Equation + work - practice problems
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- 20 men
20 men are supposed to complete a work in 10 days. After working for 5 days, they realize that only one-fourth of the work is done. How many more men they need to employ to complete the work on time? - Taps and a tank
A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled, three more similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely? - Manday, manhour
Job problem: 10 men can make 20 toys in 12 days working 12 hours a day.Then, in how many days can 24 persons make 32 toys working 16 hours a day? - Tadeo
Tadeo volunteered at the library 6 times as many hours over the weekend as Dylan. Together, they volunteered a total of 14 hours. How many hours did each person volunteer over the weekend? Write a system of equations that represents the situation. Let x r
- 3 men
Three men painting a house take 7 1/2 days. How long will 5 men take over the same job? Working at the same rate. - Sophie 2
Sophie earns $12.80 per hour babysitting. She has to repay a loan to her parents in the amount of $100. After repaying the loan, she wants to have at least enough money to buy herself a pair of sneakers costing $130.40. Write an inequality modeling the nu - Peter 13
Peter and Paul finished the first round of orders in 3 hours and 15 minutes. Peter, however, works a lot faster than Paul does; Peter is 2 and a half times as fast as Paul. For the second day of shipping orders, peter is unavailable; paul will have to do - A stock
A stock of food is enough to feed 50 people for 14 days. How many days will the food last if 20 more people are added? - Doubravka 83293
Evelyn plows the garden in four hours, while her friend Doubravka can do it in three hours. Evelína started work at 1 p.m., and an hour later, Doubravka joined her so they could go swimming together. Calculate the time the girls can go to the swimming poo
- Together 83245
Jarka and Jana decided to decorate their common room. If Jarka painted it alone, it would take her 4 hours, and Jane 3 hours. How long would they paint the room if they painted together? - Simultaneously 83038
The cable car can take a given group of skiers out in 20 minutes and the lift in 30 minutes. How long will the lift and cable car take this group out simultaneously? - Corrects 83017
The new teacher corrects papers for 9 hours, and the older one fixes them in 6 hours. How much will they repair together? - Squirrel 82999
A supply of acorns will last a squirrel for 12 weeks and a squirrel for 18 weeks. They ate acorns together for 4 weeks, then the squirrel left. How long did the squirrel have a supply of acorns? - Together 82970
The first tiler would tile the pool inside in 5 working hours; the second would need 7 working hours for the same job. How long would it take them to tile the pool inside together if the second tiler starts working on the pool 12 minutes later than the fi
- Minutes 82967
The tank is filled with one inflow in 30 minutes, the other in 24 minutes. How many minutes will it take if both flows are open simultaneously? - Together 82965
An older digger would dig a ditch by himself in 6 hours. A younger digger can handle the same trench in 3 hours. How long would it take them to dig if they worked together? - Shifts 82622
Four trucks will move the pile in 25 shifts. How many cars are needed to reduce the time by 2:5? - Roofers 82541
Three roofers cover a third of the roof in 10 days. In how many days would 5 roofers cover the entire roof at the same rate? - Remaining 82419
Seven pavers would pave the square in 15 shifts. After five shifts, two pavers fell ill. How long will it take for the remaining pavers to finish the job?
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