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The volume of a spherical bowl 2021-04-23
From Danny:
How many gallons of water in a glass bowl with the dimensions of 10 inches high and 13.5 inches wide?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Rates & Ratios 2021-04-11
From Kenneth:
Is it correct to think that a rate can have units that are the same? Usually rates have units that are different to each other.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Four friends in a race 2021-04-06
From Angel:
Four friends ran a race:
Ben finished seven seconds ahead of Mike.
Noel finished three seconds behind Sam.
Mike finished five seconds behind Noel.
What will be the formula to support their place?

Answered by Penny Nom.
Time, distance and rate 2021-03-10
From Zander:
A lady drives 180km from her wine farm to Ceres. On her return (at night) she drove 30km/h slower. Her return takes one hour longer. At what speed did she drive home?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Bearing and distance 2021-02-22
From bahlqees:
A girl starts from a point X and walks 220m on a bearing 063°.she then walks to a point Y on a bearing 156°.if Y is due east of X,calculate|XY| solve and draw the diagram please
Answered by Harley Weston.
Scale drawing 2021-02-10
From Elias:
a football field is 160m long and 120m wide . Find the distance between its opposite corner flag posts . use the scale of 1cm:20m
Answered by Penny Nom.
Division in different bases 2021-02-06
From Promise:
Simplify the following 302 in base6 divided by 5 in base6
Answered by Penny Nom.
Multiplying and adding two numbers 2021-02-06
From Yvonne:
Two numbers multiplied to get -13 and added to get -12
Answered by Harley Weston.
Simplify 2021-02-05
From Leslie:
To simplify improper fractions, do you convert it to a mixed number or leave as an improper fraction?

My daughter had a quiz in which she was supposed to simplify her answers. So, for example, on one question the answer she got was 11/10 and on another question she came up with 17/12. The teacher marked these as incorrect because they were mixed numbers. Her teacher wrote on her paper, "**name**, I even gave this back to you and told you to go through and simplify your answers!" We (her father and I) feel that the teacher wanted her to convert her answers, not simplify them but I haven't been able to find a definitive answer online. So, does simplifying improper fractions mean converting them to mixed numbers? Thank you for your help!


Answered by Penny Nom.
A scale factor 2021-02-02
From Layla:
Beth planned to travel from Battery Park to Times Square. The distance between the two places is 2.48 inches on the map of New York City. If the scale factor used for the map was 1 mile = 0.4 inch, find the actual distance between the two tourist attractions.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Arranging chairs in a row 2021-01-26
From aiyana:
hi i need help with this a teacher wants to arrange 16 chairs in a equal rows in his class room
Answered by Harley Weston.
A scrambled word 2021-01-19
From john:
How many ways can you scramble the work "0axaca" if two a's must never be adjacent?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A scenario for a linear equation 2021-01-19
From raven:
I have to create a scenario for the following equation y=-1x+45 and then find what each part of the equation represents
Answered by Penny Nom.
Velocity and acceleration 2021-01-09
From yen:
The motion of a stone projected upward is given by the relation s=112t - 16t^2. What are the values of velocity and acceleration when t=3 sec?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A 2.5 acre square 2021-01-09
From hannah:
how many feet of fence needed to fence a square 2.5 acres??
Answered by Penny Nom.
 
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