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	A word problem		2022-01-29
		From Ric: Box of oranges weighs 9 pounds. 2/3 of oranges eaten. Box and remaining oranges weighs 4 pounds. What is weight of box when empty? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A Word Problem		2021-12-17
		From Bryson: Yolanda, Brian, and Charlie have a total of in their wallets. Brian has less than Yolanda. Charlie has times what Brian has. How much do they have in their wallets? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2021-07-28
		From Isaac: The average mass of a group of children is 50 kilograms. Todd, who has a mass of 62 kilograms, then joins the group. This raises the average mass of the group to 52 kilograms. How many children were in the original group Answered by Penny Nom.
	New pool liner		2021-07-14
		From Kareena: I have a rectangular prism shaped pond that are 4ft by 8ft by 2ft. My pond is lined on the sides and bottom with a pool liner so that it doesn't leak (the top of the pool does NOT have a liner). I am redoing my pool and would like to increase the size of the pond. Each dimension will increase by the same amount, and the size of the pool liner will double. How much I am increasing each dimension of the pond? Give an exact answer and than an approx. answer rounded to the nearest tenth. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Word problem		2021-05-07
		From Donelle: Freddy is three times as old as Mary. Mary is twice as old as Jack. Jack is 11 years old. How old is Freddy? 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.
	Comparing two job offers		2020-11-17
		From Selena: Raja has been offered two jobs. Each of these jobs takes 24 weeks to complete. One job pays $3440 every 8 weeks. The other job pays $2700 every 6 weeks. Raja wants to accept the job that pays more per week. Show how to use equations to help Raja make her choice. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem with three variables		2020-10-18
		From Yesenia: Carmen, Austin, and Trey have a total of $128 in their wallets. Trey has $10 more than Carmen. Austin has 4 times what Trey has. How much do they have in their wallets? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem with no algebra		2020-08-11
		From Julie: At 3pm, Bruce headed north at 30 km/hr. 2 hours later, Lucy headed south at 40 km/hr. At what time will they be 340 km apart Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem involving linear equations		2020-06-22
		From Allie: The length of a rectangular swimming pool is p m and its width is q m. Its given tht the length of the swimming pool is twice its with. if the perimeter of the swimming pool is 150 m, find the values of p and q this is in the chapter linear equations Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem with fractions		2020-06-21
		From Sthantsa: I'm stuck with this question, I don't know where to begin because i really don't Know where to start. Jessie and Thulani each has a sum of money. Jessie’s amount is 2/5 that of Thulani’s. If Thulani were to give Jessie R198, then his remaining amount will be 6/8 that of Jessie’s amount. How much does Jessie have originally?? Answered by Penny Nom.
	How many boxes will fit in a closet?		2020-04-24
		From Jordan: Janelle has some boxes that are 43cm long, 23cm wide and 18cm tall. She wants to store them in a closet in her basement that is 2.2m tall, 1.1m wide, and 0.8m deep. What is the maximum number of boxes that Janelle can possibly fit in the closet? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Building a house in one year		2020-04-22
		From Fify: If it takes 8 men to build a house in 450 days. How many men would it take to build the house in 365 days? Is there a specific method to calculate this please? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rectangular garde		2020-04-10
		From Denise: In a rectangular garden a person says "if I made that bed 2 feet wider and 3 feet longer it Would have been 64 sq,ft bigger. But if it had been 3 feet wider and two feet longer It would have been 68 sq.ft bigger. What is the length and width of the garden bed? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Setting up a linear equation		2020-04-10
		From Jessie: Michaela and Aleah play on the same basketball team. In one game, Michaela scored one fifth of the teams points and Aleah scored one tenth of the teams points. Together, they scored a total of 42 points. How many points did the team score? I can't figure out how to put together the equation with the given variables. I have to show the work and I also need to know how to make that kind of equation. Thanks! Answered by Penny Nom.
