2,101 Answered Questions for the topic Word Problems

05/19/19

Is this a trick question

I have 45 pencils in a box. My friend takes 25 from a bag. I take 20 from the box. How many pencils are left in the box? Everyone usually says 25 however the big question is "is the bag of pencils... more
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Word Problems Prealgebra

05/13/19

Darcy earns a salary of $1,400 per month, plus a commission of 4% of her sales. She wants to earn a total of at least$1,600 this month. What is the least amount of sales she needs?
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Word Problems Math Algebra Function

05/10/19

Quiksilver, Inc., the makers of the Quiksilver and Roxy clothing lines, has had steadily increasing profits over the past several years. The profits for Quiksilver, Inc. are given in the chart.
A bar chart with 5 bars of unequal heights is titled "Gross Profits for Quicksilver, Inc." The horizontal axis is labeled "Year." The vertical axis is labeled "Gross profit (millions of dollars)"... more
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Word Problems Algebra 1 Algebra

05/07/19

If a town with a population of 985 doubles in size every 36 years, what will the population be 108 years from now?
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Word Problems Algebra 1 Mathematics

05/05/19

Algebra 1 Word Problem
Separate the number 92 into two parts. When one part is divided by the other part, the result is 4 with a remainder of 2. What is the fraction formed by two parts?
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Word Problems Elementary Math

04/29/19

5th grade mathematics
Janine has 3/4 of a pound if peanuts to divide equally between 2 friends. a. What is the weight of peanuts in pounds that each friend will receive? b. One of Janine's friends already had 3/4 pounds... more
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Word Problems Geometry

04/25/19

The length of a rectangle is 7 centimeters less than twice the width. If the area of the rectangle is 165 square centimeters, find the length and width

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04/24/19

95 students, 3/5 went to parties how many went in all
Of the 95 children in 6th grade, 3/5 went to holiday parties. How many students went to holiday parties in all?
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Word Problems Geometry Real Numbers

04/23/19

The area of a circular region is 616sq decimetre .Find it's radius.(π=22\7).
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Word Problems Chemistry Mixture Problem

04/16/19

Unusual Dilution Problem
I have a concentrate of goat mineral mix that is to be added to a 55lb bag of 100% salt. I need to find what the ppm (parts per million) of copper in the final mixture is . The concentrate is 5... more
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Word Problems Algebra 1

04/10/19

Jasper is filling a nest, it takes him 20 mins. Mr. S is removing paper from the nest which takes him 25 mins. How long will Jasper take to fill the nest if Mr. S emptying the nest at the same time.

If tried various ways but can't seem to get the answer
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Word Problems Trigonometry Algebra

04/09/19

Determine what percentage of the chain is gold, by mass, to at least 1 decimal place?
In the video, the water level was 15 milliliters before adding the chain, and 20 milliliters after adding the chain. When I weighed the chain, its mass was 76.3 grams. I believe the chain is solid... more
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Word Problems Math Help

04/04/19

you have only nickels and dimes. in total you have 65 coins and the value of these coins is $5.10. how many of each coin do you have?
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Word Problems Elementary Math

03/29/19

Jordan spent 5 hours over the weekend studying for 3 tests. He spent an equal amount of time studying for each test. How long did Jordan spend studying for each test?
Jordan spent 5 hours over the weekend studying for 3 tests. He spent an equal amount of time studying for each test. How long did Jordan spend studying for each test?
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Word Problems Prealgebra

03/19/19

Can you help me with this word problem please?
At a local fitness center members pay a $14 membership fee and $3 for each aerobics class nonmembers pay $4 for each aerobics class for one number of aerobics classes will the cost for members... more
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Word Problems Math Algebra

03/14/19

The Coffee Counter charges ​$9.00 per pound for Kenyan French Roast coffee and ​$13.00 per pound for Sumatran coffee.

How much of each type should be used to make a 14 pound blend that sells for ​$11.00 per​ pound?mixed problem
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Word Problems Algebra 2

03/13/19

How do I solve this problem?
On the day of a child's birth, a parent deposits $25,000 in a trust fund that pays 6% interest, compounded continuously. Determine the balance in this according not on the child's 29th birthday.
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Word Problems

03/11/19

If a car depreciated ( decreased in value) by 25% during the first year. If the car was purchased for 28,000 , what is the car value
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Word Problems Solving By Factoring

03/06/19

Solve by factoring... Word Problems.
I have a test tomorrow on how to solve by factoring, but the catch is that they are word problems. Can you help me solve one of these equations? Here is one... ( Please explain as much as possible,... more
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Word Problems Algebra 1 Proportions

03/05/19

What is the weight of 2 litter jug
Lady is varying a 5 litter jog of sports drink that weighs 7,5kg. She wants to know how many kilograms a 2 liter Noh of sports drink would weigh. She assumes the relationship between volume and... more
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Word Problems Elementary Math

03/05/19

Word Problem with three unknown numbers
Jina, Aldo, and Rafael have a total of $113 in their wallets. Rafael has 4 times what Aldo has. Jina has $7 less than Aldo. How much does each have?
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Word Problems Prealgebra Fractions

03/05/19

A motel room measures 11 1/2’ x 20 1/3’. How many square feet of carpet will be required to carpet all the rooms of a complex that has 47 rooms?
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Word Problems Algebra 2

03/04/19

A c130 transport plane can go 1550 miles on 4550 gallons of aviation fuel. To the nearest hundreth, find the miles per gallon for the pla
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03/03/19

Instead of -1/10 I have -1/3 is that wrong?
R(x)=-1/3(x)^2+100(x) My teachers tells us to use -1/3 instead of -1/10 is this correct or is my teacher wrong? Or am I doing my problems wrong?
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Word Problems Math Elementary Math

02/28/19

The entire twenty-person squad kicked the ball in the air. The distances the ball was kicked were (measured in yards) as follows:
The entire twenty-person squad kicked the ball in the air. The distances the ball was kicked were (measured in yards) as follows:41, 52, 63, 35, 43, 51, 54, 48, 65, 38,31, 45, 47, 54, 53, 62, 59,... more
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