Basic functions - math word problems - page 11 of 311
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- Gasoline 15
A car consumes 8 liters of gasoline for 20km. How far can it go for 36 liters?
- Subtracting 7
Subtracting 50 from 50% of a number we get 50 as remainder. Find the number.
- Min-max
What is the maximum and minimum of the data set: 6, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2
- Charter flying service
Henry and Wayne operate a charter flying service out of Breckenridge, which has an elevation of 9,600 feet above sea level. Henry has two flights scheduled for the day. He is taking a couple from Breckenridge to Hamilton, which has a 35% elevation drop. A
- A promotion
Store A has a promotion. If you buy three shirts, you get 25% off the total price of the three shirts. Store B has the same shirts on sale with the promotion that if you buy three shirts, you get the third shirt at a 50% discount. Store C has the same shi
- Customer 7
The customer needs a discount of 30% on the marked price. The dealer gives him two successive discounts of 20% and 12%. The discount was: (1) more than he wants (2) same as he wants (3) less than he wants (4) none of these Write the result in numbers 1 to
- David 5
David was riding his bicycle at a speed of 26.5 kilometers per hour (km/h). Use the fact that 1 kilometer is approximately equal to 0.6214 miles to convert this speed to miles per hour (mile/h)
- Patsy
Patsy makes pillows. She needs 232 inches of trim for the edging. Trim costs $5.50 for a 3-yard spool or $1.10 per foot. What is the least amount Patsy can spend to get the trim she needs? Explain your reasoning.
- Three 232
Three out of eleven working mothers in a major US city have at least one child under the age of Five(5). If there are 2,250 mothers employed in that city, how many have at least one child under the age of five? (round to nearest whole number)
- A plumber 3
A plumber can buy plastic pipes in 6-foot and 12-foot lengths. The current job requires eight 4-foot lengths, five 5-foot lengths, and three 7-foot lengths. The plumber wants to figure out how many of each of the two stock lengths should be bought to mini
- Usain
Usain and Kyle rented a house together for 3 years. Usain paid more rent because he had a bigger room. They always split the rent at a ratio of 4:3. They paid £30247 in rent over this period. How much of this did Usain pay?
- Apples 32
A women sold half part of total apples to the 1st customer. Half part of the remaining to the 2nd customer. Then from rest of the apples she sold half part of it to the third customer and again sold half of the remaining apples to the forth customer. Now
- Michael 9
Michael purchased an old scooter for Rs 12000 and spent Rs 2840 on its overhauling. Then he sold it to his friend Rs 13860 . How much per cent did he gain or lose?
- Three 262
Three farmers, A, B, and C, hire meadow for Rs 1460. Farmer A puts in 10 cows for 20 days, farmer B 30 cows for 8 days, and farmer C 16 cows for 9 days. Find the rent paid by each one of them.
- Marcos 2
Marcos is bringing 36 cookies to his book club, but he's not sure how many people will be there. He wants to write an equation that shows how many cookies each person will get in terms of how many people (symbol n) are there.
- An article 2
An article is bought for 124 USD. What should be the marked up selling price so that there is a profit of 10% even after allowing a discount of 12%?
- Cash discount
Marked price of a mobile phone Rs 6000. The shopkeeper offers a discount of 5% on cash payment . If the VAT is 8%, find the amount the customer has to pay in cash to purchase the mobile phone.
- Price of rice
The price of rice is reduced by 5% . How many kilograms of rice can now be bought for the money which was sufficient to buy 50 kg of rice earlier?
- Profit chain
If the manufacturer gains 10%, the wholesale dealer 15%, and the retailer 25%, then what is the production cost of a washing machine whose retail price is 1000 euros?
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