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- Strawberries
Three people pick strawberries from 48 rows in 8 hours. How many hours do five people need to pick strawberries from 20 rows? - The bricklayer
The bricklayer built a six-meter base of the fence in 3 hours. How long does it take to build a 14 meters long base? - Publishing company
Suppose you work for a publishing company, and before launching a new magazine targeting fashion-oriented consumers, your boss wants to hold a meeting with prospective advertisers. Assume that annual expenditures on magazine ads in this genre are normally - Workers 54253
Four workers packed the goods with the same output in 6 hours. In how many hours would five workers do the same job? Express it in hours and minutes.
- What are 3
What are the two digits that, when inserted in the blank spaces, will make 234 _ _ divisible by 8? - Probability 53061
One hundred people work in the office. Each of them spends an average of 25 minutes daily on the phone. A working day has 8 hours. What is the probability that ten workers will be on the phone simultaneously in one day? - Mason 3
Mason has a rectangular garden 2/3 yards wide by 7/4 yards long. What is the area of Mason's garden? Use a drawing to show your work. - My brother
My brother is missing 240 assignments. He wants to finish them all. If he does two each day, how many days will it take for him to finish 1/3 of his assignments? - There 14
There are 250 people in the museum. 2/5 of the 250 people are girls 3/10 of the 250 people are boys The rest of the 250 people are adults Work out the number of adults in the museum.
- Gavin
Gavin had 3 gallons of orange juice ready to serve at the breakfast party. His family drank 2 ⅛ gallons. How much is left? Show your work with a number line, area model, or grid. - Kittens
Sometimes, Grace has kittens. Each kitten has 1/3 as much cat food as a full-grown cat. How many kittens can Grace feed with the 1.47 pounds? Solve on paper. Then check your work. One full-grown cat needs 0.25 pounds of food. - James 4
James, Priya, and Siobhan work in a grocery store. James makes 8.00 per hour. Priya makes 40% more than James, and Siobhan makes 5% less than Priya. How much does Siobhan make per hour? - Employees 50743
Half of the factory employees work in the first shift, a third of employees work in the second shift, and 130 employees work in the third shift. How many employees does the factory have? - Monica 3
Monica works on her drawings for 2 hours. She spends 1/6 hour on each drawing. How many drawings does she work on in 2 hours?
- Your Mom
Your Mom can clean your entire house in 3 hours. However, your dad takes 5 hours to clean the house. How long will it take for them to clean the house if they work together? (Write the numerical answer round to the nearest thousandth) - Imagine 2
Imagine that you are filling treat bags with jellybeans. You have 3 3/8 cups of jellybeans, and each treat bag will contain 1/4 cup of jellybeans. How many treat bags can you fill before you run out of jellybeans? Show your work (please). - Hour salary + fix
Devin recently hired a contractor to do some necessary work. The contractor quoted $395 for parts plus $62 an hour for labor. Let x represent the number of labor hours worked. Write an algebraic expression to represent the total cost of the repairs. - Sean Junkins
Sean Junkins works at X-Mobile. His pay is easily calculated using the expression 12h+8c, where h is the number of hours he works and c represents the number of phones he sells. Would Sean Junkins make more money if he worked 37 hours and sold three cell - Two workers
One worker makes a part 4 hours and the second 9 hours later than they would make the same part together. How long does it take for each worker to make the part himself?
Work out the sum of 1/4, 1/5, and 3/10.Do you have homework that you need help solving? Ask a question, and we will try to solve it. Solving math problems.
