A factor is a positive integer that divides evenly into a given number. For example, the factors of 8 are 1, 2, 4, and 8.

If 44% of the town's 24,000 voters cast ballots the number of votes cast is:

(\( \frac{44}{100} \)) x 24,000 = \( \frac{1,056,000}{100} \) = 10,560

The mayor got 81% of the votes cast which is:

(\( \frac{81}{100} \)) x 10,560 = \( \frac{855,360}{100} \) = 8,554 votes.

In order to find how many additional workers are needed to staff the extra crews you first need to calculate how many workers are on a crew. There are 10 workers at the company now and that's enough to staff 5 crews so there are \( \frac{10}{5} \) = 2 workers on a crew. 10 crews are needed for the busy season which, at 2 workers per crew, means that the roofing company will need 10 x 2 = 20 total workers to staff the crews during the busy season. The company already employs 10 workers so they need to add 20 - 10 = 10 new staff for the busy season.

Average speed in miles per hour is the number of miles traveled divided by the number of hours:

Solving for distance:

distance = \( \text{speed} \times \text{time} \)
distance = \( 65mph \times 1h \)
65 miles

The amount of flour you need is (2\(\frac{3}{8}\) - 1\(\frac{1}{4}\)) cups. Rewrite the quantities so they share a common denominator and subtract:

(\( \frac{19}{8} \) - \( \frac{10}{8} \)) cups
\( \frac{9}{8} \) cups
1\(\frac{1}{8}\) cups