Time - math word problems

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  • There 3
    oil_tank There are six bays at an oil change shop. It takes 45 minutes to work on a car at each bay. Cars are coming every 6 minutes to the shop for an oil change. How long before cars start backing up? What kind of spacing is needed to maintain proper flow?
  • 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?
  • Sawmill factory
    rj Peter works in the factory. The bus stop is 10 km from the factory. Therefore, always when the bus arrives for Peter, the driver leaves factory and takes him to work. They are coming at the saw exactly at 8:00. Today the bus arrived 11 minutes earlier and
  • Exponential decay
    exponentialFexsDecay A tank contains 55 liters of water. Water is flowing out at the rate of 7% per minute. How long does it take to drain the tank?
  • Water flow 2
    water3_9 How many litres of water will flow in 7 minutes from a cylindrical pipe 1 cm in diameter, if the water flows at a speed of 30 km per hour
  • Future value
    penize_2 Suppose you invested $1000 per quarter over a 15 years period. If money earns an anual rate of 6.5% compounded quarterly, how much would be available at the end of the time period? How much is the interest earn?
  • One press
    covid19 One press will produce one truck of respirators in 3.5 days. The second in 10 days. How long does it take to fill a truck while working together?
  • A bus
    bus27_1 A bus is scheduled to travel a distance 121 km in 2 3/4 hours. What average rate of speed must be maintained to arrive on schedule?
  • Days2minutes
    clock-night-schr_9 Write a formula that converts x days to y minutes. The formula is:
  • Daily temperature
    thermometer The average of daily temperature measurements in one week every day at the same hour was -2.8 °C. All temperatures were measured in different days are different. The highest daily maximum temperature was 2.4 °C, the lowest -6 °C. Determine the options tha
  • Loan 4
    penize_49 Mr santos borrowed Php.18,000 at 1.5% interest for one year. What was the total amount he paid for the end of the 1-year term?
  • Train from Prague
    train_cd_1 First train from Prague started at 8:00 hour at 40 kilometers per hour. Train from Ostrava started at 9:20 at 80 km per hour. In how many hours and how far from cities with trains meet if the distance of cities is 400 km.
  • Fighter
    vyskovy uhol A military fighter flies at an altitude of 10 km. From the ground position, it was aimed at an altitude angle of 23° and 12 seconds later at an altitude angle of 27°. Calculate the speed of the fighter in km/h.
  • Sound speed in Earth
    speed_1 Through the surface layers of the Earth, sound propagates 13 times faster than through air. During the geological survey, the charge exploded 1.7 km from the measuring station. How long does it take between the vibration of the soil at the measuring point
  • Ping time
    fibre Calculate theoretical ping time between Orlando and Shenzhen which is 14102 km distant. Ping time measures the round-trip time for small messages sent from the origin to a destination that is echoed back to the source. The name comes from active sonar ter
  • Midnight
    clocks2_7 How many hours are, if the time that elapsed since 8:00 is 2/5 of the time that will past till midnight?
  • Shuyen
    penize_49 Shuyen wanted to save some money. She deposited Php.300 in a bank which pays 0.5% interest per annum. After nine months, she needed the money to buy some gifts. How much will she be able to get if he withdraws all her money from the bank?
  • When I
    age When I am as old as my older brother is today, my brother will be twice as old as I am today. a) How old is my brother if I am 8 years old today? b) How old am I if my brother is 21 today?
  • Runners
    runners If John has a running speed of 3.5miles per hour and Lucy has a speed of 5 miles per hour. If John starts running at 10:00 am and Lucy starts running at 10:30 am, at what time will they meet? (as soon as possible)
  • Overload
    aircraft-02_10 What overload in g (g-force) has passed the pilot if he accelerated from 0 to 600 km/h in 3 seconds?

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