In January 2003 FAO Schwartz filed for bankruptcy. Right Start purchased FAO Schwartz for $58 million. If Right Start only expects to receive ¼ of its investments back, then what should the Right Start receive?
Bill Miller went to Coinstar at his supermarket with a bag of $10 in change. Coinstar charges 8 9/10 cents per dollar for this service. How much did Bill Miller have to pay to Coinstar?
Bill Murray purchased a bag of plain M&M's. The bag contained 55 candies. 50 were not green. In fractional form, how many greens were in the bag? Reduce as needed.
IBM is exporting highly paid jobs to India and China. In its application management group ½ of the 315,000 employees will be outsourced. How many employees will be outsourced?
Sony plans to cut the price of Play Station 2 by 1/3. Assuming an original price of $66 what is Sony's new selling price?
Proview makes about six million computer monitors of which 1/3 are flat screen. How many computer monitors are not flat screen?
The stock price of Krispy Kreme hit a year end price of $60. If it was only ¾ of this price at the beginning of the year, what was the price at the beginning of the year?
The average size of a Wal-Mart Supercenter is 200,000 sq. feet. In Argentina stores can only be 1/10 that size. What is the size of a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Argentina?
Alta Vista Co. employed 840 employees. It announced to layoff ¼ of the sales force. How many employees will remain at Alta Vista?
The Honda Insight gets 68 miles per gallon and has a gasoline tank capacity of 10 6/10 gallons. With a full tank, what is the maximum number of miles you could travel before you ran out of gas?
