per month and has only $1,000 in the bank. Not counting the interest they will earn, how many months will it take until both boys have saved the same amount of money?
3) Liz plans to save a portion of the money she earns babysitting. She wants to save $1.75 out of each hour's pay. She is paid $5.25 per hour for babysitting. Write a decimal number or a fraction that tells which part of Jackie's hourly babysitting wage she plans to save.
4) Brandy is training to run a marathon, a distance of approximately 26 miles. To prepare for the race, she runs 8 miles each on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. On each Thursday and Saturday, she runs 12 miles. She does not train on Sunday or Tuesday. At the end of 6 weeks of training, Brandy will have run the equivalent of how many marathons?