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Word Problems

02/01/16

zach has a toy train that is 60cm long. His aunt buys him a new toy train that is 85 cm long. What is the legth of the new toy train
zach has a toy train that is 60cm long. His aunt buys him a new toy train that is 85 cm long. What is the legth of the new toy train
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Word Problems

01/31/16

A boat takes 2 hours to go 4 miles upstream. It can go 8 miles downstream in the same time. Find the rate of the current and the rate of the boat in st
A boat takes 2hours to go 4miles upstream. It can go 8miles downstream in the same time. Find the rate of the current and the rate of the boat in still water.? (Hint: Because the current pushes the... more
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01/31/16

At the beginning of a? walk, Roberto and Juanita are 3.3 miles apart. If they leave at the same time and walk in the same? direction, Roberto overtakes Jua
At the beginning of a? walk, Roberto and Juanita are 3.3 miles apart. If they leave at the same time and walk in the same? direction, Roberto overtakes Juanita in 11 hours. If they walk towards... more
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01/31/16

The perimeter of a? rectangular-shaped field is 134 ft. The width is 27 ft shorter than the length. Find the length and width of the field
this is a word problem
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01/31/16

building A is 180 feet shorter than building B. the total height of the two buildings is 1510 feet. find the height of each building
this question is a word problem question
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01/31/16

find the weight in ounces of a package that cost s 10.50 to deliver.
an overnight mail service charges 5.40 for the first 6 oz and 0.85 cents for each additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. find the weight in ounces of a package that cost s 10.50 to deliver.
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Word Problems

01/29/16

the product of a number and 2 is 5 less than the quotient of a number and 3
the product of a number and 2 is 5 less than the quotient of a number and 3
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01/29/16

What is his speed
Rudolpho takes 12 minutes to run 400 -meter track  what is his speed 
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01/28/16

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Four brothers in one family have a combined age of 39 years.   Alan is three times Colin's age, Bill is 6 years younger than Alan and Don is a quarter of Bill's age.   How old are each of the... more
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01/28/16

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In a university biology class, only 45% of the class passed their test. If only 54 students passed the test, how many students are actually in the Biology class?
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01/28/16

An angle is 12 more than 3 times its supplementary angle. Find the measures of the two angles.
An angle is 12 more than 3 times its supplementary angle. Find the measures of the two angles.
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Word Problems

01/26/16

expressions
Jason paints 1/4 of the area of his living room walls,w, on Monday. On Tuesday  he paints twice as much as he painted on monday.  Write an expression to find the remaining unpainted area.
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Word Problems

01/26/16

there are 25 melons in a box at the grocery store. The store sold 3/5 of the melons. How many melons were sold?
Fractions and Mixed Numbers
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Word Problems Percentages

01/25/16

What percent of hours is completed?
Matt is supposed to log 744 hours in a month. This month he logged 312 hours. What is his completed percentage of hours?
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Word Problems Using Substitution

01/25/16

When will the towns have the same number of people?
The population of Smallville is 22,000 people  and is increasing by 500 people per year. The population of busy town is 43,000 people, but the population is declining by 200 people per year. 
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Word Problems

01/25/16

Mrs. Ricci had $480. She used 2/3 of it to buy an electric fan. She also bought a tea set for $60. How much money did she have left?
word problem
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Word Problems Percents

01/25/16

after the holidays pilar paid $2.80 for a roll of wrapping paper. this was 30% of the original price. What was the original price of the wrapping paper?
need to know what the original price of the wrapping paper was.
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Word Problems

01/24/16

The sum of three consecutive odd integers if the first integer is x
The sum of three consecutive odd integers if the first integer is x
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01/24/16

Suppose a company produces books.The books are sold for $6.00 each. Find how many books should be produced and sold to break even.
Suppose a company produces books. They invested $2100 in equipment and it costs 3.00 make each book. The books are sold for $6.00 each. Find how many books should be produced and sold to break even.
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Word Problems

01/23/16

the sum of two numbers is 80. If three times the smaller number is subtracted from the larger number, the result is 8. find the two numbers
the sum of two numbers is 80. If three times the smaller number is subtracted from the larger number, the result is 8. find the two numbers
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01/23/16

word problem
A university mathematics class begins the semester with 145 students enrolled. Of these, 55 were female and the rest were males.   By the end of the semester, 60% of the males are still enrolled... more
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Word Problems Math Help For College

01/21/16

Write the equation for this situation
The number of bacteria in a colony double every three hours. At 8 am this morning, there were 120 bacteria. At 11 am, there will be 240 bacteria.
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Word Problems

01/21/16

Vicky is 5 years older than Pam. if the sum of their ages is 67, how old is each ?
This is a substitution problem. I don't understand it 
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Word Problems

01/20/16

Need the answer or at least a way to solve it.
Tommy’s friend has a 7-digit phone number. The second digit is the first digit minus the difference of the fourth and fifth digits, and the first digit is a cube of a number. The third and fourth... more
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Word Problems

01/19/16

what must be added to the sum of 2 and 9 1/2 to make it 20
The answer to the above question is 8 1/2  but i want to knw how to solve it.
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