WORD PROBLEMS
(First of Three Sets) 5-11. Lee and Fred are elementary school teachers. Fred works for a charter school in Pacific Palisades, California, where class size reduction was a goal for the school year. Lee works for a noncharter school where funds do not allow for class size reduction policies. Lee’s fifth-grade class has 1.4 times as many students as Fred’s.
If there are a total of 60 students, how many students does Fred’s class have? How many students does Lee’s class have? LU 5-2(2) excel 5-12. A car that originally cost $3,668 in 1955 is valued today at $62,125 if in excellent condition, which is 14 times as much as a car in very nice condition—if you can find an owner willing to part with one for any price. What would be the value of the car in very nice condition? LU 5-2(2)
