Some of the math tutors at Mathnasium of Palo Alto - Menlo Park finally just saw the critically-acclaimed movie La La Land. While we math tutors agree that the movie could have used a more diverse cast, we enjoyed the overall story line and music presented in the movie. This week, we compiled some La La Land-themed math practice problems for Palo Alto math tutoring students. These math tutoring math problems are mainly computational - if you find them too easy for you, try to do them in your head, without a calculator or pen and paper.

LA Math Tutoring Math Problems for Palo Alto Students

1. Connie is driving to her math tutoring in West Hollywood, but is stuck on Highway 10 in LA traffic! West Hollywood is 7 miles away, and traffic on Highway 10 is moving at 5mph. Connie debates whether or not she should take a detour onto Santa Monica Blvd, which would lengthen her trip by 1.5 miles. However, traffic on Santa Monica Blvd is moving at 20mph. How much time would she save if she took Santa Monica Blvd instead of Highway 10?
2. Connie is performing a one-woman show at a theater in Pasadena. She paid $500 to rent out the theater and $100 for her set and props. If she charges $5.00 per ticket, how many people would need to attend her show for Connie to break even?
3. Jared is an aspiring jazz artist. Currently, to pay the bills, however, he plays piano at a restaurant in Sherman Oaks. If he earns $20 an hour as well as tips, how much in tips would he have to earn within his 3-hour shift to take home $100?
4. It takes Connie 30 minutes to memorize a page of script. She has an audition tomorrow at 10:00am, where she has to read 3 pages of script. It's currently 8:00pm, and her friends have just invited her to a party in Westwood at 10:00pm. Can she go to the party and have her lines memorized for tomorrow?

We hope you enjoyed these math problems! For more fun ways to learn math in Palo Alto, visit Mathnasium of Palo Alto - Menlo Park.

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