Word problems practice (12 items, 12 min)

Veronica’s ice cream shop sells four flavors of ice cream. The store sells chocolate at $222.60 for 28 gallons, vanilla at $258.54 for 31 gallons, strawberry at $247.00 for 25 gallons, and mint at $151.05 for 19 gallons.

Which ice cream flavor costs the least per gallon?

Chef Arnold has 5/6 liters of chicken soup and ¾ liters of vegetable soup. He mixes them together in one pot to create a new chicken-vegetable soup, and takes out 1/5 liters of soup, which he eats for lunch. Chef Arnold wants to package the remaining soup for sale.

If he pours the soup into 1/3-liter containers (such that every container is full), how much soup is left in the pot?

Sally decided to offer all of her market stall products at 20% off. As a result, she witnessed an increase of 30% in sales.

By what percent did her gross income increase or decrease?

Last year, an online e-commerce website suffered a £54.4 million loss due to internet downtime.

If on average, the website was down 1.75 hours per week and there were 52 weeks in that year, what is the approximate revenue loss per hour?

At Ricky’s fruit store, 2 apples and 3 bananas cost a combined $37, while 5 apples and 6 bananas cost a combined $85. If 7 apples, 2 bananas and 8 cherries cost a combined $183, then how much do 2 cherries cost?