Being Free of Litter Does Not Come For Free

[14 January 2006] Arizona Republic reported that some "voter-approved transportation sales tax money" will be allocated to "cleanup up Valley freeway litter." Litter expense will increase to $2.9 million from $1.1 million.

The Republic indicated that monies allocated for highway-sweeping increased to $1.4 million from $1.0 million and litter-prevention/education funds were increased to $300,000 from $100,000.

The Arizona Republic printed a picture of litter located along AZ Hwy-387. {RoadHacker:: picture }

Exercises

1. Write $2.9 million as a whole number.

2. Calculate the total monies previously allocated for litter.

3. Calculate the total monies that may be allocated in the future for litter control.

Speaking of AZ Hwy-387...

This BAB resulted in the creation of GDT::BAB:: BARS::Not Quite e -- Off By 0.01

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• AzLitter.org:: From Walking Ray to AzLitter.org to Basic Arithmetic Bit [23 May 2005]
• GDT::BAB:: West Virginia is Tough On Litter [20 June 2005]

Creator: Gerald D. Thurman [gdt@deru.com]
Created: 19 January 2006