Questions on Word Problems: Miscellaneous Word Problems answered by real tutors!

Tutors Answer Your Questions about Miscellaneous Word Problems (FREE)

Question 944913: Mia estimated 5/8 + 1/9 by replacing 5/8 with one and 1/9 with 0 her estimated sum was 1+0=1 explain why Mia's estimate is not accurate
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 944993: Joel knows that a half gallon of paint covers 84 ft2 of wall. If he has 1,080 ft2 of wall to paint, how many gallons of paint should he purchase?
Click here to see answer by josgarithmetic(39613)

Question 945167: A length of lumber 12 feet long is cut into 2 unequal lengths. One piece is 3 times as long as the other.
Find the length of the shorter and longer piece.

Click here to see answer by macston(5194)

Question 945169: Please help me with this one too. :)
An electronics company used a pipe that was 100 ft long and had a radius of 10 ft. Inside the pipe was a smaller cylindrical tube, for wires, that had a radius of 2 ft and was as long as the pipe. The remaining space in the pipe, outside the tube, was filled with liquid foam.

What was the volume of the foam inside the pipe? Use 3.14 to approximate pi.
Click here to see answer by macston(5194)

Question 945139: How many solutions does the system 2x-3y=6 and -4x+6y=-12 have
Click here to see answer by Fombitz(32388)

Question 945168: Please help me with this problem:
Alice purchased paint in a bucket with a radius of 9 in. and a height of 9.5 in. The paint cost $0.09 per in3.

What was the total cost of the paint? Use 3.14 to approximate pi.

$_____
Click here to see answer by macston(5194)

Question 945215: On Wednesday you drove from home to work at 40 mph and got there in 28 minutes. On Thursday you drove at 47 mph. Round answers to nearest 10th.
How long does the trip take on Thursday?
Click here to see answer by macston(5194)

Question 945272: Dale drove 420 miles using 18 gallons of gas. At this rate, how many gallons of gas would he need to drive 357 miles

Click here to see answer by macston(5194)

Question 945274: Richard, Karen, and harold are carpenters. Richard can make one chair in one hour. Karen can make one chair in two hours. Harold can make one chair in three hours. If they work together, how long will it take to make 99 chairs? It is multiple choice :
A. 33 hours
B. 42 hours
C. 54 hours
D. 60 hours
E. None of these
Click here to see answer by macston(5194)

Question 944416: Read the problem below. Make a list to help you solve the problem.
Ted's Takeout sells 5 kinds of sandwiches: BLT, chicken salad, tuna salad, ham, and grilled eggplant. There are 3 kinds of bread: wheat, rye, and pumpernickel. How many different sandwich and bread combinations can Ted make?
A. 10 sandwiches
B. 16 sandwiches
C. 18 sandwiches
D. 15 sandwiches
Click here to see answer by Fombitz(32388)

Question 944281: The word problem below has too little information. Read carefully and then choose the fact or facts needed to solve the problem.
Some of the animals that you can ride on the jungle carousel are lions, tigers, and elephants. How many more lions than elephants are there on the carousel?
A. The elephants move faster than the lions.
B. There are six lions on the carousel.
C. The two elephants don't go up and down.
D. The lions are always beside the tigers.

Click here to see answer by Fombitz(32388)

Question 945476: When Mr. Worth died, he left an estate worth $325,000. His will specified that 35% of his estate should be divided equally among his 5 children, and 3/5 of his estate should be divided equally among his 12 grandchildren. The remainder was to be divided equally among his 8 great-grandchildren. Find how much more, in dollars, one of his grandchildren will receive than one of his great-grandchildren. Express your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth. Thanks for your help.
Click here to see answer by Fombitz(32388)

Question 944318: Make a 3-by-6 logic grid on your own paper. Use it to help you solve the logic puzzle and answer the question given below.
Davis, Roy, and Tom are on the rowing team. Each sits in a different position (front, middle, and end) and is a different age (18, 19, and 20).
Tom and the 19-year-old do not sit in the rear.
The person who sits in the rear is 20 years old.
Neither Tom nor Roy sits in the front.
Who sits in the middle, and how old is he? Be sure to check both answers.
A. 20
B. Roy
C. Tom
D. Davis
E. 19
F. 18
Click here to see answer by Fombitz(32388)

Question 944317: Make a 3-by-6 logic grid on your own paper. Use it to help you solve the logic puzzle and answer the question given below.
Davis, Roy, and Tom are on the rowing team. Each sits in a different position (front, middle, and end) and is a different age (18, 19, and 20).
Tom and the 19-year-old do not sit in the rear.
The person who sits in the rear is 20 years old.
Neither Tom nor Roy sits in the front.
Who sits in the middle, and how old is he? Be sure to check both answers.

