| 1. | Each person in Plimouth was given a plot of land16.9feet wide by40.3feet long. The Alden family had eight members. What was the square area of the plot of land they were allotted?
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| | 2. | Webster's Third New International Dictionary contains450,000entries. Kevin decided he would learn four new words each day. At that rate, how long will it take him to learn all the words in Webster's Third New International Dictionary? Round your answer to the nearest number of years. Do you think he will live that long?
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| 3. | Ana Maria has applied for United States citizenship. She has studied American history and government for a long time and thinks she is ready to take the citizenship test. When she took the practice test online she answered forty-four questions correctly and only missed two. What percent of the questions did she get right?
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| | 4. | Timothy and Steven bought a box of apples and divided the cost equally. The box of apples cost$11.49. How much did each boy have to pay for his half of the box of apples?
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| 5. | Makayla went to the store. She needed to buy some strawberries. She wanted to make a strawberry pie. She bought five quarts of strawberries. The strawberries cost$3.43per quart. How much did it cost for five quarts of strawberries?
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| | 6. | The president of the United States has the power to veto laws passed in Congress. If Congress passes an average of ninety-seven bills per month and the president has vetoed thirty bills in the past year, what is the percentage of bills that the president has vetoed? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
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