Two automobiles start together at the same and travel along the same route. The first averages 40 miles per hour, the second averages 55 miles per hour.
... [Show More] How many miles further along the route is the second automobile at the end of 5 hours?
Answer; 55×5-40×5
Distance =ratetime, A=60 Mph ×3 hours= 180.
Find the total thickness of two pieces of wood that a carpenter glued together if one is 5/16 inches thick and the other is 7/8.
Answer: 1 3/16
(5/16)+(7/8) = (5/16)+(14/16) = 19/16= 1 3/16
An average bathtub uses 8 gallons of water and an average shower uses 6 gallons. To provide baths for 60 men, how much more water will be needed if tubs are used instead of showers?
Answer: 120 gals.
60×8-60×6=120 gals.
A carpenter cuts three 4' 6" shelves from a 14' board, How long of a piece was left over?
Answer: 6'
3*4.5=13.5 ft, 14-13.5=6'
A father walks 36 miles in 12 hours, whiles his son covers the same distance on a bicycle at twice the Father's rate of speed. At this rate, how many miles would the bicycle rider travel in 9 hours?
Anwers: 55 miles per hour.
6 mph×9 Mph= (54) miles
A bird flies 2/3 of a mile per minute. How many miles per hour is it flying.
Answer: 40 miles per hour.
Out of 20 attempts a basketball player scored 8 times. What percent of his chances did he score?
Answer: 40%
How many 35-passenger buses will it take to carry 140 people?
Answer: 4 buses
Divide 144 by 35 then round up to next whole number.
If 12 men are needed to run 4 machines. How many men are needed to run 20?
Answer: 60 divide 12 by 4 =3.×20=60
A pole is 24 ft high, and has a shadow of 8 ft long. A nearby pole is 72 feet high. How long is its shadow?
Answer: 24 ft. x=72 (8/24) ×=24
A man is paid $26.00 for 8 hrs of work. How much should this man be paid for working 37 hours at the same hourly wage.
Answer: $120.25
8×3726 x=3726/8
Soup ordinarily price at 2 cans for 33 cents may be purchased in loft 1 dozen for $1.74. What is the savings per can when it is purchased in this way.
Answer: 2 cents
It costs a guy $13.50 to take a girl out for the evening. Sixty percent of this was for theater tickets. What was the cost of each ticket?
Answer: $4.05
0.6*13.50= 8.10 cut this in half to get 8.10/2=(4.05)
If the Following series will continue in the same pattern, what is the next number in this series 1,10,7,_,22.
Answer: 13.
1+9=10, 10-3=7, 7+9=16, 16-3=(13)
Mary put in a total of 16 not 1/2 hours baby-sitting during 5 days of the past week. what was her average work day?
Answer: 3 hours and 18 Minutes. [Show Less]