1. June Problem of the Day Common Core Standards Math Examples 2013

2. June 3, 2013 At a discount furniture store, Chris offered a salesperson $600 for a couch and a chair. The offer includes the 8% sales tax. If the salesperson accepts the offer, what would be the price of the furniture, to the nearest dollar, before tax?

3. June 4, 2013 Appliances at Discount City Store are on sale for 70% of the original price. Eli has a coupon for an 18% discount on the sale price. If the original price of a microwave oven is $500, how much will Eli pay for the oven before tax?

4. June 5, 2013 When John bought his new computer, he purchased an online computer help service. The help service has a yearly fee of $25.50 and a $10.50 charge for each help session a person uses. If John can only spend $170 for the computer help this year, what is the maximum number of help sessions he can use this year?

5. June 6, 2013 A scale drawing for a construction project uses a scale of 1 inch = 4 feet. The dimensions of the rectangular family room on the scale drawing are 7.5 inches by 12 inches. What will be the actual area of the floor of the family room after the construction project is completed?

6. June 7, 2013 While on vacation, a group can rent bicycles and scooters by the week. They get a reduced rental rate if they rent 5 bicycles for every 2 scooters rented. The reduced rate per bicycle is $15.50 per week and the reduced rate per scooter is $160 per week. The sales tax on each rental is 12%. The group has $1600 available to spend on bicycle and scooter rentals. What is the greatest number of bicycles and the greatest number of scooters the group can rent if the ratio of bicycles to scooters is 5:2?

7. June 10, 2013 A computer can do 1000 operations in 4.5 × 10–6 seconds. How many operations can be done by this computer in one hour? Express your answer in scientific notation.

8. June 11, 2013 David currently has a square garden. He wants to redesign his garden and make it into a rectangle with a length that is 3 feet shorter than twice its width. He decides that the perimeter should be 60 feet. Determine the dimensions, in feet, of his new garden.

9. June 12, 2013 A grocery store sign indicates that bananas are 6 for $1.50, and a sign by the oranges indicates that they are 5 for $3.00. Find the total cost of buying 2 bananas and 2 oranges.

10. June 13, 2013 Jeremy has two 7-foot-long boards. He needs to cut pieces that are 15 inches long from the boards. What is the greatest number of 15-inch pieces he can cut from the two boards?

11. June 14, 2013 A clothing store offers a 30% discount on all items in the store. If the original price of a sweater is $40, how much will it cost after the discount? A shopper bought three of the same shirt and paid $63 after the 30% discount. What was the original price of one of the shirts?

12. June 17, 2013 How many times greater is the value of the digit 5 in 583,607 than the value of the digit 5 in 362,501?

13. June 18, 2013 Carson needs to purchase 5.6 meters of tape for a project. If each roll of tape contains 80 cm and costs $5, what is the total cost of the tape that Carson must buy?

14. June 19, 2013 A piece of wire 63 inches long is cut into 2 parts. The 2 parts are then bent to form 2 different-size squares. The difference between the measures of the perimeters of the 2 squares is 5 inches. What is the sum of the areas of the 2 squares?

15. June 20, 2013 Mrs. Forest wanted to plan how to contact her students by phone in case the field trip they were going on the next day needed to be canceled. She decided to call one student who would then call 2 other students. Each of these students would then call 2 other students. This would continue until all students had been called. Mrs. Forest has 31 students. How many students will need to make phone calls if Mrs. Forest calls the first student?