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- Raw material
A machine can process 2 1/2 tons of raw material in 1 hour. How many tons can the machine process in 5 hours? - Elimination method
Use the method of elimination to solve the following simultaneous equation . 5a-2b = 14 2a+2b =14 - Flag Shop
Of the flags in Filipe's Flag Shop, 1/10 are orange and another 3/10 are blue. What fraction of the flags are either orange or blue? Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number. - Shipping problem
Paul works in the shipping department of a toy company. He sends toys in boxes each in the shape of a rectangular prism. The boxes' lengths, widths, and heights are whole numbers in inches. Paul needs a box with a total volume of 24 cubic inches. Find one - At midnight
The outside temperature at midnight was 3.4°C. The temperature then changed at a constant rate of -0.78°C per hour for 8 hours. What was the outside temperature at 8:00 AM? - Piece of land
A farmer has a piece of land in the shape of a parallelogram. The two adjacent sides measure 15 meters and 10 meters. How much fencing is needed to enclose the entire garden? - The product 19
The product of two consecutive positive integers is 306. Find the integers. - The book 6
A boy read 3/8th of a book on one day and 4/5th of the remainder on another day . If there were 30 pages unread, how many pages did the book contain? - Ratio of acid and water
In a mixture of 60 L the ratio of acid and water is 2 : 1. If the ratio of acid and water is to be 1 : 2 then the amount of water to be added: - Three angles
Find all missing values of angles using the Law of Cosines if given all sides: a=12, b=13, and c=20 - Distance - number line
What is the distance between -93 and 114 on a number line? - Simple interest pa
If a sum of money at a rate of simple interest, doubles in 8 years, then it will become 3 times in how many years? - Reading newspaper
40% of the people read newspaper x and 50% read newspaper y, and 10% read both the papers. What percentage of people read neither of the newspapers? - Inflation again
If the value of commodity increases by 85%, what percent should consumption be reduced so that spending increases by only 48%? - Carnival
Kevin is going to a carnival that has games and rides. Each game costs $1.50 and each ride costs $3. Kevin spent $18 altogether at the carnival and the number of games he played is 4 times the number of rides he went on. Write a system of equations that c - A race 2
In a race of 200 m, A can beat B by 31 m and C by 18 m. In a race of 350 m, C will beat B by how many meters? - Two sons and man
A man's age is three times the sum of the ages of his two sons. After five years, his age will be twice the sum of the ages of his two sons. Find the age of the man. - Two terms and d
The 8th term of an AP is 17 and its 14th term is 29. Find the common difference of the AP. - Motorboat : current
The ratio of speeds of a motorboat to that of the current of water is 36:5. The motorboat goes along with the current in 5h 10min. Find the time to come back of the motorboat. - Father and son
Age of father is 5 times the age of his son. After 10 years, age of father will be 3 times the age of son. Find the present age of both of them .
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