A. 20
B. Roy
C. Tom
D. Davis
E. 19
F. 18
Click here to see answer by Fombitz(32388)

Question 945529: sid needs 0.9 meters of canvas material to make a carry-all bag for his wheelchair. if canvas is $5.13 per meter, how much will sid spend?
Click here to see answer by algebrahouse.com(1659)

Question 945544: The perimeter of a rectangular concrete slab is 90 feet and its area is 416 square feet. What is the length of the longer side of the slab?
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 945532: assume that when you take a bath, you fill a tub to the halfway point. the tub measures 6 ft by 2 feet by 2.4 feet. when you shower you use a shower head with a flow rate of 2.23 gallons per minute, and you typically spend 8 minutes in the shower there are 7.5 gallons in one cubic foot.
BAth: you are using _____ more cubic feet of water than you do taking a shower
shower: you use ____ more cubic feet of water than taking a bath

Click here to see answer by macston(5194)

Question 945581: What is the quotient of the following division problem?
37173 / 25 = ?
A. 1488 r23
B. 1486 r23
C. 1485 r24
D. 1486 r24
Click here to see answer by KMST(5328)

Question 945580: What is the quotient of the following division problem?
37173 25 = ?
A. 1488 r23
B. 1486 r23
C. 1485 r24
D. 1486 r24
Click here to see answer by MathLover1(20849)

Question 945580: What is the quotient of the following division problem?
37173 25 = ?
A. 1488 r23
B. 1486 r23
C. 1485 r24
D. 1486 r24
Click here to see answer by Theo(13342)

Question 945533: assume a gasoline price of 4.57 per gallon. what is the gasoline cost for a 1800 mile trip is you drive at an average speed of 46 miles per house? and what is the gasoline cost at 65 miles per hour?

Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 945590: it takes shawn 9 more hour to paint a house than michelle. together it takes them 10.8 hours to complete work. How long would it take Shawn to paint the house by himself.
Click here to see answer by josmiceli(19441)

Question 945662: Bobby has saved 1/5 of the money needed to buy a new bike costing �75. How much has he saved?

Click here to see answer by TimothyLamb(4379)

Question 945717: There are 500 students and 500 lockers, numbered 1 through 500. Suppose the first student opens each locker. Then the second student closes every second locker. The third student changes the state of every third locker (if it is open, she closes it; if it's closed, she opens it). The fourth student changes the state of every fourth locker. This process continues until the 500th student changes the state of the 500th locker. Which lockers are open after all 500 students have passed through?
Click here to see answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)

Question 945841: I need help making this word problem into two equations.
A pharmacist has a 10% alcohol solution and a 25% alcohol solution. How many millimeters of each solution will she need together in order to have 200 milliliters of a 20% alcohol solution?
I know that I need to use the elimination method in order to solve this but that is all I know.
Please help me.
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 945850: a mulberry company pays all its sales repersentatives a base salary of $21,000.00 per annum and a commission on all jackets that they sell over $8500.00. If a sales representative salary last month was $3205.68 and his sales were $12,000.00, calculate the commission rate.
Click here to see answer by stanbon(75887)

Question 945820: The amount y (in cups) of flour is proportional to the number x of eggs in a recipe. The recipe calls for 6 cups of flour for every 4 eggs. Write an equation that represents the situation.
Click here to see answer by josmiceli(19441)

Question 945848: tara took her family to a restaurant and left the waiter a tip of 15% on the bill amount of $245.00.
1. Calculate the tip to the waiter .... $36.80
2. If the tip was 1.0% of Tara's monthly salary, calculate her monthly salary.
Click here to see answer by TimothyLamb(4379)

Question 945847: If Joel's earnings are 20% more than Lauren's, by what percent are Lauren's earnings less than Joel's? Express your answer as a positive value.
Click here to see answer by TimothyLamb(4379)

Question 946128: Roads are designed with parabolic surfaces to allow rain to drain off. A particular road that is 32 feet wide is 0.4 foot higher in the center than it is on the sides. Find the equation of the parabola that models the road surface by assuming that the vertex of the parabola is at the origin. need help to solve please
Click here to see answer by Fombitz(32388)

Question 946164: a 48 cm wire is so be cut into two pieces. one piece must be 10 cm longer than the shorter piece. how long should each piece be?
How do I write the equation for that, then solve it?
Click here to see answer by Fombitz(32388)