	Aaron and Bill's ages		2020-03-12
		From Heather: My granddaughter had this third grade math problem. Aaron is 4 times as old as his brother Bill. In ten years Aaron will be twice Bills age. What are their ages? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Fireman Fred needs to stay fit		2020-03-02
		From Chamundeswari: How do I explain this problem to a year 3 kid? Fireman Fred needs to stay fit for his job. He runs 4.5km, 4 mornings, a week . if it takes him 4 minutes and 15 seconds on average to run 1km, how much time does he spend running over 4 weeks? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A question about fractions		2020-01-26
		From Awotile: A fraction whose denominator is more than the numerator is double when the numerator is increased by 6 and the denominator is increased by 5 find the original fraction? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The difference between two number is 7		2020-01-07
		From Jaypercey: the difference between two number is 7 find the two number if the larger 3times the smaller Answered by Penny Nom.
	Sabrina's age		2019-12-31
		From Nakyi: The sum of Sabrina’s age and twice her sister’s age is equal to their mom’s Age. If Sabrina’s sister is two years older than her and their mom is 37, how old is Sabrina? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Caleb age and Juliet age add up to 25 years.		2019-11-22
		From tolulope: Caleb age and Juliet age add up to 25 years. eight years ago,Caleb was twice as old as Juliet. how old are they now. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Beginning algebra		2019-11-19
		From Maya: Two numbers have a sum of 57. Three times the first number is 13 less than the second number. Find the numbers. Use let statements to help you solve. (Grade 9 math) -Maya (help would be appreciated) Answered by Penny Nom.
	The sum of the ages of Ruth and her mother is 77 years.		2019-11-06
		From Lydia: The sum of the ages of Ruth and her mother is 77 years. The difference in their ages is 27 years. How old is each? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Alex rents a car for one day		2019-10-31
		From Arshia: Alex rents a car for one day. The charge is $25 plus $0.20 per mile. Alex wants to spend exactly $110. How many miles can he drive? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The difference of two numbers is 42		2019-10-14
		From Patrick: The difference of two numbers is 42 and the larger number is 8/5 of the smaller number. Find the two numbers. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Problem solving		2019-09-08
		From Arunsi: When a fifth of a certain number is added to 3 the result is 17. What is the number? Answered by Penny Nom.
	150 litres has been drawn from a tank		2019-06-12
		From Eke: When 150 litres has been drawn from a tank, it is 3/8 full, how many litres will the tank hold? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Three friend's ages		2019-04-25
		From Lemicio: Janet is 10 years older than Karin, who is twice the age of Josef. If their combine age is 55, how old is each one now? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2019-02-24
		From Briana: When 4 times the number increased by 30, the answer is the same as when 70 decreased by the number. What was my number? Answered by Harley Weston.
	Macy's coin collection		2019-01-30
		From Sariah: Macy's coin collection has 2 pennies for every nickel. If she has 60 coins that are pennies or nickels, how many nickels does she have? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Terry was two-thirds as old as Nia		2018-11-19
		From Makenzy: four years ago, terry was two-thirds as old as nia. now terry is three-fourths as old as nia. how old is each now Answered by Penny Nom.
	The price of eggs rises 10 cents per dozen		2018-11-10
		From Maddie: Hi! I'm currently struggling with a word problem that says: "If the price of eggs rises 10 cents per dozen, one will be able to get 2 dozen fewer eggs with $6.00 than was possible at the lower price. What is the lower price? We are working on completing the square and all of the problems I've done so far in this chapter require using that method. If possible and needed, could you explain how to set up the equation? Thank you so much! I appreciate all your help!! Answered by Penny Nom.
	$96 is 66 2/3% of what dollar amount?		2018-05-31
		From mary: $96 is 66 2/3% of what dollar amount? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Graham's money box		2018-04-12
		From Tasnim: Graham's money box consists of sh.10 and sh.5 coins. There are 24 coins and it's total value is 150. Find how many of each coins are there in the box Answered by Penny Nom.
	$525 is shared among three friends		2018-02-25
		From Iyanla: If $525 is shared among three friends: Paul Katherine and Brandon so that Paul gets $15 less than Brandon and Katherine gets 4 times as much as Paul, how would I solve this equation? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Jesse has dimes and nickels in his piggy bank.		2017-11-18
		From Dee: Jesse has dimes and nickels in his piggy bank. The number of nickels is 3 times the number of dimes. If the total amount is $8.50, how many coins are there in total? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Blair is 12 years younger than Serena right now.		2017-11-18
		From Dee: Blair is 12 years younger than Serena right now. Three years ago Serena’s age was five times Blair’s age. What are their ages? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Five bales		2017-10-08
		From John: two answers were given... I believe both to be incorrect. five bales weighed two at a time: weightx2 given: 110,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,120, and 121. It stated all combinations ie: ab,ac,ad,ad,bc,bd,be, etc. to arrive at the above 10 combined weights. I come up with the following... Bale A= 54lbs, Bale B=56, Bale C=58, Bale D=59. and Bale E=62 pounds. A+B=110, A+C=112, A+D=, B+C=114, B+D=115 ,A+E=116 ,C+D=117, B+E=118 ,C+E=120, and D+E=121 Answered by Penny Nom.
