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and (2) figuring distance on a map.
Use the information given on any line of the two charts to figure out the missing dimension, which is indicated by a box
containing a letter. Find your answer at the bottom of the page and print the letter above it. Keep working and you will
discover the answer to the title question.
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Work each problem and find your answers at the bottom of the page. Shade in the
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If 2 cubic feet of sand weigh 90 pounds, how much do 5 cubic feet of
sand weigh?
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If
pounds
are 560 calories in 8 ounces of meat, how many ca nes
ounces of meat?
calories
If pencils sell at 6 for 59¢, how many pencils can be bought for $2.95?
pencils
4
A car travels 350 miles on 20 gallons of gasoline. How many gallons will be
gallons
used to travel 875 miles under the same conditions?
5
The ratio of oil to vinegar in a certain salad dressing is 8 : 5. How much
oil must be blended with 7 liters of vinegar for that recipe?
6
The ratio of the weight of an object on Jupiter to its weight on Earth
is 8 to 3. How much would a 100 pound person weigh on Jupiter?
pounds
7
If 1 gallon of paint covers 450 square feet, how many gallons are
needed to paint a room with 675 square feet of wall surface?
gallons
8
If it takes 4 ounces of insecticide to make 22 gallons of garden spray,
how much spray can be made with 6 ounces of insecticide?
gallons
liters
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10
A flagpole casts a shadow 32 feet long. If a man 6 feet tall casts a shadow
8 feet long at the same time and location, how tall is the flagpole?
11
Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. If a certain type of bronze requires 0.3
kilogram of tin per 1.0 kilogram of copper, how much tin must be combined with
50 kilograms of copper?
kilograms
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13
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At a certain college, the ratio of men to women is 5 to 4. If there are 2800
men, how many women are there?
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4 3 cans of water must be added to a can of lemonade concentrate to
make 64 ounces of lemonade. How many cans of water are needed to
make 96 ounces of lemonade?
cans
women
A cookie recipe which calls for 3 2 cups of flour makes 5 dozen cookies.
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2. What Do You Get When The Post Office Burns Down?
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3. What Do Gorillas Sleep On In Fruit Orchards?
ANSWER: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
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appears, write the letter of that expression above it. Keep working and you will decode
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TO ANSWER THIS IMPORTANT QUESTION:
Evaluate any expression below for the given values of the variables (see table). Find your
answer at the bottom of the page. Write the letter of that exercise in ANY ONE of the
boxes directly under the answer.
When you finish all the exercises, rearrange the letters in each group to make a word.
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Brain Surgeon?
Do any exercise below. Find your answer in the answer column and notice the letter
next to it. Each time the exercise number appears in the code, write this letter above
it. Keep working and you will answer the question.
where d is the distance traveled by an object moving at speed r in
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contains the number of the exercise. Keep working and you will
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