Themes, topics - math word problems - page 10 of 167
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- Bank deposits
At the end of each quarter, Patti deposits $1,400 into an account that pays 10% interest compounded quarterly. How much will Patti have in the account in three years? Note: Use tables, Excel, or a financial calculator round your final answer to the neares - A disease
A disease affects 10% of the individuals in a population, and a sample of 100 people was selected from the population. What is the probability of finding the disease in at least 15 people? - Heat energy
Energy is measured using the unit Joule (J). Temperature is measured using the unit degree Celsius °C). To increase the temperature of 1 liter of water by 1°C, 4200 J of heat energy is required. (a) Kelly wants to increase the temperature of 2 liters of w - Dinesh 2
Dinesh left town L for town M at a constant speed and took 10 hours to complete the journey. At the same time, Saanvi left town M for town L, traveled at a constant speed, and took 6 hours to complete the journey. They both passed each other at a point 72 - Peter 16
Peter travels to his uncle's home, 30 km away from his place. He cycles for 2/3 of the journey before the cycle develops a mechanical problem, and he has to push it for the rest of the journey. If he is cycling 10 km per hour faster than his walking speed - Map scale
On a map, on a scale of 1:50000, what is the distance in kilometers that 6 cm on the map represents? - Cheap chocolate
Lucy's chocolate bar is 29% cocoa. If the weight of the chocolate bar is 100 grams, how many grams of cocoa does it contain? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
- A statue
A statue on a shelf is recreated on a computer screen. The actual statue is 14 in. tall and 4 in. wide. The statue on the computer screen is 1.5 in. wide. How tall is the statue on the computer screen? - Tadeo
Tadeo volunteered at the library 6 times as many hours over the weekend as Dylan. Together, they volunteered a total of 14 hours. How many hours did each person volunteer over the weekend? Write a system of equations that represents the situation. Let x r - A company 2
A company invests 51000. After 4 years of growth at the same rate each year, the investment is worth 68920. Find the annual growth rate as a percentage. - The factory 3
The factory is 18 km away from the city. A cyclist leaves the factory for the city, and half an hour after him from the same place, a motorcyclist arrives 6 minutes before the cyclist in the city. Find the speed of each, knowing that the speed of the cycl - A race
A race car driver won a 500-mile race with a speed of 116.3 miles per hour. Find the driver's time. - Unit rate (speed) What is the unit rate for 4543.08 km in 52.4 h? Enter your answer, as a decimal, in the box.
- Scale model
In a model train set, 1.38 inches represents one foot in real life. The height of One World Trade Center in New York City is 1776 feet. How tall would a scale model of the building be? Should you calculate 1776 x 1.38 or 1776 ÷ 1.38? - Prove 2
Prove that the minimum number of straight single cuts/strokes needs to divide a given right-angled triangle or an obtuse-angled triangle into a collection of all acute-angled triangles is seven(7).
- 3 men
Three men painting a house take 7 1/2 days. How long will 5 men take over the same job? Working at the same rate. - Water level
Between 9 PM and 6:36 AM, the water level in a swimming pool decreased by 6/35. Assuming that the water level decreased at a constant rate, how much did the water level drop each hour? - The temperature 39
The temperature outside is currently 10 degrees, dropping at an average rate of 2 degrees per hour. If the temperature continues to drop at this rate, what will the temperature be in 7 hours? - Simple interest 5
At what simple interest rate should Renel invest his P45,000 so that it earns P5,500 in 1 year and 5 months? - Peter 13 Peter and Paul finished the first round of orders in 3 hours and 15 minutes. Peter, however, works a lot faster than Paul does; Peter is 2 and a half times as fast as Paul. For the second day of shipping orders, peter is unavailable; paul will have to do
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