Basic functions - math word problems

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  • Games
    chess Jack and Paul decided to play chess against each other. They bet ten pesos on each game they played. Jack won three bets and Paul won fifty pesos. How many games did they play?
  • Can of
    tenis Can of tennis balls contains 3 balls per can and cost $7 how much will it cost for 36 tennis balls?
  • Bike cost
    bicycle_gears The father gave his son € 100 to buy a bicycle, which was 40% of the total amount of the bicycle. How much did the bike cost?
  • The tourist
    tourist The tourist walked a quarter of the way on the first day, a third of the rest on the second day, and 20 km on the last day. How many km did he walk in three days?
  • Gold, silver, bronze
    olympics How many ways can we divide gold, silver, bronze medails if there are 6 people competing?
  • How many 3
    tv_1 How many hours the Andersons watched TV in all Wednesday 3/1 hr Thursdays 2/3 hr Friday 4/5 hr Saturday 3/4 hr
  • Coins
    mince_1 The money - coins are minted from the hardest bronze, which contains copper and tin in a ratio of 41: 9. How much copper and tin are in 2kg of bronze money?
  • Say we
    vote Say we have 70 voting delegates and we need a 2/3 vote What would that number be? Also same as above but in this virtual world, it converts to percentages. What would the % number of positive votes be?
  • 3 pupils
    meter_1 3 pupils cleaned 10 meters of the stream in 1 hour. How many meters of the stream will clear 18 students in 4 hours?
  • Chimney and tree
    shadow Calculate the height of the factory chimney, which casts a shadow 6.5 m long in the afternoon. At the same time, a 6 m high tree standing near it casts a shadow 25 dm long.
  • The water barrel
    sud_h2o_2 The water barrel weighs 122 kg. If we pour 75% of the water out of it, it will weigh 35 kg. What is the weight of the barrel?
  • Solutions, mixtures
    roztoky We have 2 liters of 20% solution available. How much 70% solution do we need to add to it to get a 30% solution?
  • Magic bag
    mince_2 Each time the prince crossed the bridge, the number of tolars in the magic bag doubled. But then the devil always conjured 300 tolars for him. When this happened for the third time, the prince had twice as much as he had in the beginning. How many tolars
  • Adam
    minca Adam has half the money in his right pocket than in his left pocket. If he transferred 40 crowns from the left pocket to the right, he would have the same in both pockets. Calculate how many crowns does Adam have in his left pocket more than in his right?
  • In the classroom
    skola_1 There are 30 boys and a few girls in the class. In the six months, 28 boys and all girls benefited, which was 95% of all pupils. How many pupils are there in the classroom?
  • Eggs
    egg One egg boiled in 10 minutes, how long will it take to boil ten eggs at a time?
  • Hazard game
    sportka In the Sportka hazard game, 6 numbers out of 49 are drawn. What is the probability that we will win: a) second prize (we guess 5 numbers correctly) b) the third prize (we guess 4 numbers correctly)?
  • The orchard
    jablone 4 temporary workers harvested the orchard in 9 days. How many temporary workers we need for six days?
  • The number 72
    percent_2 The number 72 increase by 25%. By how much % will you have to reduce the number you created to get the number 72 again?
  • The temperature 5
    mountain The temperature at 4pm was 53° Fahrenheit the temperature dropped 3° each hour from 4pm to 9pm which equation below accurately represents the temperature at 9pm

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