The fraternity house you manage has 6,270 square feet of lot space. City ordinance allows one student for every 330 square feet of lot space. How many students can live in this house?

At the greenhouse where you work you need to make soil and vermiculite mixtures for potting plants. Flowering bushes need a mixture of 70% soil and 30% vermiculite by volume. About how many buckets of vermiculite should you add to 5 buckets of soil?

You are repairing an engine and need to loosen a bolt that fastens the alternator bracket to the engine. You tried a 3/4-inch wrench, which was too large, and a 5/8-inch wrench, which was too small. Which of the following wrenches is between these two sizes?

You design and build furniture, and you have agreed to build a bookcase for a customer. Using a materials list, you determine that you need 4 boards 1 inch by 8 inches by 6 feet and 3 boards 1 inch by 6 inches by 4 feet. These boards are priced at $1.25 per board foot. In addition, you will need 3 packages of screws at $0.79 each and one can of varnish at $3.75. Sales tax is 6%. What will be the total cost of all the materials for the bookcase, including tax?

It is your job to clean and maintain the fish tank in a dentist’s office. The tank is 4 feet long and 2 feet wide. The water in it is about 2 feet deep. To treat the water in the tank, you need to add 1 teaspoon of disinfecting solution for every 10 gallons of water. About how many teaspoons of the solution will you need to add to the tank? (1 gallon = 231 cubic inches)

A grocer takes delivery of beverages from your truck at $6 per case. You unloaded 53 cases for the grocer today. How much does the grocer owe you?