Section 3.5 Order of Operations and Applications of Fractions and Mixed Numbers 207 45. A cheese plate advertises a total of 3 lb of assorted cheeses. At the end of a party, there was lb of Swiss cheese, lb of cheddar, and lb of Jack cheese left over. How many pounds of cheese were eaten? 46. Meade gave of a candy bar to Max and then ate of the candy bar himself.What fraction of the candy bar is left? 47. A bread recipe calls for 3 cups of flour. If the Daily Bread bakery has large bags of flour containing 65 cups each, how many loaves of bread can be made? 48. A carpenter worked hr last week and earned $894.What is his hourly rate? 49. If interest rates average 6 points and go up point, what is the new rate? 50. The annual consumption of tea in Hong Kong is kg per capita.The per capita tea consumption in the United Kingdom is kg more than that in Hong Kong.What is the per capita amount of tea consumed in the United Kingdom? 51. Stephanie is planning to sew her bridesmaids’ dresses. The pattern calls for 2 yd of material for one dress with an additional yd for the matching jacket. If she has three bridesmaids, how many yards of material will she need to buy? 14 52. Grace travels 1 hr to work each day. If she works 5 days a week, how much time is spent traveling to and from work? 114 1 2 21 25 1 9 25 3 4 1 2 3714 1 4 1 3 1 4 1 6 1 3 1 4 ft 58. Leonie wants to put a border of shrubs around 7 ft 12 1423 9 ft 1 1 2 9 ft 2 2 ft Door 2 ft 5 87 yd 3 48 yd 3 83 yd 1 42 yd 53. Wilma has 6 lb of mixed nuts. If she gives Fred one-half of the mixture and Barney one-third of the mixture, how many pounds of nuts does she have left? 2 3 54. Jeremy mowed of his front lawn in the 14 morning and then of the lawn in the evening. What portion of the lawn still needs to be mowed? 55. Joan waters her plants each day with gal of water.With a new irrigation system in place, she uses only 1723 gal of water. How many gallons of water does she save in a 30-day period with the new irrigation system? 2234 56. A school fund-raiser began a bake sale with 34 lb of cookies. At the end of the day 5 lb 3612 remained. How many pounds of cookies were sold? Concept 3: Applications of Geometry 57. A decorator has of wallpaper border. How much more does she need to place wallpaper border around the walls of the bathroom shown in the figure? (Note: No border is needed on the door.) her garden, as seen in the figure. Find the distance that must be lined with shrubs.
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