Find the sum:

Find the sum:

 

11 + 12 + 13 + ... + 67 + 68 =

 

 

 

83 + 82 + 81 + 80 + ... + 17 =

 

 

 

11 + 14 + 17 + ... + 47 =

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tower of Blocks

A child building a tower with blocks uses 150 for the bottom row.  Each row has 2 fewer blocks than the previous row.  The last row will have two blocks and then the child will stop building the tower.

a)  How many blocks are used for the 46th row?

b)  How many rows will the tower have?

c)  How many blocks will be needed to build the tower?

 


Yale Record Club

 

          Yale Record Club made me an offer I couldn’t refuse.  For their cheep, low price I could buy millions of records, tapes, and compact discs (CDs) and save millions of dollars.  Well, anyway, I joined.  The first month I wanted (and bought) 3 CDs and the cost was $24.84.  The second month I order 5 for a total of $38.82.  Did I mention that the cost covered the CDs and the shipping and handling?  Anyway, for $31.83, I bought 4 CDs the next month.  I paid $17.85 for 2 discs the next month.  I looked through their catalog and picked out 38 more CDs that I wanted to buy sometime.  If I buy all 38 at once, then I only pay the shipping and handling fee 1 time.  On the other hand, if I buy them in smaller groups, well ...   What I really need to know is, how much would it cost to buy all 38 CDs as one order?

Also, what is the cost of just 1 CD (no shipping and handling)?

What is the cost of shipping and handling?