Work word problems - page 15 of 40
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: 781
- Five-blade 27091
Tractor operator Formánek can plow Mr. Kafka's land in 30 hours using a plowing set with a four-blade plow. The tractor driver Divíšek, plowing with a five-blade plow, can plow Kafka's land in 24 hours. In how many hours will the two tractor drivers plow - Toothpaste 27001
The father would use the toothpaste alone for 15 days, the mother for 12 days, and the daughter for ten days. It was used by all three for three days, then only the father and mother. How many days have they used it since the beginning of its use? - Rectangular 26641
The area of the work surface of the rectangular table is 70 dm2, and its perimeter is 34 dm. Determine (in dm) the length of the shorter side of this table. - Motorcycle engine
The motorcycle engine has a constant power of 1.2 kW for 0.5 hours. How much work does the engine do? Express work in kWh and Ws units.
- Gas pipeline
Worker Molnár excavated the gas pipeline in 15 hours, worker Lakatoš in 12 hours, and worker Soukup in 10 hours. After how many hours of joint work will the excavation be completed? - Inclined plane
1. How much work W do we have to do to pull a body weighing 200 kg along an inclined plane with a length of 4 m to a total height of 1.5 m? 2. Find the force we need to exert to do this if we neglect frictional resistance. 3. Find the force we would need - Book reading
Suzan reads a book. If she read half an hour a day, she would read it in nine days. How many minutes does he have to read a day if he wants to read it three days earlier? - Six workers
Six workers earned a total of CZK 12,600 per week on the construction site (5 working days). How much do seven workers earn in 10 days with the same daily average salary? - Electric work
Calculate the work done by the electric forces passing the current of 0.2 A through the bulb in 10 minutes if the bulb is connected to a 230 V power supply.
- Five combers
Five combers harvest 12 rows of strawberries in 4 hours. How many rows of strawberries will two combers harvest in 10 hours? - Cable car
The cable car will carry 1280 passengers in 40 minutes. How many people will be transported in 2.5 hours? - The field
Three tractors plow the field in 6 hours. However, after 2 hours, one tractor broke down. How long will the field be plowed? - Work together
Two bricklayers are plastering a wall. The first would plaster it in 8 hours, the second in 12 hours. How many hours will they be done with the work if they work together? - Cleaning 24411
Thirty pupils took part in the cleaning of the local stream. Everyone had to work t hours. N pupils worked half an hour longer. How many hours did the students work to clear the stream?
- Ditch
The excavator dug 40% of the excavation in 2 hours and 20 minutes. How long does it take him to dig the whole ditch? - Production 24021
The plant has to complete the order in 40 working days. Production takes place in two workshops. In the first one, there are more workers; therefore, they would complete the order themselves in 70 working days. In the second workshop, they would complete - Reconstructing 23991
Three groups take turns reconstructing one piece of highway. The first group would finish the job themselves in 40 working days. The second group is in 24 working days, and the third group is in 30 working days. How many days do you do it together? - Improvement 23971
Three employees received a reward of CZK 5,000 for the improvement proposal. They divided the money according to work so that the first got twice as much as the second, and the second got three times as much as the third. How many crowns did each person r - 3 pupils
Three pupils cleaned 10 meters of the stream in 1 hour. How many meters of the stream will clean 18 students in 4 hours?
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