Rational numbers - math word problems

  1. A loan
    exp_growth A loan in the amount of $944 is charged simple interest at an annual rate of 8.1%. How much money is owed 14 months after the loan was made?
  2. Barrel
    vino Barrel of wine is filled by 9/14. What part of the barrel will remain filled when 1/4 of the wine we pour from the barrel?
  3. Year 2020
    eq222 The four-digit number divided by 2020 gives a result of 1, **. (Can not be in form 1,*0. ) Write all the options.
  4. Adding mixed 3
    mixed_fractions Why does 1 3/4 + 2 9/10 equal 4.65? How do you solve this?
  5. Fruits 2
    melon An apple costs 7p and a melon costs seven times more. How much will 6 apples and 2 melons cost
  6. Find the 11
    fractions14 Find the quotient of 229.12 and 12.32
  7. The temperature
    teplomer_26 The temperature at 1:00 was 10 F. Between 1:00 and 2:00, the temperature dropped 15F. Between 2:00 and 3:00, the temperature rose 3F. What is the temperature at 3:00?
  8. Reduce to lowest terms
    fractions_16 Reduce to lowest terms : 32/124
  9. Without 2
    calc_4 Without multipying, tell whether the product 0.644 x 0.25 will be greater than 1 or less than 1? Explane how you know. Then find the product.
  10. Boats
    ship_7 Three-quarters of boats are white, 1/7 are blue and 9 are red. How many boats do we have?
  11. Equivalent expressions
    pizza_10 A coach took his team out for pizza after their last game. There were 14 players, so they had to sit in smaller groups at different tables. Six players sat at one table and got 4 small pizzas to share equally. The other players sat at the different table a
  12. What is one third
    decimals What is 1/3 as a decimal? Give your answer rounded to 2 decimal places.
  13. On the trip
    skola_17 On the trip were more than 55 children, but less than 65 children. Groups of 7 could be formed, but groups of 8 no. How many children were on a trip?
  14. Double 5
    numbers2_49 Peter was thinking of a number. Peter doubles it and gets an answer of 8.6. What was the original number?
  15. Morning
    clocks2_21 Jana rose in the morning in the quarter to seven. She slept nine and a half hours. When did she go to sleep?
  16. Comparing and sorting
    compare_1 Arrange in descending order this fractions: 2/7, 7/10 & 1/2
  17. Expression 8
    expr_1 Evaluate this expressions: a) 5[3 + 4(2.8 - 3)] b) 5×(8-4)÷4-2
  18. My father
    tree3_2 My father has a big farm. 6/8 of it were planted with mango trees, 1/2 of the remainder are guava trees and the rest 10 trees are santol trees. What is the number of all trees?
  19. The Stolen Money
    magic2_1 A man walks into a store and steals a $100 bill. 5 minutes later, he returns to the store and buys stuff worth $70. He pays with the bill that he had stolen, so the owner of the store returns him $30. How many dollars did the store owner lose?
  20. To improper fraction
    fractal_15 Change mixed number to improper fraction a) 1 2/15 b) -2 15/17

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