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- A positive
A positive number plus itself squared is 240. What is the number? Please show your work. - Midpoint 11
Consider the following line segment - start point A=(-4,1), endpoint B=(4,-1). Find the midpoint. Please show your work. - A piece of work
12 men or 18 women can do a piece of work in 14 days, then how long 8 men and 16 women take to finish the work? - Two pipes 3
Two pipes, A and B, can fill a tank in 15 minutes and 20 minutes, respectively. Both pipes are opened together. After 4 minutes, pipe A is turned off.What is the total time required to fill the tank?
- Two cats
Sally has 2 cats. Each cat eats 1/4 of a tin of cat food each day. Sally buy 7 tins of cats food. How many days did she feed her 2 cats? Show your work. - Three workers
A can do a work in 16 hours, and B alone in 24 hours. If A, B, and C work together and finish it in 8 hours, then C alone can finish it in how many hours? - Men at work 8 men can finish a piece of work in 40 days. If 2 more men joined with them, then how many days it will take to complete the work?
- 20 men 20 men are supposed to complete a work in 10 days. After working for 5 days, they realize that only one-fourth of the work is done. How many more men they need to employ to complete the work on time?
- Taps and a tank
A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled, three more similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely?
- Manday, manhour Job problem: 10 men can make 20 toys in 12 days working 12 hours a day.Then, in how many days can 24 persons make 32 toys working 16 hours a day?
- Closer to one
Here are two sums: A=1/2 + 1/3 and B=1/5 + 1/3. Which of the two sums is closer in value to 1? You must show your work and state clearly whether the answer is A or B. - 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. - 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 - An electrician 6
An electrician can wire 4 1/2 rooms in 3 hours. How long does it take him to wire each room?
- Painting a room
If 1 person can paint a room in 6 hrs, how many hours will 3 people finish painting the room? - 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?
- Estimate and exact
A) estimate 0.34 x 0.063 by rounding both numbers to one significant figure b) work out the exact value of 0.34 x 0.063 compare answers to parts a) and b) - Frac simplest form
A) Write 1 8/9 as an improper fraction in its simplest form. B) Use your answer to work out 5 / (1 8/9) - Work 2/5 of the employees in a company drive to work, 1/3 travel by bus, and the rest walk. Find the fraction of those who walk.
Rasmus mixes cement with sand for some repair work. He used 3 5/6 kg of cement and 1/2 kg more sand than cement. In all, he needs 10 kg of the mixture. Does he have enough mixture? If yes, then how much more does it have? If not, then how much more does hDo you have homework that you need help solving? Ask a question, and we will try to solve it. Solving math problems.
