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10/13/14

Carine is 7 years older than her brother. Three years ago, their total age was 43 years. What will Carine's age in 12 years' time?
Carine is 7 years older than her brother. Three years ago, their total age was 43 years. What will Carine's age in 12 years' time?
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10/12/14

stacking cans on a shelf. The bottom row has 7 cans. Each row above has 1 fewer cans. How many cans will be stacked in all?
stacking cans on a shelf. The bottom row has 7 cans.  Each row above has 1 fewer cans. How many cans will be stacked in all?
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10/11/14

2 day rain fall is 11.9 inches. First day is 5.4 inches less than the 2nd. What are each days total?
i can figure out the answer but the homework said with addition an subtraction.  I used division so I want to see if there was a way.
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10/10/14

how would i write this equation there is 600000 units and it takes one person 12 units a year to live how many people could live for 60 years on 600000 units
i have 600,000 units and i wanted to know how many people could live for 60 years on 12 units a year?  each person has to have 12 units a year (720 units for 60 years) so 833 people could live on... more
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10/09/14

What is the answer to this word problem
Nathan is helping Tom assemble hamburgers at the school cook out. Tom tells Nathan to put onions on every eighth hamburger, special sauce on every third hamburger, and a slice of cheese on every... more
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10/07/14

barry can do a job in 3 hours, whereas it takes sanchez 5 hours to do the same job. How long would it take them to do the job working together?
I have never been good at math problems and this is a suggested work problem from the book, but I have no idea what to do.
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10/06/14

please answer!!!
Nikki wants to buy a dog bed that costs $87.She earns $6 per week for doing chores.How many weeks will Nikki have to do her chores in order to earn enough money to pay for her dog bed?
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10/05/14

of the 649 tickets sold to a movie, 352 were full-prices costing $5.00 each. if the gate receipts were $2,799.50, what did a student ticket cost
there is nothing else to the question other than that. all i need is a helpful guideline to answer this.
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10/02/14

At a beach party, 3/4 of the people are adults. Of the people who are not adults, 1/2 are boysand 6 are girls. How many people are at the beach party?
At a beach party, 3/4 of the people are adults. Of the people who are not adults, 1/2 are boys and 6 are girls. How many people are at the beach party?
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10/02/14

3 pants and a shirt cost $200, what is the cost of 7 shirts and 4 pants
A blouse cost half as much as a shirt. If the total cost of 3 blouses and a shirt is $200, what is the cost of 7 blouses and 4 shirts
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10/02/14

A student gets paid to deliver newspaper after school. She earns $25 a day, plus an extra $0.75 for each newspaper
A student gets paid to deliver newspaper after school. She earns $25 a day, plus an extra $0.75 for each newspaper she delivers and $5 for each new customer she signs up for delivery. If d=days,... more
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10/02/14

The width of the quad area is 2 feet less than the length. The fence around the quad is 36 feet. What is the length and width of the quad?
I need to solve this and I'm lost can anyone put this into equations so I can solve it?
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09/29/14

A bowler scores 198 and 185 on the first 2 games of a series of 3 games. What will the bowler need on the 3rd game to have a series average of 200?
i need to make an equation and find the answer
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09/26/14

Algebra word problems
Amy's yearly salary is given by the equation y = 25,000 + 700x, where x is the number of years since 2007 and y is her salary in dollars. What was her salary in 2011?
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09/26/14

Algebra word problems
Amy's yearly salary is given by the equation y = 25,000 + 700x, where x is the number of years since 2007 and y is her salary in dollars. What was her salary in 2007?
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09/25/14

If a class has 158 students, and 1/11 are girls and 1/7 are boys, then how many girls and boys are in the class?
If a class has 158 students, and 1/11 are girls and 1/7 are boys, then how many girls and boys are in the class?
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09/23/14

doug paid 22 dollars for two books. One book cost 5 dollars more. How much did each book cost?
word problem help needed. I need the formula to figure out this question. doug paid 22 dollars for two books. One book cost 5 dollars more. How much did each book cost? thank you
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09/20/14

how do I solve this word problem?
A baseball pitcher strikes out an average of 3.6 batter per 9 innings At this rate,how many batters would the pitcher strike out in 315 innings?
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09/20/14

How many minutes did nick play in the hockey game?
During a hockey game brandon played 7 less minutes than nick. zach played 12 more minutes than brandon, hunter played twice as long as zach. Hunter played for 44 minutes. how many minutes did nick... more
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09/19/14

can you please show me how to solve this?
•So Morris was looking forward to drinking 12 cups of root beer from his large mug.  Then Seymour showed up and morris felt like he should share his root beer.  He found an 8 cup glass and a 5 cup... more
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09/18/14

Twice a number increased by eighteen is the number decreased by four. What is the number?
Twice a number increased by eighteen is the number decreased by four. What is the number?
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09/18/14

Three times a number is five less than seven times that number, what is the number?
Three times a number is five less than seven times that number, what is the number?
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09/18/14

dozen of eggs and 1 pound of butter cost a total of $1.44.If the cost of 9 dozens eggs =7 pounds of butter then how much does one dozen of eggs cost
i need to find the cost of just one dozen eggs based on the information given.
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09/16/14

Please help with 5th grade math word problem
In the 1980's the Northern white rhinoceroses population decreased by 485 from what it was in the 1970's. By the 1990's the population increased to 2 more than twice the population in the 1970's.... more
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09/16/14

word problem help
Sarah blends coffee. She needs to prepare 170 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $4.12 per pound. she plans to do this by blending a high quality bean costing $5.25 per pound and a cheaper... more
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