Question 946167: Phil, Steve, and Esther are aged 19 � 22, and none of them is the same age. Phil's age is an even number, and Steve and Esther have consecutive ages. Steve's age is an odd number, and he is older than Phil. Who is the oldest?
Click here to see answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)

Question 946322: Farmer Bob has a total of 35 cows and chickens on his farm. IF the total number of animal legs on the farm is 114, how many of each animal is on the farm?
Click here to see answer by stanbon(75887)

Question 946331: Working alone, Shawna can clean an attic in 13.3 hours. Cody can clean the same attic in 12.3 hours. If they worked together how long would it take them?
Click here to see answer by josmiceli(19441)

Question 946294: It takes one worker 5 hours to do the same job that it takes another worker 3 hours to do. If they work together, in how many hours will the job be done?
Click here to see answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)

Question 946670: Officials begin to release water from a full man-made lake at a rate that would empty the lake in 16 weeks, but a river that can fill the lake in 30 weeks is replenishing the lake at the same time. How long does it take to empty the lake? Express your answer as a fraction reduced to lowest terms, if needed.
Click here to see answer by stanbon(75887)

Question 946709: freds front door is 52in. wide and 94in tall. He puchased a cicular table that 96in in diameter. will the table fit through the door?

Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Question 946736: Specific heat problem: (225 J)/(3.55g*23.0 degree C)
Click here to see answer by Fombitz(32388)

Question 946875: Sean has taken three exams and earned scores of 85, 72, and 77 out of a possible 100 points. He needs an average of at least 80 to earn a B in the course. What range of scores on the fourth (and last) 100 point test will guarantee a B in the course?
Click here to see answer by Fombitz(32388)

Question 946987: a women bought a horse for $500 and then sold it for $600. she bought it back for $700 and then sold it again for $800. how much money did she gain or lose on these transactions?
Click here to see answer by rfer(16322)

Question 946988: what is the population density of a state that has 13,000,000 people and 486,137 square miles of land?
Click here to see answer by Alan3354(69443)

