Santa Claus averages 27 miles per gallon of magic dust for his sleigh. If magic dust costs $4.04 per gallon, which of the following is closest to how much the magic dust would cost for this sleigh to travel 2,727 miles? A.$ 44.44 B.$109.08 C.$118.80 D.$408.04 E.$444.40 Answer Question provided by ACT website with a minor edit from Mr. Kruczinski.
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The word game DOUBLET was invented by Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland. The object of the game is to change a word into another word by successively changing only one letter at the time to form an intermediate valid word. For example, the following process changes the word TEN to JOY: T E N T O N T O Y J O Y Using similar process, change the word Gift to Love This problem came from LogicVille.
How many gifts are given in the song: The Twelve Days of Christmas?
HINT: Remember how the song goes... First Verse On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...A Partridge in a Pear Tree. Second Verse: On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...2 Turtle Doves AND a Partridge in a Pear Tree. So by the second day...there were 4 gifts given (1 from day one and 3 from day two) Answer Mr. Green is putting lights around 8 windows; each window is 3 and 1/2 feet wide and 5 feet long. How many feet of lights does he need?
Answer Macy's has hired 400 store Santas. If each Santa sees 125 children a day for 30 days, how many children are seen by Macy's Santas?
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