Work word problems
Work Problems are word problems that involve different people doing work together but at different rates. Another problem involves pipes filling up a tank. Another name for these problems is working together word problems.We suggest solving working together word problems with the proportion. If we can complete a task in t hours, we can complete 1/t of the task in one hour.
Number of problems found: 767
- Seamstresses 83192
Three sewers sew 7 skirts in 15 hours. How many skirts can 2 seamstresses make in 50 hours? - Riley
Riley has 4 mixing bowls. Each bowl has 1 5/8 cups of flour. How many cups of flour does Riley have? Show your work. - Equally 83095
John and Joseph carved the garden in 6 days. If an equally fast George joined them, how many days would it take them? - Multiply 17
Multiply each of the following fractions. Show your work and write your answer as a fraction in simplest form and as a mixed number. You may or may not use the mixed number boxes. Multiply the Fractions ; Result of Multiplying ; Simplest Form ; Mixed Numb - Simultaneously 83038
The cable car can take a given group of skiers out in 20 minutes and the lift in 30 minutes. How long will the lift and cable car take this group out simultaneously? - An electrician 6
An electrician can wire 4 1/2 rooms in 3 hours. How long does it take him to wire each room? - Horizontal 83020
What work must be done to bring a body of mass of 2 kg lying on a smooth horizontal plane from rest to a speed of 2 m/s? - Corrects 83017
The new teacher corrects papers for 9 hours, and the older one fixes them in 6 hours. How much will they repair together? - Painting a room
If 1 person can paint a room in 6 hrs, how many hours will 3 people finish painting the room? - Squirrel 82999
A supply of acorns will last a squirrel for 12 weeks and a squirrel for 18 weeks. They ate acorns together for 4 weeks, then the squirrel left. How long did the squirrel have a supply of acorns? - Together 82970
The first tiler would tile the pool inside in 5 working hours; the second would need 7 working hours for the same job. How long would it take them to tile the pool inside together if the second tiler starts working on the pool 12 minutes later than the fi - Minutes 82967
The tank is filled with one inflow in 30 minutes, the other in 24 minutes. How many minutes will it take if both flows are open simultaneously? - Simultaneously 82966
The tank with a volume of 15 hl has two inlets. One flows 5 liters per minute, the other 3 liters per minute. How long will it take for the tank to be filled with both inflows simultaneously? - Together 82965
An older digger would dig a ditch by himself in 6 hours. A younger digger can handle the same trench in 3 hours. How long would it take them to dig if they worked together? - Companies 82884
The K+S company will mow the meadow in ten hours. The Kosačka company mows the meadow in six hours. How many hours would these companies mow one such meadow if they worked together? - Concerning 82883
Conductor A has an electrical potential of +140V concerning the Earth; conductor B has a potential of -60V. How much electric charge will we transfer from wire B to wire A if we do the work of 4.10-4 Joules? - Simultaneously 82806
An empty tank is filled with inflow in 30 minutes. A full tank is emptied in 75 minutes with an open drain. How long does it take for an empty tank to fill up if both the inlet and outlet are open simultaneously? - Workers 82802
Five workers do a job in 20 hours. How long will it take two workers to do the same job? - Containers 82736
Two filling machines fill 250 containers in 2 hours. How many containers will 4 machines fill in 3 hours? - Working together
Zeru can complete a certain job in 5 days, and Tulu can complete the same job in 3 days. How long will they complete the job if they work together?
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