Direct relationship + work - math problems

Number of problems found: 57

  • Strawberries
    jahoda Three people pick strawberries from 48 rows in 8 hours. How many hours do five people need to pick strawberries from 20 rows?
  • The bricklayer
    murar The bricklayer built a six-meter base of the fence in 3 hours. How long does it take to build a 14 m long base?
  • Hour salary + fix
    work Devin recently hired a contractor to do some necessary work. The contractor gave a quote of $395 for parts plus $62 an hour for labor. Let x  represent the number of labor hours worked. Write an algebraic expression to represent the total cost for the rep
  • Six identical
    balloon Six identical compressors inflate 180 balloons in one hour. How many balloons inflate one compressor in 10 minutes?
  • Book reading
    books Susan thought, "If I read 15 pages a day, I will read the whole book in 8 days. “How many pages would she have to read a day if she wanted to finish the book on the 6th day from the start of reading? And how many pages does the book have?
  • Mr. Ben
    bricks Mr. Ben drives bricks to the construction site. If he drove three times a day, he would make bricks in 8 days. How many times a day would he go every day to be done 2 days earlier?
  • Everyone drinks the same
    beers 24 bricklayers drink 72 beverage bottles a day at the construction site. How many bottles would 19 bricklayers need? Everyone drinks the same.
  • A truck 2
    kamion2 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?
  • Reading
    bookshelf If I read 15 pages a day, I will read the whole book in 18 days. How long will it take to read a book if I only read 9 pages every day?
  • 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?
  • 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?
  • 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?
  • Five combers
    permutations Five combers harvest 12 rows of strawberries in 4 hours. How many rows of strawberries will two combers harvest in 10 hours?
  • Cable car
    lanovka The cable car will carry 1280 passengers in 40 minutes. How many people will be transported in 2.5 hours?
  • Five tractors
    tractors Five tractors plow the fields in 4.8 hours. How long will it take to plow the field when, after an hour and a half of work, two tractor drivers have been called up for another task?
  • 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?
  • The orchard
    jablone 4 temporary workers harvested the orchard in 9 days. How many temporary workers we need for six days?
  • 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?
  • Worker's performance
    plot 15 workers paint 180 m fence in 3 days. In how many days will 9 workers paint a 360 m fence? We assume that each worker have the same, constant and unchangeable performance.
  • Temporary workers
    work Three temporary workers work in the warehouse and unload the goods in 9 hours. At what time would five temporary workers unload the same products?

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