In the Baltimore area a high-end Comcast cable package with HBO runs about $67 a month. What would be the yearly cost of the package?
Microsoft plans to expand into China. They plan to invest $750 million in China over the next 3 years. First:
A. estimate their investment by rounding all the way, then
B. calculate their exact investment
A chicken caesar wrap at AuBoin Pan has 640 calories and 26 fat grams. Assuming you are on a 2,500 calorie diet per day, how many calories do you have left after eating the chicken caesar wrap?
Matty Kaminsky spent $738 on Canon Power Shot Cameras for Christmas. Assuming a camera costs $82, how many cameras did Matty buy?
Panera Bread estimated its yearly sales to be $588 million at the end of the year. Actual sales were $530 million.
A. How much did Panera Bread overestimate its sales?
B. If they made the same mistake for 10 years what would total sales be overestimated?
Delta Airlines charges a $75 fee for bringing a pug dog into the cabin. U.S. Airways charges $100 per pug. If Bill flies 6 times with his Pug, how much could he save if he flies Delta?
Many "Geek on call" franchises charge $65 an hour to service computers for small companies. Assuming a service call takes 8 hours, what will be the total cost of the service call?
KFC Restaurants employ 40,000 workers. Assuming there are 800 KFC Restaurants :
A. What is the average employed per restaurant?
B. If the worker earns $290 per week, what is payroll for each restaurant?
In 1954 an RCA color TV cost $1,200. Assuming 30,000 TV sets were sold for the year:
A. What were the total sales of color TV's?
B. What were monthly average sales in dollars?
Pete Rose went to a local Volvo Dealer and looked at a Volvo XC90 with a sticker price of $43,751. Pete, after negotiating the price paid $39,190. What were Pete's savings off the sticker price?
