What is less than 2 1/4

In which direction does the left side of the graph of this function point? a(x) = 3x - x2 + 4x - 2

Bocephus has a bag full of nickels and dimes. if there are 3 times as many dimes as nickels, and he has $\$36.05$ in his bag, how many nickels does he have?

In one month jillian made 36 local phone calls and 20 long-distance calls what was her ratio of local calls to long-distance calls for that month?