Older solutions: 1..45, 46..90, 91..135, 136..180, 181..225, 226..270, 271..315, 316..360, 361..405, 406..450, 451..495, 496..540, 541..585, 586..630, 631..675, 676..720, 721..765, 766..810, 811..855, 856..900, 901..945, 946..990, 991..1035, 1036..1080, 1081..1125, 1126..1170, 1171..1215, 1216..1260, 1261..1305, 1306..1350, 1351..1395, 1396..1440, 1441..1485, 1486..1530, 1531..1575, 1576..1620, 1621..1665, 1666..1710, 1711..1755, 1756..1800, 1801..1845, 1846..1890, 1891..1935, 1936..1980, 1981..2025, 2026..2070, 2071..2115, 2116..2160, 2161..2205, 2206..2250, 2251..2295, 2296..2340, 2341..2385, 2386..2430, 2431..2475, 2476..2520, 2521..2565, 2566..2610, 2611..2655, 2656..2700, 2701..2745, 2746..2790, 2791..2835, 2836..2880, 2881..2925, 2926..2970, 2971..3015, 3016..3060, 3061..3105, 3106..3150, 3151..3195, 3196..3240, 3241..3285, 3286..3330, 3331..3375, 3376..3420, 3421..3465, 3466..3510, 3511..3555, 3556..3600, 3601..3645, 3646..3690, 3691..3735, 3736..3780, 3781..3825, 3826..3870, 3871..3915, 3916..3960, 3961..4005, 4006..4050, 4051..4095, 4096..4140, 4141..4185, 4186..4230, 4231..4275, 4276..4320, 4321..4365, 4366..4410, 4411..4455, 4456..4500, 4501..4545, 4546..4590, 4591..4635, 4636..4680, 4681..4725, 4726..4770, 4771..4815, 4816..4860, 4861..4905, 4906..4950, 4951..4995, 4996..5040, 5041..5085, 5086..5130, 5131..5175, 5176..5220, 5221..5265, 5266..5310, 5311..5355, 5356..5400, 5401..5445, 5446..5490, 5491..5535, 5536..5580, 5581..5625, 5626..5670, 5671..5715, 5716..5760, 5761..5805, 5806..5850, 5851..5895, 5896..5940, 5941..5985, 5986..6030, 6031..6075, 6076..6120, 6121..6165, 6166..6210, 6211..6255, 6256..6300, 6301..6345, 6346..6390, 6391..6435, 6436..6480, 6481..6525, 6526..6570, 6571..6615, 6616..6660, 6661..6705, 6706..6750, 6751..6795, 6796..6840, 6841..6885, 6886..6930, 6931..6975, 6976..7020, 7021..7065, 7066..7110, 7111..7155, 7156..7200, 7201..7245, 7246..7290, 7291..7335, 7336..7380, 7381..7425, 7426..7470, 7471..7515, 7516..7560, 7561..7605, 7606..7650, 7651..7695, 7696..7740, 7741..7785, 7786..7830, 7831..7875, 7876..7920, 7921..7965, 7966..8010, 8011..8055, 8056..8100, 8101..8145, 8146..8190, 8191..8235, 8236..8280, 8281..8325, 8326..8370, 8371..8415, 8416..8460, 8461..8505, 8506..8550, 8551..8595, 8596..8640, 8641..8685, 8686..8730, 8731..8775, 8776..8820, 8821..8865, 8866..8910, 8911..8955, 8956..9000, 9001..9045, 9046..9090, 9091..9135, 9136..9180, 9181..9225, 9226..9270, 9271..9315, 9316..9360, 9361..9405, 9406..9450, 9451..9495, 9496..9540, 9541..9585, 9586..9630, 9631..9675, 9676..9720, 9721..9765, 9766..9810, 9811..9855, 9856..9900, 9901..9945, 9946..9990, 9991..10035, 10036..10080, 10081..10125, 10126..10170, 10171..10215, 10216..10260, 10261..10305, 10306..10350, 10351..10395, 10396..10440, 10441..10485, 10486..10530, 10531..10575, 10576..10620, 10621..10665, 10666..10710, 10711..10755, 10756..10800, 10801..10845, 10846..10890, 10891..10935, 10936..10980, 10981..11025, 11026..11070, 11071..11115, 11116..11160, 11161..11205, 11206..11250, 11251..11295, 11296..11340, 11341..11385, 11386..11430, 11431..11475, 11476..11520, 11521..11565, 11566..11610, 11611..11655, 11656..11700, 11701..11745, 11746..11790, 11791..11835, 11836..11880, 11881..11925, 11926..11970, 11971..12015, 12016..12060, 12061..12105, 12106..12150, 12151..12195, 12196..12240, 12241..12285, 12286..12330, 12331..12375, 12376..12420, 12421..12465, 12466..12510, 12511..12555, 12556..12600, 12601..12645, 12646..12690, 12691..12735, 12736..12780, 12781..12825, 12826..12870, 12871..12915, 12916..12960, 12961..13005, 13006..13050, 13051..13095, 13096..13140, 13141..13185, 13186..13230, 13231..13275, 13276..13320, 13321..13365, 13366..13410, 13411..13455, 13456..13500, 13501..13545, 13546..13590, 13591..13635, 13636..13680, 13681..13725, 13726..13770, 13771..13815, 13816..13860, 13861..13905, 13906..13950, 13951..13995, 13996..14040, 14041..14085, 14086..14130, 14131..14175, 14176..14220, 14221..14265, 14266..14310, 14311..14355, 14356..14400, 14401..14445, 14446..14490, 14491..14535, 14536..14580, 14581..14625, 14626..14670, 14671..14715, 14716..14760, 14761..14805, 14806..14850, 14851..14895, 14896..14940, 14941..14985, 14986..15030, 15031..15075, 15076..15120, 15121..15165, 15166..15210, 15211..15255, 15256..15300, 15301..15345, 15346..15390, 15391..15435, 15436..15480, 15481..15525, 15526..15570, 15571..15615, 15616..15660, 15661..15705, 15706..15750, 15751..15795, 15796..15840, 15841..15885, 15886..15930, 15931..15975, 15976..16020, 16021..16065, 16066..16110, 