Inverse proportion - math word problems - page 16 of 20
Inverse relationship, also called Inverse proportion occurs when one value increases and the other decreases. For example, more workers on a job would reduce the time to complete the task. They are inversely proportional. Two sequences of numbers are inversely proportional if corresponding elements have a constant product, also called the coefficient of proportionality.Number of problems found: 384
- Registers 2827
When eight cash registers are open in the grocery store, customers wait for an average of 12 minutes. What will the waiting time be if the other two cash registers open? - Conservationists 2820
A group of nature conservationists (a total of 28 members) and a sports team (16 members) worked for 7 days to clean up the forest park with an area of 10 ha. How many days would conservationists have to work without the help of athletes? - Enough 2809
Five horses will eat oat stocks in 15 days. For how many days is the supply for three horses enough? - Identical 2804
Eighty identical light bulbs shine in the sports hall for two hours. How long does it take to consume the same energy from 100 such bulbs?
- Construction 2798
The truck driver drives bricks for construction. If he went three times a day, he would produce the bricks needed for construction in 12 days. How many times a day does he have to go to finish work three days earlier? - Cutting 2768
Cutting a wooden board into five parts takes 20 minutes. All slices are the same length. How long would it take to cut into eight pieces if we still cut at the same speed? - Multiply 2762
Which number is to multiply the number by to get the number: a) 1 b) m - Marched 2713
Pupils marched in 2 and 1/4 hours. What part of the march did they miss in an hour? - Forth and back
The car drives from point A to point B at 78 km/h speed and back at 82 km/h. If I went there and back at a speed of 81 km/h, the journey would take five minutes less. What is the distance between points A and B?
- Two monuments
The distance between two historical monuments on a map with a scale of 1:500000 is 48 mm. Find the actual distance between these monuments in km. - Chocolate
I eat 24 chocolate in 10 days. How much chocolate do I eat in 15 days at the same pace? - Three numbers
What are three numbers that have the property: the sum of the first and second numbers' reciprocals is 12/7, the first and third 11/24, and the second and the third 3/8. - Sprinter
Sprinter runs the relay 4 x 400 m to the handover at a 42 km/h speed. A second runner is at the start of the handover area 20 m long and runs when it is the first sprinter at a distance of 10 m. Calculate the speed at which the second runner must run to t - Liquid soap
Liquid soap lasted two weeks for one member of the family. How many days will it last if it is used: a) two members b) 4 members c) seven members?
- Euros
Michal, Peter, John, and Lenka got together 2,400 euros. Do they share an amount in a ratio of 2:6:4:3. How many got each of them? - Glass
At the glass shop, we have to cut eight sheets of glass. Each was shaped as a square with sides of 18 cm. We paid 44 CZK. How much is 1 m² of glass? - Reciprocal equation
Determine the root of the equation: 9/x-7/x=1 - New computer
The new computer processes a certain amount of data for 6 hours. How many hours will an older computer with a quarter lower performance process the same amount of data? - Field on plan
The plan has a scale of 1:2500. Determine dimensions in centimeters of the plan if the field has a length of 310 meters and 182.5 meters.
Farmers'cooperative had a supply of feed for 50 cows for six days. Cows got insidious disease after four days. Ten of them died. How many total days that farmers had feed cows?Do you have homework that you need help solving? Ask a question, and we will try to solve it. Solving math problems.
