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Basketball Word Problems

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1) Your Last Paycheck was $1600. However, 21% was taken out for taxes. How much money was taken out for taxes?

2) In your first 5 games, you scored the following points: 18, 23, 14, 12, and 21.How many points must you score in your next game to have an average of 17 points per game?

3) What is the mean of the following numbers: 3, 7, 12.6, 13.6, 6.4?

4) If a warehouse ships out 900 boxes each day and Michael handled 150 of them, what percentage of boxes did Michael handle?

5) Willie rented a bike from Jimmys Bikes. It cost $18 plus $4 per hour. If Willie paid $26, then he rented the bike for how many hours?

6) Alberto won 64 pieces of gum playing hoops at his schools game night. Later, he gave two to each of his friends. He only has 8 remaining. How many friends does he have?

7) A wise man once said, 400 reduced by twice my age is 238. What is his age?

8) Johns Bikes rents for $13 plus $6 per hour. Micaela paid $31 to rent a bike. For how many hours did she rent the bike?

9) You had $22 to spend on two pencils. After buying them them you had 16$. How much did each pencil cost?

10) On Tuesday Shanice bought eight posters. On Wednesday half of all the posters that she had were destroyed. On Thursday there were only 22 left. How many did she have on Monday?