Daily Word Problems

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A car travels 125 miles in 3 hours. How far would it travel in 5 hours at this speed?

Solution:

Let d = the distance that we are looking for

We ...

9th Grade Word Problem 
The width of a photograph is 4 cm more than three tenths of the length. If the width is 13 cm, find the length.

Solution

w = 0.3L + 4
13 = 0.3L ...

8th Grade Percent Word Problem 
If Tommy scored 5% of 300 shots he took, how many shots did he score?
Answer:...

Percent Word Problem - 8th grade 
Percent Word Problem

A middle school has 1200 students. Of these, 25% are in the eighth grade. Yesterday, 95% of all eighth graders were present. How ...

5th Grade Word Problem  
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Kathy and George are in charge of picking the cherry ...

Fifth Grade Word Problem 
Sara went to the park last Saturday. If the area of the park is thirty-six square kilometers and the park is in the shape of a square, what is the length ...

100 vegetables for $100  Not rated yet
20 brinjals cost $1; 1 pumpkin costs $5; 1 coconut costs $1. Try to purchase 100 vegetables for $100.

Solution:

If 'x','y', and 'z' are the required ...

Algebra, percentage, 8th grade  Not rated yet
There were 60 sweets in jar. 30% is lemon flavor. Tim came and ate 50% of lemon sweet. How many lemon sweet were left?

Solution:

Step 1 - find out ...