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09/07/18

If s as lily and John split a bill of 30 dollars. Sally put in 20 John put in 10 and gave sally 5 did they pay evenly

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Problem Solving

09/06/18

Rafael counted a total of 40 white cars and yellow cars. There were 9 times as many white cars as yellow cars. How many white cars did Rafael count?

Common Core Standard

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Problem Solving

09/06/18

A man sold 1/8 of the oranges, then 1/6, then1/3 to another customer and the rest, 90 in all to a fourth customer. How many oranges had he in his orchard?

Please show steps to solving this problem

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Problem Solving

09/06/18

In a farm, there are some cows and birds. If there are a total of 35 heads and 110 legs, then how many cows and birds s are there?

very very very very very hard

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Problem Solving Solving Equations With Variables On Both Sides

09/04/18

Claire purchased just enough fencing to border either a rectangular or triangular are the same. How many feet of fencing did she buy?

Rectangle shows 3x-3 length and x-3 width. Triangle is 2x-1 and 2x. How many feet of fencing did she buy? Their perimeters are the same.

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Problem Solving Probability Probability Problems

09/02/18

There are four people in a room. For every two people, there is a 50% chance that they are friends.

Contituatio of the above question...... Two people are connected if:?they are friends, or?a third person is friends with both of them, or?they have different friends who are friends of each... more

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Problem Solving Word Problem

09/02/18

Rope Cutting

A rope is 168 ft long and is to be cut into three pieces such that the second piece is 6ft less than three times the first, and the third is 2ft more than two-thirds of the second. Find the length... more

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Problem Solving

09/01/18

Diana Nyad swim

Diana Nyad swam 110 mile distance in approximately 53 hours. On September 1st at 11 am, she was three times as far from Cuba as she was from Florida. How far was she from Florida?

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Problem Solving

09/01/18

How many Western Gorillas?

There is a little over 100,000 gorillas in the wild. There are 17,000 eastern gorillas living in the wild. This is 1000 less than two-ninths of the number of Western gorillas. How many western... more

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Problem Solving

08/23/18

I have 20 people and oranges and i have to give each teacher the same amount of 9 teacher

I have 20 apples and 25 oranges I have to put the fruit into baskets for the teachers at my school there are 9 teachers and each techaer has to receive the same amount of fruit...got many fruit... more

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Problem Solving Word Problem Help

08/23/18

Chris is 4 years older than her brother Jack. if the sum of their age is 30, how od is each person

how do i set up the the problem to solve it

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Problem Solving

08/16/18

for a school dance, there are 5 colums arranged in the shape of a pentagon. one large streamer is hung from each column to every other column. how many streamer

how would you solve this question?

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Problem Solving

08/15/18

How many stickers did Alice have at first?

Alice had 3 times as many stickers as Ben at first. She put her stickers into packets of 16 and gave away 16 such packets. In the end, Ben had 3 times as many stickers as Alice. How many stickers... more

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Problem Solving Algebra 1 Word Problem

08/14/18

Author wants to buy an item that costs p dollars before tax. Using a 6% sales tax rate, wrote two different expressions that represent the price of it after tax

make the two expressions equal

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Problem Solving

08/12/18

If 8.5 plus 2.9 times a number equals the sum of the number and 96.7, what is the number?

Solve this to et the answer in fraction or decimal form.

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Problem Solving

08/08/18

77 students. 23 more students in #1 Club than in #2 Club. How many students are in the #1 club?

77 students. There are 23 more students in Club #1 than in Club #2. How many students are in Club #1?

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Problem Solving Problem Probablity Probability Problems

07/25/18

Probability of Independent Events

A student ran out of time on a multiple choice exam and randomly guessed the answers for two problems. Each problem had 4 answer choices - a, b, c, d - and only one correct answer. What is the... more

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Problem Solving Sales Tax

07/22/18

I am having a very hard time understanding how to find cost of the car in this question. I don't understand how sales tax work?

Miles paid $5,824, including 4% sales tax, for an out-of-state purchase of a car. In order to calculate the amount of sales tax he owes in his state, he must first determine the price of the car... more

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Problem Solving

07/17/18

The oven tray is 600mm by 500mm. A cake tin is 25cm in diameter.how many cake tins can jenny fit on the oven tray at the same time?

Just a maths question I keep getting different answers for and can find the answer online

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Problem Solving

06/29/18

One number is 10 more than twice another. Their sum is 1. Find the numbers

In have no additional details bout my question

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Problem Solving

06/29/18

how many miles does it take to travel from point D to point E?

It takes 660 miles to travel from point C to point D. It takes twice as long to travel from point D to point E

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Problem Solving

06/29/18

multiplying fraction

kevin has a 3/5 m piece of wood . he uses 1/3 of it for an art project and set aside the remaining part for a science project. how many meters of wood will he use for his science project

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Problem Solving

06/27/18

Word problem using the distance formula

Two boats leave the port at the same time, one traveling north and the other traveling south. The northbound boat travels at 12 miles per hour (mph) faster than the southbound boat. If the... more

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Problem Solving Trigonometry Maths Mathematics

06/27/18

A planet subtends an angle of 1.8 degrees as observed from the earth. It’s distance from the earth is 542300km. Length of diameter of planet is?

12340pi km, 27650pi km, 5721pi km or 5423pi km

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Problem Solving

06/23/18

problem solving

Three cards are dealt without replacement from a well-shuffled deck of standard playing cards. What is the probability that at least one of the cards is a Queen?

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If s as lily and John split a bill of 30 dollars. Sally put in 20 John put in 10 and gave sally 5 did they pay evenly

Rafael counted a total of 40 white cars and yellow cars. There were 9 times as many white cars as yellow cars. How many white cars did Rafael count?

A man sold 1/8 of the oranges, then 1/6, then1/3 to another customer and the rest, 90 in all to a fourth customer. How many oranges had he in his orchard?

In a farm, there are some cows and birds. If there are a total of 35 heads and 110 legs, then how many cows and birds s are there?

Claire purchased just enough fencing to border either a rectangular or triangular are the same. How many feet of fencing did she buy?

There are four people in a room. For every two people, there is a 50% chance that they are friends.

Rope Cutting

Diana Nyad swim

How many Western Gorillas?

I have 20 people and oranges and i have to give each teacher the same amount of 9 teacher

Chris is 4 years older than her brother Jack. if the sum of their age is 30, how od is each person

for a school dance, there are 5 colums arranged in the shape of a pentagon. one large streamer is hung from each column to every other column. how many streamer

How many stickers did Alice have at first?

Author wants to buy an item that costs p dollars before tax. Using a 6% sales tax rate, wrote two different expressions that represent the price of it after tax

If 8.5 plus 2.9 times a number equals the sum of the number and 96.7, what is the number?

77 students. 23 more students in #1 Club than in #2 Club. How many students are in the #1 club?

Probability of Independent Events

I am having a very hard time understanding how to find cost of the car in this question. I don't understand how sales tax work?

The oven tray is 600mm by 500mm. A cake tin is 25cm in diameter.how many cake tins can jenny fit on the oven tray at the same time?

One number is 10 more than twice another. Their sum is 1. Find the numbers

how many miles does it take to travel from point D to point E?

multiplying fraction

Word problem using the distance formula

A planet subtends an angle of 1.8 degrees as observed from the earth. It’s distance from the earth is 542300km. Length of diameter of planet is?

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