	The importance of a comma		2017-09-30
		From carolyn: the equation 2y + 53 = 165 represents the situation joel spent 165 dollars on a pair of jeans and two shirts at the same price what does y represent price of a pair of jeans price of a shirt amount joel spent on the shirts number of shirts joel bought Answered by Penny Nom.
	Macy and Camile's ages		2017-09-30
		From carolyn: macy is 2 years older than Camille twice the sum of their ages is 52 which equation can be used to find camilles age x Answered by Penny Nom.
	How many pet dogs?		2017-09-26
		From Michelle: In 2016 there were about 135 million households in the United States. 36.5% of the households own at least one dog. On average, these households have 1.6 dogs. How many millins of pet dogs were in the United States in 2016? Answered by Penny Nom.
	An impossible problem		2017-09-15
		From Fay: Given math homework problem of: Gary and Larry given 2 numbers and told to add together. Gary subtracted and got 14. Larry multiplied and got 799. I tried substitution: X-Y=14 and X x Y=799 X= Y+14 (Y+14) Y=799 and here I'm stuck at Y squared+14 Y= 799 using substitution I got 47x17=799 but not 14b when subtracted. HELP????? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A police officer spots a speeding car		2017-07-20
		From Josh: Marie, a police officer, spots a speeding car and starts chasing it. The speeding car travels at a speed of 130 feet per second. Marie's car reaches a constant speed of 145 feet per second 1725 feet from the start of the chase. During that time, the speeding car has traveled 3150 feet. Write a system of equations to represent this situation. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Catherine, Molly and Tom		2017-07-19
		From liezel: what is the answer of this problem, If Catherine and molly has 320pesos altogether, Molly and tom have 360 in all. Tom and Catherine have 240pesos altogether.How much does each of them have? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Jamie has twice as many video games as Mel.		2017-04-27
		From John: Jamie has twice as many video games as Mel. Together, the boys have 24 games. how many games do each boy have Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem about the dimensions of a lot		2017-04-16
		From Charlotte: If a house is 66x78 ft, how many feet out from the house around would be an acre to not include the house Answered by Penny Nom.
	A stone walkway around a garden		2016-11-27
		From Abigail: A garden measures 12 feet by 16 feet. The family would like to add a stone walkway around the garden. This would increase the total area of to 302.25 square feet. what will be the width of the of the walkway Answered by Penny Nom.
	A fish and eight parakeets		2016-11-11
		From Cindy: Cindys fish weighs 8 times as much as her parakeet. Together the pets weigh 63 ounces. How much does the fish weigh? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A problem with a recipe		2016-10-31
		From Ted: Recipe calls for 3 1/2 c of sugar & 4 c of water. I only have 3c of sugar how much water do I use Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem at the fair		2016-10-25
		From Rick: Have 48 tickets to spend, have to spend them all in exactly 10 events. Rides cost 6 tickets games cost 4 tickets & treats cost 3 tickets Answered by Penny Nom.
	How many marbles does Haley have?		2016-10-19
		From Pat: Sabrina has 1/4 the marbles as Haley. They have 305 total. How many marbles does Haley have? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Selina saved $6 on a 20% off sale		2016-10-14
		From Myra: I don't know how to help my child answer this question - Selina bought a shirt on sale that was 20% less than the original price. The original price was $6 more than the sale price. What was the original price? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Jenny, Charles and Chase have some butterflies		2016-09-26
		From Kyla: Jenny cares 7 times as many butterflies as Charles. Charles catches 2 times as much as Chase. All together they have 560 butterflies. How many butterflies does each person have? Please help, I am very confused on how to solve the problem. Thank you! Answered by Penny Nom.
