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1. Annette has five more dimes than quarters. The total amount of money she has is $3.30. How many of each coin does she have?

2. Jenny bought ski gloves that were marked down 30% to $24.01. What was the price of the gloves before the markdown?

3. Recently Javier received a letter from his bank concerning his checking account. Under his current plan, each check he writes costs 15 ₵ and there is a monthly fee of $1.60. Under the proposed new plan, each check he writes will cost 12 ₵ and there will be a monthly fee of $2.75. What is the minimum number of checks Javier must write monthly so that the new plan will cost him less than the current plan does?

4. Rita has two more than three times the number of baseball cards that Ben has. If Rita gave Ben 12 of her cards, they would each then have the same number of cards. How many cards does Rita have?

5. Charlie put postage worth $1.29 on a package he sent to his sister. He used only 16 ₵ stamps and 7 ₵ stamps. How many of each type of stamp did he use?

6. Plato has 58 coins in nickels, dimes, and quarters. The number of nickels is three less than twice the number of dimes. The total value of the coins is $7.40. How many of each type of coin does Plato have?

7. There are nine boys to every ten girls in a particular high school. There are 2,622 students at the school. How many girls are there?

8. Ronnie’s age plus the square of Alan’s age is 2,240. Alan’s age plus the square of Ronnie’s age is 1008. How old are Ronnie and Alan?

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