Walmart sells a twin pack of Pringles Potato Chips (12 oz.) for $1.80. A single can of Pringles (6 oz.) sells at Walmart for $.88. Which is the best deal for the customer?
United Airlines pays a 12 year captain of a 757 jet, $169.79 per hour. Assume that the captain works 40 hours per week. What is his weekly pay before any deductions? What would the captain earn for 1 year? Round to the nearest cent.
Walmart offered 2 billion pounds to buy Safeway PLC, a U.K. Supermarket group. Using the tables in the text or handbook, what would this be in U.S. dollars? Round to the nearest hundredth billion.
At The Holiday Inn website, the room rate for 1 night is $92.78. Bill Burns searched the web and found a price of $85.95 at Hotels.com. For a three night stay, how much will Bill save by booking it at Hotels.com?
In Norway the labor cost per hour is $28.66 in U.S. dollars. Convert this to Euros. Use the handbook or table in the text. Round to the nearest hundredth.
Amazon.com dropped from its high for the past 52 weeks of $58.88 a share to $14.72 a share. You purchased 125 shares at the 52-week high. (a) What was your purchasing price? (b) What is the current selling price? (c) How much of a loss will you sustain if you sell your stock today?
The admission price to Orlando Science Center's planetarium, which includes a show, is $14.25 for adults, $13.25 for seniors, and $11 for children. You are visiting your grandparents and they plan to take the entire family to the planetarium. The members include 2 grandparents, 2 adults, and 2 children ages 4 and 10. What will be the total cost to attend the planetarium?
In Canada, the following items were charged to your bank credit card:
1. Domino’s Pizza, London, Canada
$15.32
2. Shell 3001 Dougall Ave., Windsor, Canada
25.20
3. Little Caesars, Ottowa, Canada
16.52
4. Richmond Plaza Motel, Ottowa, Canada
79.08
5. Petrocan Hwy.401, Cambridge, Canada
14.90
6. Mr.Gas #081, Kingston, Canada
14.39
7. Days Inns, London, Canada
82.87
a. Using the text exchange rates in your Business Math Handbook, find the amount you should be charged for each item. Round to the nearest cent.
b. What should your total bill be?
Jeff Ring was searching for the lowest price for a flight between New York and Los Angeles. He found the following quotes:
Orbitz
$426.50
Expedia
441.50
Side Step
309.50
Travelocity
349.50
Assuming he buys 4 tickets, how much can he save by buying his tickets at Side Step versus Orbitz?
Media Metrix reported the following average minutes spent per day online.
U.S.
70.6
Canada
54.2
Australia
52.4
Japan
44.9
Germany
39.7
United Kingdom
39.2
France
35.4
Calculate the average minutes spent per day online for the 7 countries.
Round to the nearest hundredth.