	Todd Matt and Jeff		2016-08-30
		From Lisa: Three brothers spent different amounts of money on their recent vacation. Matt spent $25 less than Todd. Jeff spent 3 times as much as Matt. How much did each brother spend if they spent a total of $275? Check answer required T= Todd Answered by Penny Nom.
	I bought 3 books for $150.00		2016-08-20
		From Shavon: if i bought 3 books for $150.00 and 1 of the books cost 50% more than both other books combined what's the price of the more expensive book? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The ages of 10 children		2016-08-17
		From Diann: Sum total of the ages of 10 children 10 children is 110, what are their ages if all are 2 years apart? thank you Answered by Penny Nom.
	Carlos, Mark, Jeremy, and Alan collect Yugioh cards		2016-08-08
		From justin: Carlos, Mark, Jeremy, and Alan all collect Yugioh cards. Mark has twice as many cards as Jeremy. Carlos has 3 times as many cards as Jeremy, and Alan has collected 12 less than 3 times as many cards as Jeremy. Together the four players have collected 456 cards. How many does each person have? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A train from Erie to New York		2016-07-14
		From carol: a train leaves Erie with twice as many women as men. At York, 17 men get on and 16 women . How many men and women were originally on the train?off. There are now the same number of men as women Answered by Penny Nom.
	Lisa went for a run		2016-07-14
		From Olive: Lisa ran 3km north and then 4 km east what was her total distance Answered by Penny Nom.
	Dimes and pennies		2016-04-26
		From Renae: Charity has 42 more pennies than dimes. Hope has 7 times as many pennies than dimes. Hope and Charity have the same number of dimes. Together they have $5.46. How many dimes and pennies do each have? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Mrs. Gibson has 3 children		2016-04-12
		From MJ: Mrs. Gibson has 3 children. The older ones are twins. The youngest one is 3 years younger than the twins. If the sum of their ages is 102, how old is the youngest one? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A road trip word problem		2016-04-10
		From Marc: While on a road trip I imagined this random word problem. Suppose I start a trip of 75 miles. My initial speed is 75 miles per hour. After every mile traveled I decrease my speed by one mile per hour. After the first mile I decrease my speed to 74 miles per hour and so on for each subsequent mile traveled. How long will it take to complete the 75 mile journey? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Biking and jogging		2016-03-17
		From alondra: Ricky went on a bike ride. After 6 miles he got a flat tire and had to jog home. He jogs 3mph slower than he bikes, so the jog took 1 hour longer than the bike ride. At what rate did he travel each way? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The perimeter of a rectangle		2016-03-17
		From Linda: Noel correctly adds the length of three sides of a rectangle and gets 88 cm her brother Ryan correctly adds the lengths of three sides of the same rectangle and gets 80cm. What is the number of cm in the perimeter of the rectangle Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2016-02-27
		From KRK: amrutha thinks of a number, multiplies it by 5 & 6, devides the result by 3 and takes away the number first thought of to get an answer 36. find out the number Answered by Penny Nom.
	Todd is 3 years older than his brother Jack		2016-02-13
		From Victoria: Todd is 3 years older than his brother Jack. If Jack is x years old and Todd is y years old, write a rule that relates their ages over time. When Jack is 28 years old, how old will Todd be? Answered by Penny Nom.
	38 is what percent of 400?		2016-02-07
		From chris: 38 is what percent of 400? Answered by Penny Nom.
	When will Scott and Jill have earned the same amount?		2016-02-04
		From kalia: Scott starts with $10 and earns $5 and hour. Jill starts with $40 and earns $3 and hour. when will the two have the same amount of money in the same hours? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two increases of 20%		2016-01-27
		From Z: How do I find how many books are in a library given a problem like this... The number of books increase after buying 20% more in May. The number increased again by 20% after they were given 300 books. How many books did it start with?. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two increases of 20%		2016-01-27
		From Z: How do I find how many books are in a library given a problem like this... The number of books increase after buying 20% more in May. The number increased again by 20% after they were given 300 books. How many books did it start with?. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rectangular enclosure		2016-01-15
		From Amber: A rancher wants to use 300ft of fencing to enclose a rectangular area of 4400 square feet. What dimensions should the rectangle be? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangular shaped garden		2016-01-13
		From Demetrie: Dwayne's garden is triangle-shaped with two equal sides and a third side that is 4 ft more than the length of an equal side. If the perimeter is 49 ft, how long is the longest side? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Sue's favourite number		2016-01-12
		From Maria: This is my son's homework. He is 7. Can you help? Sue has a favourite number. It is an even number. It has 3 digits. The digits add up to 15. Find 10 numbers that could be Sue's number? Answered by favourite number.
