HOMEWORK 3.1 Pre-STD 7

1. Find the cost of sending a telegram with 33words, if the first ten words costs sh. 600 and every word afterwards is charged sh. 40.
2. Zuhura sent a telegram with 30 words and paid Shs 7500. The cost of sending the first 10words is Shs. 1500. Find the cost of sending each additional word.
3. The cost of sending a telegram is Sh. 500for the first ten words, and Sh. 40 for each additional word. Find the cost of a telegram with 18 words.
4. The cost of sending a telegram by post is TShs300 for the first 10 words, and TShs 330 for each extra word. Yusuph paid TShs 6240 as a cost for sending his telegram. How many words were there in his telegram?
5. Haji paid Shs. 850 as charges for sending a telegram containing 30 words. If the cost for sending first 10 words is Shs. 450. Find the charges for sending each additional word.
6. If the post office charges 45 shillings a word for the first three words and Shs. 60 for each extra word. How much did Anna spend on the following telegram? JOHN CHILLUMBA BOX 403 SONGEA COME HOME QUICKLY FATHER HOSPITALIZED ANNA CHILLUMBA
7. Amina spent Shs. 4600 for sending a telegram. How many words did she send if the cost of the first 10 words is Shs. 30, and Shs.20 for each additional word?
8. Find the cost of sending a telegram with 34words, if charges for the first 20 words areshs 900 and shs 70 for each additional wordafter the first twenty.
9. What is the cost of sending a telegram with25 words if every word for the first 10 wordsis charged Shs. 35.50 and Shs. 40.30 for each additional word?
10. Ashura sent a telegram with 52 words. Shepaid Shs. 500 for the first 10 words and foreach and every extra word she paid Shs. 120.Find the cost of sending that telegram.
11. The cost of making a call at the telephone booth is Shs. 1,000 for the first 3 minutes. Find the cost of calling for 7 minutes if each additional minute after the first 3 minutes is charged Shs. 300.
12. Omwile paid Shs. 10,000 as charges for sending a telegram with 23 words. If the cost of sending the first 10 words is Shs. 3500, find the cost of each additional word.
13. The cost of making a phone call at a telephone booth is shs. 3000 for the first 3 minutes. If Jonas spent only 1 minute to talk, how much did he pay?
14. The cost of sending the first 10 words of a telegram is Shs. 850 while for each additional word is Shs. 92. A telegram costing Shs. 2,598 had how many words?
15. Chadi paid Shs. 4150 as charges for sending a telegram with 21 words. The cost of sending a telegram for the first ten words is Shs. 2,500. Find the cost of sending each word exceeding the first 10 words.