Algebra - math word problems - page 12 of 276
Algebra is a branch of mathematics that uses not only numbers and characters but also letters to solve operations. For example 3x+5x is 8x.Number of problems found: 5513
- Emu vs. Ostrich
The ostrich and the emu are the two largest birds. An emu is usually 1/2 the size of an ostrich. The sum of their heights is 150 inches. How tall is the average ostrich? - Gift baskets
Alessia and Alexia made some gift baskets to sell. 2/5 of them were Yu-Gi-oh themed, and the rest were Barbie-themed. They sold 3/4 of the yu-gi-oh-themed baskets and 7/12 of the Barbie-themed baskets. They remained with 56 gift baskets. How many gift bas - Orange juice
Water and orange are mixed in a ratio of 7:4. An amount of 36 cm³ of orange is used. What volume of water is used? - The balance 2
If your balance at the end of 4 years is 50000, at a 5% interest rate, What was your original investment?
- The enrolment 2
The enrolment at a school has increased from 1400 learners to 1600 learners over 5 years. What is the percentage increase in enrolment? - Geometric series
How many terms of the geometric series 8+4+2+1+0.5+... must be taken for the sum to get within 10 to the power minus 4 of its sum to infinity? - Arithmetic progressions.
Find the sum of all the numbers between 9 and 204, which is exactly divisible by 3. - The sum 31
The sum of two fractions is 13 3/4. Their difference is 8 1/5. What are fractions? - The proportion
The proportion's first, second, and third terms are 4, 20, and 13. Find the fourth term.
- Three 241
Three-fifths of the t-shirts in a t-shirt shop are blue. Five-eights of those T-shirts are on sale. One-third of the blue of the blue shirts that are on sale are size medium. What fraction of the shop's blue T-shirts are on sale and size medium? - Domino
Domino and Winnie share some biscuits. The ratio of biscuits between them was 4:3. Domino gave Winnie 5 biscuits, and the ratio changed to 1:2. How many biscuits are in total? - In 1970
In 1970 the population was 24,000. In 1980 the population was 28,800. By what percent did the population increase? - HCF of polynoms
Find the HCF of the given expression: 2a²b²c4, 2a4b³c³ and 4a²b³ - Altering sign sequence
Find the nth term of the sequence -1/2, 1/4, - 1/6, 1/8, - 1/10, ....
- Testing students
Giving a test to a group of students, the grades and gender are summarized below. Grades and Gender ; A; B ; C ; Total Male; 20; 6; 19 ; 45 Female ; 17; 18; 13; 48 Total; 37; 24; 32; 93 If one student is chosen at random, a) Find the probability that the - 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 - Peter 16
Peter travels to his uncle's home, 30 km away from his place. He cycles for 2/3 of the journey before the cycle develops a mechanical problem, and he has to push it for the rest of the journey. If he is cycling 10 km per hour faster than his walking speed - Richard
Richard is conducting an experiment. Every time he flips a fair two-sided coin, he also rolls a six-sided die. What is the probability that the coin will land on tails and the die will land on an even number? - Ruben
Ruben owns a restaurant. He likes to keep track of everything customers are buying. His top 3 sellers are sandwiches, salads, and pizza. He knows that 1/3 of his customers buy a sandwich, 1/2 buy a salad, and 1/4 buy a pizza. What fraction of customers bu
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