Comparing + subtraction - math problems

Number of problems found: 21

  • Please 3
    Please help, I'm lost! I'm calculating the difference between two Fahrenheit degrees 55F - 37F = 18 F Now if I converted the degrees to Celsius before subtracting then we get 12.78C - 2.78 =10C How is that possible when 18F does not equal 10C. Could yo pl
  • Lemonade
    During a contest, Karlo drank 1 3/4 liters of lemonade and Ralph drank 1 ½ liters . Who drank more lemonade and by how much?
  • The tailor
    The tailor estimated the rest of the fabric in the package at 11 m. By measuring, he found that he could cut the same pieces of this fabric without a residue in 150 cm or 210 cm increments. How many meters of fabric was in the package?
  • Buying receipt
    Fahima buys 2 packets of bread rolls costing £1.50 for each packet 1 bottle of ketchup costing £1.60 3 packets of sausages Fahima pays with a £10 note. She gets 30p change. Fahima works out that one packet of sausages costs £2.30. Is Fahima right?
  • Ferdinand
    Ferdinand went from place A to place B and from there to place C. A is 7.2 km from B and B is 11.7 km from C. Albert went from place A to place D and from there to place C. D is 9.1 km from A and C is 10.8 km from D. Who traveled more and by how much?
  • A butter
    A butter cube with an edge 6.5 cm long is packed in a package with dimensions a = 28 cm, b = 15 cm. Calculate how many cm2 the package is larger than the surface of the cube.
  • Math test
    Brayden was solving some math problems for the math team. He answered 2 math problems. Matthew answered 3, John answered 1 reasoning. Matthew 1/2 times as many. Brayden said that 2/6. Is he correct? Why or why not? Be sure to explain your answer.
  • Leo hiked
    Leo hiked 6/7 of a kilometer. Jericho hiked 2/3 kilometer. Who covered a longer distance? How much longer?
  • How many
    How many integers are greater than 547/3 and less than 931/4?
  • Colored blocks
    Tucker and his classmates placed colored blocks on a scale during a science lab. The brown block weighed 8.94 pounds, and the red block weighed 1.87 pounds. How much more did the brown block weigh than the red block?
  • A laundry
    Mr. Green washed 1/4 of his laundry. His son washed 3/7 of it. Who washed most of the laundry? How much of the laundry still needs to be washed?
  • Turtles 2
    A box turtle hibernates in the sand at 11 5/8. A spotted turtle hibernates at 11 16/25 feet. Which turtle is deeper? Write answer as number 1 or 2.
  • Sphere floating
    Will float a hollow iron ball with an outer diameter d1 = 20cm and an inside diameter d2 = 19cm in the water? The iron density is 7.8 g/cm3. (Instructions: Calculate the average sphere density and compare it with the water density. )
  • The Hotel
    The Holiday Hotel has the same number of rooms on each floor. Rooms are numbered with natural numerals sequentially from the first floor, no number is omitted, and each room has a different number. Three tourists arrived at the hotel. The first one was in
  • Garden
    The garden grows 312 roses and 389 tulips. Which flowers are more? How many?
  • Percents
    How many percents is 900 greater than the number 750?
  • Snow balls
    Adam made 26 snowballs. Boris made less snowballs. How many snowballs Boris could do?
  • About what
    How much and how many times is 72.1 greater than 0.00721?
  • Root
    The root of the equation (x-19)2 -10 = x2 -11x is (equal or greater or less than zero)? ...
  • Opposite numbers
    Calculate opposite numbers (additive inverse) to given ones:

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Comparing - math problems. Subtraction Problems.