16111..16155, 16156..16200, 16201..16245, 16246..16290, 16291..16335, 16336..16380, 16381..16425, 16426..16470, 16471..16515, 16516..16560, 16561..16605, 16606..16650, 16651..16695, 16696..16740, 16741..16785, 16786..16830, 16831..16875, 16876..16920, 16921..16965, 16966..17010, 17011..17055, 17056..17100, 17101..17145, 17146..17190, 17191..17235, 17236..17280, 17281..17325, 17326..17370, 17371..17415, 17416..17460, 17461..17505, 17506..17550, 17551..17595, 17596..17640, 17641..17685, 17686..17730, 17731..17775, 17776..17820, 17821..17865, 17866..17910, 17911..17955, 17956..18000, 18001..18045, 18046..18090, 18091..18135, 18136..18180, 18181..18225, 18226..18270, 18271..18315, 18316..18360, 18361..18405, 18406..18450, 18451..18495, 18496..18540, 18541..18585, 18586..18630, 18631..18675, 18676..18720, 18721..18765, 18766..18810, 18811..18855, 18856..18900, 18901..18945, 18946..18990, 18991..19035, 19036..19080, 19081..19125, 19126..19170, 19171..19215, 19216..19260, 19261..19305, 19306..19350, 19351..19395, 19396..19440, 19441..19485, 19486..19530, 19531..19575, 19576..19620, 19621..19665, 19666..19710, 19711..19755, 19756..19800, 19801..19845, 19846..19890, 19891..19935, 19936..19980, 19981..20025, 20026..20070, 20071..20115, 20116..20160, 20161..20205, 20206..20250, 20251..20295, 20296..20340, 20341..20385, 20386..20430, 20431..20475, 20476..20520, 20521..20565, 20566..20610, 20611..20655, 20656..20700, 20701..20745, 20746..20790, 20791..20835, 20836..20880, 20881..20925, 20926..20970, 20971..21015, 21016..21060, 21061..21105, 21106..21150, 21151..21195, 21196..21240, 21241..21285, 21286..21330, 21331..21375, 21376..21420, 21421..21465, 21466..21510, 21511..21555, 21556..21600, 21601..21645, 21646..21690, 21691..21735, 21736..21780, 21781..21825, 21826..21870, 21871..21915, 21916..21960, 21961..22005, 22006..22050, 22051..22095, 22096..22140, 22141..22185, 22186..22230, 22231..22275, 22276..22320, 22321..22365, 22366..22410, 22411..22455, 22456..22500, 22501..22545, 22546..22590, 22591..22635, 22636..22680, 22681..22725, 22726..22770, 22771..22815, 22816..22860, 22861..22905, 22906..22950, 22951..22995, 22996..23040, 23041..23085, 23086..23130, 23131..23175, 23176..23220, 23221..23265, 23266..23310, 23311..23355, 23356..23400, 23401..23445, 23446..23490, 23491..23535, 23536..23580, 23581..23625, 23626..23670, 23671..23715, 23716..23760, 23761..23805, 23806..23850, 23851..23895, 23896..23940, 23941..23985, 23986..24030, 24031..24075, 24076..24120, 24121..24165, 24166..24210, 24211..24255, 24256..24300, 24301..24345, 24346..24390, 24391..24435, 24436..24480, 24481..24525, 24526..24570, 24571..24615, 24616..24660, 24661..24705, 24706..24750, 24751..24795, 24796..24840, 24841..24885, 24886..24930, 24931..24975, 24976..25020, 25021..25065, 25066..25110, 25111..25155, 25156..25200, 25201..25245, 25246..25290, 25291..25335, 25336..25380, 25381..25425, 25426..25470, 25471..25515, 25516..25560, 25561..25605, 25606..25650, 25651..25695, 25696..25740, 25741..25785, 25786..25830, 25831..25875, 25876..25920, 25921..25965, 25966..26010, 26011..26055, 26056..26100, 26101..26145, 26146..26190, 26191..26235, 26236..26280, 26281..26325, 26326..26370, 26371..26415, 26416..26460, 26461..26505, 26506..26550, 26551..26595, 26596..26640, 26641..26685, 26686..26730, 26731..26775, 26776..26820, 26821..26865, 26866..26910, 26911..26955, 26956..27000, 27001..27045, 27046..27090, 27091..27135, 27136..27180, 27181..27225, 27226..27270, 27271..27315, 27316..27360, 27361..27405, 27406..27450, 27451..27495, 27496..27540, 27541..27585, 27586..27630, 27631..27675, 27676..27720, 27721..27765, 27766..27810, 27811..27855, 27856..27900, 27901..27945, 27946..27990, 27991..28035, 28036..28080, 28081..28125, 28126..28170, 28171..28215, 28216..28260, 28261..28305, 28306..28350, 28351..28395, 28396..28440, 28441..28485, 28486..28530, 28531..28575, 28576..28620, 28621..28665, 28666..28710, 28711..28755, 28756..28800, 28801..28845, 28846..28890, 28891..28935, 28936..28980, 28981..29025, 29026..29070, 29071..29115, 29116..29160, 29161..29205, 29206..29250, 29251..29295, 29296..29340, 29341..29385, 29386..29430, 29431..29475, 29476..29520, 29521..29565, 29566..29610, 29611..29655, 29656..29700, 29701..29745, 29746..29790, 29791..29835, 29836..29880, 29881..29925, 29926..29970, 29971..30015, 30016..30060, 30061..30105, 30106..30150, 30151..30195, 30196..30240, 30241..30285, 30286..30330, 30331..30375, 30376..30420, 30421..30465, 30466..30510, 30511..30555, 30556..30600, 30601..30645, 30646..30690