1. Charlie has eleven dollars more than Timmy. Together, the two boys have $32. How much money does each boy have?

2. Mr. Gouline normally runs ten more laps than Mr. Dawson on the track. On a certain day, both Gouline and Dawson only run half of their normal runs, and they combine for 19 laps. How many laps does Mr. Gouline normally run?

3. The perimeter of our room is 58 feet. If the room is three feet wider than it is long, what are the dimensions of the room?

4. At the homecoming football game (which no longer exists), Dan DeSmit sells hot dogs for $1.00 and hamburgers for $2.50. If they sold ten more hot dogs than burgers, and the sales totaled $132.50, how many of each item were sold?

5. Will has twenty coins, all of which are either quarters or dimes. He has $4.25. How many of each coin does he have?

6. Two boats leave Baltimore Harbor at noon travelling South down the Chesapeake Bay. If the Desert Fox travels at 14 miles per hour, and the Prairie Gopher travels at 10 miles per hour, after how long will the boats be nine miles apart?

7. At 3:00, two planes leave BWI. One flies north at 300 miles per hour and the other flies south at 325 miles per hour. At what time of day will they be 2,031.25 miles apart?

8. It is 480 miles from Knoxville to Memphis. The University of Tennessee football team leaves Knoxville at noon traveling at 75 miles per hour to Memphis. The Memphis University soccer team leaves at one o’clock traveling 60 miles per hour to Knoxville. At what time will the teams cross paths?

9. Liam and Laura live 200 yards apart. At noon, Liam starts skipping at three yards per second towards Laura’s house. Twenty-five seconds later, Laura starts skipping at two yards per second towards Liam’s house. After how long do they lovingly skip into each other’s arms?

10. Matt and Zach have a race. Because of his tremendous speed, Matt decides to give Zach a three second head start. Matt runs at 8 yards per second and Zach runs at 7 yards per second. After how long will Matt catch Zach?

11. Marshal Dillon leaves Dodge City at 6:30 traveling at 5 miles per hour. At 10:00, Doc Holiday starts to pursue Dillon, going 8 miles per hour along the same road. At what time will Holiday overtake Dillon?

12. Corn costs $18 per bushel and rye costs $38 per bushel. Jed wants to buy 32 bushels of grain, but he is only willing to pay $31.75 per bushel (on average). How much of each grain should he buy?

13. The length of a rectangle is three less than twice the width. Find the largest possible width if the perimeter is at most 60 feet.

14. Find all the sets of three consecutive integers whose sum is between eleven and fifteen.

15. Find all the sets of three consecutive even integers whose sum is between fifty and sixty, inclusive.

16. Jack’s test grades are 86, 89, 75, and 88. What grade will he have to earn on his fifth test to average at least 85 for the semester?

17. Lee took three tests in the first quarter, and his average was in the 90s. His first test was three points lower than his second, and he scored a 91 on the third test. What can you tell about his first two tests?

18. Holden Caulfield used six expletives in the first chapter of Catcher in the Rye, nine expletives in the second, and four in the third. How many expletives must Holden use in the fourth chapter to average at least six expletives per chapter?

19. It normally costs $15 to ride go- karts at Wally World. A Wally World Discount Card costs $25, and allows you to ride for $13.50. How many times do you need to ride in order for the card to be worth buying?

20. Ivan’s Chinese buffet serves burritos. Individually, each burrito costs $1.75. Ivan also has an all you can eat special for $6.50. At least how many burritos must Kevin eat to make the special worth while?

21. Jake Barnes plans to spend a week in Pamplona. The café in his hotel offers two plans. A customer can pay $78 for lodging plus $2.75 per meal or pay $107 for an all- inclusive plan (lodging plus food). At least how many meals must Jake eat in the café to make the all- inclusive plan worth while?

22. Giant Supermarket sells Wheaties for $2.50. Sam’s Club sells Wheaties in packages of 50 boxes for $108.00. For how many Wheaties must Warren wish to warrant a wagonride to Sam’s Club?

23. Coach Gouline is learning (slowly) to send text messages. His phone company offers him two choices. With textlite, he pays $3.00 per month plus $0.10 per text. He also gets 10 texts for free. With unlimitext, he pays $7.50 per month for unlimited text messages. At least how many messages must he send to make unlimitext the better option?