Direct relationship - math word problems

Number of problems found: 291

  • Book reading
    kniha_tridni Suzan reads a book. If she read half an hour a day, she would read it in nine days. How many minutes does he have to read a day if he wants to read it three days earlier?
  • The orchard
    jablone 4 temporary workers harvested the orchard in 9 days. How many temporary workers we need for six days?
  • Tennis balls
    tenis Can of tennis balls contains 3 balls per can and cost $7 how much will it cost for 36 tennis balls?
  • The farmer
    cow The farmer calculated that the supply of fodder for his 20 cows was enough for 60 days. He decided to sell 2 cows and a third of the feed. How long will the feed for the rest of the peasant's herd last?
  • A truck 2
    kamion2_0 A truck leaves home with building materials and makes a return trip every six days. To deliver all the materials, you need eight truck trips every month. How many trucks do you need?
  • Cable car
    lanovka The cable car will carry 1280 passengers in 40 minutes. How many people will be transported in 2.5 hours?
  • A lot of hay
    zajic Martin's grandfather weighed a lot of hay and calculated that for 15 rabbits it last in 100 days. How many days will this lot be enough for 25 rabbits?
  • The bakery
    cake The bakery baked 325 cakes from 25kg flour. How many kg of flour do they need to bake 195 pieces of such cakes?
  • Trio ratio
    minca Hans, Alena and Thomas have a total of 740 USD. Hans and Alena split in the ratio 5: 6 and Alena and Thomas in the ratio 4: 5. How much will everyone get?
  • Fast tourists
    tourist_1 If three tourists pass the route in 5 hours, how long will the same route take six equally fast tourists?
  • Brass
    brass Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc in a ratio of 3: 2. How many grams does a component that required 270 g of copper weigh?
  • Milk2cheese
    cheese From 40 liters of milk is produced 8 kg of cheese how many liters of milk are needed to produce 2 kg of cheese?
  • Six students
    painter Two pupils painted the class in four hours. How long will it take for six pupils?
  • 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?
  • Six workers
    workers Six workers earned a total of CZK 12,600 per week on the construction site (5 working days). How much do 7 workers earn in 10 days with the same daily average salary?
  • Cook on gas
    lpg The gas cylinder will last for 30 weekends for 2 hours of daily cooking. How many days will we be able to cook on a new cylinder when we cook 3 hours a day?
  • A bucket
    watertank A bucket has 4 liters of water in it when it is 2/5 full. How much can it hold?
  • Right triangle - ratio
    rt_triangle The lengths of the legs of the right triangle ABC are in ratio b = 2: 3. The hypotenuse is 10 cm long. Calculate the lengths of the legs of that triangle.
  • Michal
    eura_17 Michal has 2.90 per hour. How much does he earn during the week of the summer job?
  • Shoemaker
    shoes Both the shoemaker and his apprentice repaired his shoes. The apprentice worked for 6 days and repaired 10 pairs of shoes every day. The shoemaker did the same job in 4 days. How many pairs of shoes did the shoemaker repair per day?

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