Physical quantity - math word problems - page 71 of 318
A physical quantity is a term numerically describing a property or state of a physical object. For example, a physical quantity is a length, and its corresponding physical unit is a meter (symbol m). Similarly, the quantity is weight, and the unit is the kilogram (kg). Physical quantities can be divided into a scalar (has magnitude), vector (has magnitude and direction), and tensor (has magnitude and multiple directions).Number of problems found: 6343
- A PVC pipe
A PVC pipe 12 feet long is to be cut into 1 1/2 foot pieces. How many pieces can a plumber get out of this length pipe? - Fruit basket 2
The weight of the empty fruit basket is ¾ kg. We added ½ kg apples and 5/4 kg guavas. What will be the total weight of the fruit basket? - Max has
Max has a 1/3 of a pound of pretzels and wants to share equal parts between himself and a friend. How many pretzels will Max's friend receive? - Nadia
Nadia spent 1/4 of her money on a shirt and 2/5 of her money on new shoes. What fraction of Nadia's money has been spent? What fraction of her money is left?
- Judy baking
Judy is baking a cake and has 1 3/4 cups of flour. The recipe for the cake called for 1 1/3 times this amount. How many cups of flour does Judy need? - The physical
The physical therapist asks Mr. Smith to walk 20 minutes in one hour to improve his ambulation. What fractional part of an hour is Mr. Smith to exercise? - Bucket 4
The bucket has 5/8 gallons of water. The bucket tips over, and 7/12 gallons of water pour out. How much water is left in the bucket, in gallons, written as a fraction? - The level
The temperature of the liquid in a thermometer is 24.32°C lower than the boiling point of water. What is the thermometer reading? Show your answer by drawing and shading the thermometer. - Lauren
Lauren is tutoring students at the library on Saturday. She is at the library for 6 hours and helps each student. One at a time, for three-fourths of an hour. How many students does she tutor?
- Statues
Diana is painting statues. She has 7/8 of a liter of paint remaining. Each statue requires 1/20 of a liter of paint. How many statues can she paint? - Julian
Julian picks 1 ⅗ kg fewer blueberries in the morning than in the afternoon. If Julian picked 3 ⅛ kg in the morning, How many kilograms of blueberries does he pick in the afternoon? - The study
James was preparing for a quiz. He studied 5/21 hours on Saturday and 2/7 hours on Sunday. How many hours did he study over the weekend? - Max vs Sharon
Max is 1 1/2 times as tall as Sharon. Alan is 4 1/3 feet tall. If Alan is 6 inches taller than Sharon, how tall is Max? - Marvin
Marvin buys a hose that is 27 ¾ feet long. He already owns a hose at home that is ⅔ the length of the new hose. How many total yards of the hose does Marvin have now?
- Share
Carmen owns five shares of a certain stock. Yesterday the total value of her shares went down by 20 dollars. What was the change in value for each share? - A merry
A merry-go-round can hold 36 people on each 5-minute ride. How many people would have received a ride on the merry-go-round in an hour? - Wood 11
Father has 12 1/5 meters long wood. Then I cut the wood into two pieces. One part is 7 3/5 meters long. Calculate the length of the other wood. - Fe metal sheet
5/8 of the metal sheet is consumed for one product, to the second 5/6 of remains. What part of the sheet metal is needed for both products together? - Density 2
The driftwood has a mass of 25 grams and a volume is 30 cm to the 3rd power. What is the density of a piece of driftwood? And how do I figure it out?
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