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Mathematics Problem Solving
Volume 3, Number 19, January 26, 1998
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Averaging
1. These are Matthew's English test scores: 70, 75, 70, 85, 90, 90
What is his average score?
2. Nikki is president of the Cat Lovers'
Club, even though she doesn't have a cat. The other members are Laura
and David. Laura has one cat and David has eight cats. What is the
average number of cats owned by members of the club?
3. Rocky took his girlfriend out for
dinner. They ordered two dinners that were priced at $ 10.00 each. The
restaurant had a special deal where the first dinner cost the regular
price and the second dinner was half price. What was the average cost
for each dinner?
4. Allen spent a total of 42 hours on the
computer last week. On average, he spent _____ hours a day on the
computer.
5. Sue spent 4 hours a day, Sunday through
Friday, and _____ hours on Saturday, surfing the World Wide Web. She
spent an average of 5 hours of surfing per day during the entire week.
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