Physical quantity - math word problems - page 55 of 342
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- Michigan snowfall
Michigan recorded an all-time high snowfall of 355.9 inches during the winter of 1978-79. Its lowest snowfall of 81.3 inches was recorded during the winter of 1930-31. How much more snowfall did Michigan receive during the winter of 1978-79 than in 1930-3
- A pizza 4
A pizza shop charges $2.00 for a slice that is one-eighth of a pizza and $3.00 for a slice that is one-fourth of a pizza. One day the pizza shop makes six pizzas. How much more money will they make if they slice all the pizzas into eighths than if they sl
- You leave
You leave school at the end of the day and walk 3/8 of a mile away before realizing that you left your backpack and immediately turn around. You then walk 1/6 of a mile back towards school at this point. Assuming you walked in a straight line, how many mi
- Farmers
Farmers loaded into a truck of fruit and vegetables intended for the store. Ten boxes of 5 kg pears, eight boxes of 6 kg plums, seven boxes of 9 kg of carrots, and ten bags of 50 kg of potatoes. How many kilograms of fruit and vegetables are loaded in tot
- A trout
A trout was swimming 9 feet below the surface of a lake. It dove down eight more feet to search for food. What is the position of the trout now relative to the surface? To solve the problem, Denise subtracted 9–8 and came up with an answer of 17 feet. Is
- Calculation 7316
The king divided part of his lands between his three sons. To the first, he gave one-fifth. To the second, he gave 40 ha less than the first, and to the third, he gave 30% of the whole. Write down what part of the land was left to the king. Calculation us
- Weekly salary
If your weekly salary is ₱1,015.00, how much do you have left each week after you pay for the following? * Rent - ₱443.50 * Cable TV -₱23. 99 * Electricity - ₱45.62 * Groceries - ₱124.87
- Mixing Celsius and Fahrenheit
Add up three temperatures: 5°F +6°F +0°C
- Selling eggs
Mandy bought 24 trays of eggs. The tray contains 30 pieces. Each tray costs P130.00. He sold per piece for P8.00. But since 12 pieces are tiny, he decided to sell them for P7.00 only. Assume that Mandy incurred the operating expenses of P800.00 and an int
- Farmer 5
Farmer Joe ordered three bags of soil last month. Each bag weighed 4 ⅖ kilograms. He used the first bag in a week. At the end of this month, 2 ¾ kilograms of soil were left in the second bag and ⅞ kilograms of soil left in the third bag. How much soil was
- Patel
Patel squeezed oranges so that his family could have fresh-squeezed juice for breakfast. He squeezed 4/17 cups from the first orange, 3/10 cups from the second orange, 9/20 cups from the third orange, 3/11 cups from the fourth orange, and 7/15 c
- Twenty-fifths 4219
Mom bought 1 eighth of a kg of butter, 1 half of a kg of bread, 6 twenty-fifths of a kg of ham, and 3 tenths of a kg of cheese in the store. Express the weight of all ingredients in grams. Was the purchase heavier or lighter than 1 kg, and by how much?
- Latitude and longitude
A helicopter is flying from Hong Kong to Jakarta. The latitude of Jakarta is -6.20, and its longitude is 106.80. The latitude of Hong Kong is 22.27, and its longitude is 114.15. What is the helicopter net change in latitude and longitude as it travels fro
- Scientific notation
Approximately 7.5x105 gallons of water flow over a waterfall each second. There are 8.6x104 seconds in 1 day. Select the approximate amount of water flowing over the waterfall in 1 day.
- Kilometers 5641
Eva takes 539 steps on her way to school. How many meters is it if he takes steps that are 4/7 meters long on average? How many kilometers does Eva "walk" during one school year on her way to and from school?
- Apartment 4175
The municipal office sold four identical flats and earned CZK 864,000 for them. How many crowns did one apartment cost? If the family repaid CZK 2,000 a month, would they repay this apartment in 10 years?
- Temperature variations
Today's temperature was 80 degrees, and then the temperature dropped 10 degrees. Then it dropped 15 degrees again; the next day, the temperature went up 2 degrees. What would the temperature be?
- The tallest
The tallest building in the world used to be Taipei 101 in Taiwan. Its height is 0.509 km. The tallest building in North America was Sears Towers in Chicago, USA. Its height is 0.442 km. What is the difference in the heights of the buildings?
- Collected 38381
The foreman collected 268 kg of apples and must sort them into baskets of 7 kg each. Can they divide the apples correctly? Will all baskets be refilled? How many baskets will they need if they want to put all the apples in the baskets?
- Possibilities 6370
They sold three Škoda cars in one day at the car dealership. After rounding the entire amount to the nearest ten thousand, the store used CZK 900,000. Please write at least five possibilities of how much they could take.
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