Math Pack Secondary Workbook Series

		Math Pack Workbook Series Secondary Level The African American Inventors Math Pack Workbook Series is designed to introduce students to the contributions of African American inventors through computational and problem solving activities. Twenty different inventors are featured in these workbooks, and the student is introduced to a variety of discipline areas such as energy conservation, space science, transportation, agriculture and much more. Math Pack Secondary Workbook Series Item #1003 $6.00

		Sample Problem Name______________________________ Date___________________ I was born in Albany, New York in 1872. I was employed as a nurse at a hospital in Tampa, Florida, where I recognized the need to improve the standards of surgical equipment used in hospitals during the 1900's. On May 9, 1906, I filed my application for a patent for my "combination" chair and bed invention. My invention was designed to aid doctors and nurses and give comfort to their patients.
		WHO WAS THIS BRILLIANT INVENTOR? Complete the problems below. Use your math skills and the letter codes above the math problems to discover the name of this inventor. E 7 is 8% of what number? _____ C If your allowance is raised from $10 a week to $12 a week, what is the percent of increase? _____ P If your math grade for the first semester was 83% and your math grade for the second semester was 78%, what was the percent of decrease? _____ A Mwata spent 2/3 of his allowance for school supplies and 1/2 of the remaining for books. What part of his money was left _____ R 30% of 330 is 4% of what number? _____ L How many fourths of a mile will a car travel on a 1600 mile trip? _____ G 15.5% of 12507? _____ F What is the sale price? Regular price: $450 Discount rate is 25% _____ Y A store has 90 dashikis of which 30% are sold on the first day and 7 are sold on the second day. What percent of the dashikis will be unsold? _____ Download this Math Sample Page (PDF)