Grade - math word problems - page 28 of 912
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- Plasticine cuboid
Paul makes a cuboid of plasticine with sides 5 cm, 2 cm, and 5 cm. How many such cuboids will he need to form a cube? - To percentages
Convert the following ratios to percentages. (a) 3 : 4 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 5/8 (d) 15/16 - Overtime and salary
An employee earns R150 per hour, and the agreed normal working hours are 45 hours per week. Overtime is paid at 1 1/2 of the normal rate. Suppose Dave works 52 hrs during the first week of March. What will the total earnings for that particular week be? - Prawns and carbs
I buy 3 1/4 kg of prawns and 4 2/5 kg of carbs. 1 kg of prawns is RM 24 and 1 kg of carbs is RM 10. If I pay RM 50, what is my change?
- Double sides
If each side of a triangle is doubled, then find the ratio of the area of the new triangle thus formed to the given triangle. - Mean and sum
If the arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is 45, what is the total sum of these numbers? - The angles 5
The angles of a triangle are in arithmetic progression (AP). The greatest angle is twice the least. Find all the angles. - Taps and a tank
A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled, three more similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely? - Manday, manhour
Job problem: 10 men can make 20 toys in 12 days working 12 hours a day.Then, in how many days can 24 persons make 32 toys working 16 hours a day?
- Older or younger
The age of a man after 15 years is 4 times the age of that man 15 years before. Find his present age. - Tricky result
Classic adding with percentages: Evaluate 28% of 450 + 45% of 280 - Two chords 6
A chord PQ is 10.4cm long, and its distance from the center of a circle is 3.7cm. Calculate the length of a second chord RS, which is 4.1cm from the center of this circle. - Bad weather
An aircraft was slowed down during a 600 km flight due to bad weather. Its average speed was reduced by 200 km/hr from its usual speed, and the flight time increased by 30 minutes. Find the scheduled duration of the flight. - Numerator and denominator If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 200% and the denominator of the fraction is increased by 150%, the resultant fraction is 9/35. What is the original fraction?
- Two coins
Two coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting (i) At least one head? (ii) At most one tail? (iii) A head and a tail? - A cake 2
Karen sliced a cake into 10 slices. She ate 2/10 of it and after some time she ate another 4/10 of it. How much of the cake did Karen eat? - Charlie 2 Charlie has $10 1/2; she went to the store and bought a chap-stick for $1.75. How much money does she have now?
- Katy bought
Katy bought 4/5 kg of oranges, 2 1/2 kg of bananas, and 1 1/2 kg of apples every day. How many kilograms of fruit did she buy each day? - Walnuts 2
There are 6 2/3 pounds of walnuts in a container, which will be divided equally into containers that hold 1 1/2 pounds. How many containers will walnuts fill?
For items - fractions 1/6 - 1/9 perform the indicated operation/s. Write your answer in improper fractions, and it must be in the simplest form.Do you have homework that you need help solving? Ask a question, and we will try to solve it. Solving math problems.
