Extra Challenge No. 1

What is the sum of all even integers between 0 and 1000?

 

Extra challenge No.2

The New Yourk City Sales Tax is 8.5 %. Using the concept of a variable, express this in a mathematical equation. [Hint: what changes from one purpchase to another is the price.]

 

Extra challenge No. 3

The distance traveled by a free falling object is given by the relationship: d=5t2 where d is the distance in feet and t is the time in seconds. How long does is take for an object falling from a 200 feet high building to hit the ground?

 

Extra challenge No. 4

Find the largest prime number that can be written as a sum of two prime numbers and a difference of two prime numbers.

 

Extra challenge No. 5

A boy is 4 feet 8 inches tall. If he could walk around the rearth along the equator, and if the equator were a circle, the top of his head would travel farther than his feet. How much farther?

 

Extra challenge No. 6

A father’s age is three times the sum of the ages of his two children. In four years, he will be twice as old as the sum of their ages. How old is the father?

 

Extra challenge No. 7

What number is doubled when two thirds of it is added to 36?

 

Extra challenge No. 8

A dealer bought two truckloads of goods. If the dealer sold two thirds of the truckload for three fourthes of the amount that she paid for the truckload and if she could sell the entire truckload at this rate, what percent profit did she make?

 

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