Lance walked 20 miles east and then 21 miles north to get to work. If he walked back home after work using the most direct route, how many miles would he walk on the way back? (Find the hypoteneuse of the triangular path

At the "no mutants allowed" country farm, every sheep has 4 legs, every chicken has two legs, and all animals have only 1 head. asked to count how many sheep and chicken are in the fields, a farm boy reports back that there are 140 feet and 50 heads. how many sheep and chicken are there? there are sheep and chicken at the farm.

Amira is painting a rectangular banner 2 1/4 yards wide. the banner will have a blue background. amira has enough paint to cover 1 1/2 square yards of the wall. the school colors are blue and yellow, so amira wants to add yellow rectangles on the left and right sides of the blue rectangle. the yellow rectangles will each be 3/4 yards wide and the same height as the blue rectangle. what will be the total area of the two yellow rectangles?

I'm at a bookstore with $\$35$ in my pocket and a $20\%$-off coupon. what is the cost of the most expensive book i can buy with my money and the coupon? (assume that there are books of every possible price in the bookstore. it's a large bookstore! )