Timmy works at a fast food chain retail store five days a week, eight hours a day. Suppose it costs him $2.00 everyday to drive to and from work. He makes $10.00 per hour. How much will Timmy have at the end of the week, before applicable taxes?

The fare for a taxi meter is calculated as follows: Each fare will have an initial charge to pick someone up. Then, is added for each mile driven. Which of the following expressions illustrates the taxi fare if an individual took a trip miles long?

Ten less than three times a number squared is 182. What is the number?

Which of the following phrases can be written as the algebraic expression ?

Which of the following phrases can be represented by the algebraic expression ?

Sixty-four coins, all dimes and quarters, total $8.95. How many quarters are there?

A writer make dollars of profit per book sold. The printing run of a lot of books cost dollars. How many books must the author sell before the book becomes profitable?

Suppose a customer paid $500 for a new phone. The store had applied a 20% discount, and the tax after the discount was 8.25%. What was the approximate price of the phone before the applied discount and tax rate?

An ambulance service charges for the initial call, then per mile it takes to get to the hospital. Which of the following expressions represents the cost of taking an ambulance miles to the hospital?

Pat makes fifteen birdhouses every month, while John makes twenty. If the two men work together to make birdhouses, how long will it take them to make of them? (Presume that they make the houses separately and do not interfere with each other's work.)