Before solving the problems in Questions 1–27, write the strategy you will use for each problem on the Planning Your Strategies page in the Student Activity Book. Use the strategy you chose to solve each problem. If you used a mental math or paper-and-pencil method, estimate to see if your answer is reasonable.

Victory Videos

  1. The Victory Videos store sells Math and the Music Factory videos for $18 each. Mrs. Dewey bought a dozen of these videos for the school library. How much did the videos cost in all?
  2. A newly released movie is available for sale. Last weekend alone, Victory Videos sold 98 copies of this movie. If one copy costs $24, how much money did Victory Videos receive for this movie?
  3. Victory Videos has 6 different sections. Each section has
    12 shelves. Each shelf can fit about 95 movies. If the shelves are about half full, how many more videos will it take to fill the shelves?
  4. On Monday night, only 17 movies were rented. On Saturday night, 16 times as many movies were rented. How many movies were rented on Saturday night?
  5. There are 51 Victory Videos stores throughout the city. Each store has between 25 and
    30 employees. How many people work for Victory Videos?
  6. Tanya rented 3 new movies. How much did she pay?
  7. Roberto rented two games and four old movies. How much did he pay?