Equation + work - practice problems - page 10 of 21
Number of problems found: 407
- Four workers
Four workers lay on the gym floor for six hours. After an hour of working together, one of the workers went to the doctor. How long will it take for the remaining three workers to complete their work? - Lumberjacks
Fifteen lumberjacks would take 12 days to destroy the broken trees. How many days would this work require if the company added five workers to it after four days? - Ten cashiers
Ten cashiers are open at Tesco. Customers wait an average of 15 minutes. How many other cashiers have to open to reduce the waiting time by 4 minutes? - Inlet minus outlet
Water flows into the tank through two pipes and out of the third pipe spontaneously. Pipe A would fill the tank in 3 hours, pipe B would fill in 4 hours, and pipe C would flow out in 12 hours. How long will the tank be full if all three pipes open simulta
- Education 7919
A total of 10 teachers work at one small school in Moravia. Their monthly salary is CZK 21,500, CZK 21,800, or CZK 22,500, depending on their education and age. The average monthly salary of a teacher at this school is CZK 21,850. How many teachers of thi - Company and employees
There are 370 employees in the company - women are 15% less than men. How many men work in the company? - Tributaries 7857
Two hundred forty liters of water flow into the tank from 6 tributaries in 6 minutes. The wider one will flow 20 liters more in 9 minutes than the narrower one in 11 minutes. How many liters of water flow out of each inflow in 1 minute? - Construction of road
For the construction of the road dam, it is supposed to transport six trucks for 18 days. After three days, the transport company sent two more cars to the construction site. How long will it take to carry the material? - Together 7810
One painter would paint a school by himself in 28 days. The second painter would paint the school by himself in 24 days. They also called a third painter because they needed to paint the school in 8 days. The three of them painted the school together in 8
- Which
Which decimals, when subtracted, equal 3.89: a - b = 3.89 - Construction 7709
Two construction companies are working on the landscaping. The first would do the whole job in 12 days, the second in 20 days. How long will they work together if the first start working when the second has already worked 4 days? - Housekeeper 7695
At six o'clock, the housekeeper will start cutting his bow, which will take 12 hours. Two sons come to help him in an hour, and they will be together in 3 hours. How much would it take for just two sons to mow the bow? - Kilometers 7684
My father went to dig 6 kilometers of beet at 6:00 pm. It would take him 12 hours. After an hour, the son arrived, and they finished digging at 10:00. How long would it take to dig 6 km of beet for his son? - Identical 7683
In a hotel pool, the pool manager drains the water through two identical drains every 10 hours. How much time would he save in draining the pool if the water was drained through three more drains at the same flow rate?
- Tributaries 7678
We filled the pool with two tributaries: the first in 5 hours and the second in 8 hours. The father came and drained 1/8 of the water. How long before the pool fills with both tributaries? - Granules
Katy had two dogs. The first one ate a pack of granules a week, and the other two times longer. Katka bought them two bags of granules. How long does it last for both dogs? - Three painters
One painter would have painted the fence for 15 hours, the second for 12 hours. The plot had to be painted in four hours, so they called the third one, and all worked together. For what time would the third painter paint fence the fence alone? - Opposite 7634
The first worker digs a canal in 3 hours. The other will dig the trench in 4 hours. They will work 1 hour opposite each other and then together. How long will it take them? - Tributaries 7630
The polder has two tributaries. A larger inflow will fill an empty polder in 12 hours. The polder is already a quarter full. If we open both tributaries, the polder will be filled in 6 hours. How long would it take for a smaller inflow to fill an empty po
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