Algebra - math word problems
- Journey 5
A man has to do a journey of 84km in 3 hours. He travels the first 30km at 20km/hr. At what rate must he travel the remaining distance to complete his journey on time?
- Value 4
If 5/18=425 what is the value 13/18?
- Two numbers 6
Fill two natural numbers a, b: 7 + blank- blank = 5
- Rectangular field
A rectangular field has a diagonal of length 169m. If the length and width are in the ratio 12:5. Find the dimensions of the field, the perimeter of the field and the area of the field.
- Loan 5
Abdul takes a loan of 200000 from Ali and agrees to repay in number of instalment, each instalment begin with the 2nd exceeding the previous one by 1000, if the first instalment is 500, find how many instalment will be necessary to be wipe out the loan? C
- Pile of sand
A large pile of sand has been dumped into a conical pile in a warehouse. The slant height of the pile is 20 feet. The diameter of the base of the sand pile is 31 feet. Find the volume of the pile of sand.
- Inverse matrix
Find out inverse by Gauss elimination or by reduction method. A=[2/3. 1 -3. 1/3]
- Thunderstorm
The height of the pole before the storm is 10 m. After a storm when they come to check it they see that on the ground from the pole blows part of the column. Distance from the pole is 3 meters. At how high was the pole broken? (In fact, a rectangular tria
- Flour
Kim needs 3/4 cup of flour to make 12 cookies. How much flour would she need to make 60 cookies?
- Brakes
The braking efficiency of a passenger car is required to stop at 12.5 m at an initial speed of 40 km/h. What is the acceleration braking by brakes?
- The perimeter 3
The perimeter of a rectangle is 35 cm. The ratio of the length to its width is 3:2. Calculate the dimensions of the rectangle
- Jane plants
Jane plants flowers in the garden. If she planted 12 every hour instead of 9 flowers, she would finish with the job an hour earlier. How many flowers does she plant?
- Odd/even number
Pick any number. If that number is even, divide it by 2. If it's odd, multiply it by 3 and add 1. Now repeat the process with your new number. If you keep going, you'll eventually end up at 1. Every time. Prove. ..
- Bonuses
Five employees of the company were paid bonuses so that each successor received a 550 USD less than the previous employee. How much did everyone get, if a total of USD 11,000 has paid?
- Commission 2
Mr gomez sells used cellphones. His commission for every cellphone sold is 20%. If his total sales is Php 33850, how much is his commission? Please, please, please show your solution.
- Simplify
Simplify expression - which expression is equivalent to: 3(m + 2) − 4(2m − 9)
- The average
The average of one set of 4 numbers is 35. The average of another set of number is 20. The average of the numbers in the two sets is 30. How many numbers are there in the other set?
- Boats
Three-quarters of boats are white, 1/7 are blue and 9 are red. How many boats do we have?
- Perctentages
35% of what number is 35?
- A number
A number increased by 7.9 is 8.3
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