A survey of studio offices in a city with 14,000 employees reveals that there are, on average, 12.5 employees per office. If there have been a cumulative total of 3,400 printers sold to the offices of the city, what is the best estimate of the average number of printers per office?

If 1015 meters = 1 petameter and 1018 meters = 1 exameter, how many petameters are equal to 1 exameter?

The price of 10 yards of fabric is c cents, and each yard makes q quilts. In terms of _q_and c, what is the cost, in cents, of the fabric required to make 1 quilt?

John is 35 years old, 5 years older than his brother Bob and 20 years younger than his father Jack. How old was Jack when Bob was born?

In 7 years Bill will be twice Amy’s age. Amy was 1.5 times Molly’s age 2 years ago. If Bill is 29 how old is Molly?

You are buying a new car. The car gets 33 miles per gallon in the city and 39 miles per gallon on the highway. You plan on driving 30,000 miles over three years and 10,000 of that will be city driving. If gas costs $3.50 per gallon, how much will you pay in gas over the three year period (round to the nearest cent)?

A class room of 8th graders is 1/3 boys. Of all the students 4/5 of them are aged 14 while the others are aged 13. If there are 20 girls in the class, approximately how many boys are age 13?

Six is to thirteen-and-a-half as seventeen is to what?

If Shaquille O'Neal is 7 feet tall and casts a shadow 5 feet long. At the same time of day, how long would the shadow be from a 49-foot tall house?

A recipe calls for a ratio of for wheat, barley, and flour. If we have 12 pounds of barley, how much wheat do we need to use all of it?