Does it mean when it saids "even"? Does absolute value mean even?

An advertising firm has an old computer that can prepare a whole mailing in 6 hours. with the of newer model the job is complete in 2 hours. how long would it take the newer model to do the job alone?

The art class is planning to paint a mural on an outside wall. this figure is a scale drawing of the wall. width: 11 in length: 28 in unit rate: 1.5 ft per in. write the ratio of the area of the drawing to the area of the actual mural. write your answer as a unit rate. show that this unit rate is equal to the square of the unit rate 1.5 ft per in

Huong is organizing paperback and hardback books for her club's used book sale. the number of paperbacks is 12 less than three times the number of hardbacks. huong had 162 paperbacks. how many hardback books were there?