A real estate company bought a parcel of land containing 282 acres and plans to divide it into lots for homesites.  One-third of the land must be used for streets.  Each lot will require 3/8 of an acre.  How many lots can be sold from this piece of property?

If there is 3300 cubic inches of wax and each candle is supposed to be 9 inches tall and 10 inches in length, how many candles can be made?

A woman bought some large frames for $1414  each and some small frames for $66 each at a closeout sale. If she bought 2020 frames for $168168​,find how many of each type she bought.   The perimeter of a triangle is 90 centimeters. If two sides are equally long and the third side is 99 centimeters longer than the​ others, find the lengths of the three sides. Primo car rental agency charges $20 per day plus $0.40 per mile. Ultimo car rental agency charges $20 per day plus $1.00per mile. Find the daily mileage for which the Ultimo charge is twice the Primo charge. One number is two less than a second number. Four times the first is 14 more than 2 times the second. Find the numbers.     At a concession​ stand, three  hot dogs and two hamburger cost $6.75. Two hot dog and three hamburger cost $7.00.  Find the cost of one hot dog and the cost of one hamburger   An airplane takes 4 hours to travel a distance of 2400miles with the wind. The return trip takes 5hours against the wind. Find the…

If you spread a billion dollars worth of 1-dollar bills over the ground, how many square miles would they cover? (The length and the width of a 1-dollar bill are 6.14 and 2.61 inches, respectively.)