	Three consecutive integers		2016-01-07
		From ronn: Three consecutive integers whose sum is 186 Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two transport companies		2016-01-06
		From Brynleigh: The Sugar Sweet Company will choose from two companies to transport its sugar to market. The first company charges $5096 to rent trucks plus an additional fee of $200.75 for each ton of sugar. The second company charges $5500 to rent trucks plus an additional fee of $175.50 for each ton of sugar. For what amount of sugar do the two companies charge the same? What is the cost when the two companies charge the same? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A ratio word problem		2016-01-06
		From Nina: The length and the width of the rectangle is in the ration 5:3. Its area is 375m2. Find its perimeter. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A troublesome word problem		2015-12-28
		From Linda: James is now 3/5 John's age. Three years ago, he was 1/2 John's age. Three years from now, he will be 2/3 John's age. How old are they now? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A bus trip		2015-12-15
		From Michelle: I do not know what equation(s) should be used in order to obtain the answer(s) to this word problem. A bus was rented for a trip, the cost was dived equally amongst the passengers. During the trip, someone mentioned that if there were 9 more passengers, they would have paid each 5$ less. Another mentioned that if there were 6 less passengers, they would have each paid 5$ more. What is the cost of renting the bus and how much must each passenger pay. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem with percentages		2015-12-05
		From Caedryn: After giving 25% of her stickers away, May had 50% as many stickers as Rose. If they had 200 stickers altogether at first, how many stickers did Rose have? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The dimensions of a rectangle		2015-09-25
		From Erick: A rectangular strip of land has a perimeter of 124meters and an area of 385 square meters. Find its possible dimensions Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2015-09-17
		From Suszanne: Multiplying a number by x yields the same result as dividing the number by 0.125. What is the value of x? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The weight of a pumpkin		2015-09-01
		From Lisa: A pumpkins weighs 10 pounds plus half of 10 pounds plus half it's own weight, what does the pumpkin weigh? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Working backwards		2015-08-27
		From Heather: Tom took a collection of tiles from a box. Sue took 13 and Bob took half of those remaining. Tom had 11 left. How many did they start with? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The distance between two boats		2015-07-26
		From mohammad: Two boats leave the same dock at the same time,one traveling due east at 10 mph and the other due north at 24mph,how many miles apart are the boats after 3hours ? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Mary, Julie and Peter when on a trip		2015-07-10
		From Edward: How do you solve and set up a problem where: Mary pays one third of the cost of a trip, Julie paid half of what Mary paid, and Peter paid the remaining $75, Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2015-05-08
		From JAMES: A businessman bought a number of similar articles for a total of sh. 6000. Three of the articles turned out to be defective with no resale value. He sold the remaining articles at 12.5% each above the cost price making a total profit of sh 480. How many articles had he bought? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem with fractions		2015-04-23
		From Cecilia: if one third of a pole is red, one quarter is white and 15m is black what is the height of the entire pole Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem with fractions		2015-04-09
		From Lorraine: If the numerator of a certain fraction is doubled and the denominator is increased by 1, the fraction becomes 1/2. If the numerator of the original faction is squared and the denominator is decreased by 2, the fraction becomes equal to 1. Let x be the numerator and let y be the denominator of the original fraction. Write down two simultaneous equation in x and y. Solve these equations to find two possible values for the given fraction. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Olivia and Ray walk to school		2015-03-12
		From Rebeccah: Olivia and Ray walk to school. Olivia walks 1/4 of a mile to school. Her walk is 2/3 of the distance that walks Ray to school. What is the total distance,in miles,that Ray walks to school? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem with fractions		2015-02-11
		From Omokayode: A vehicle tank was 3/5 full of petrol. When 21 litres of fuel was added it was 5/6 full. How many litres of petrol can the tank hold? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A fence post problem		2015-02-08
		From Nicole: In Susan's rectangular garden plot, she put 12 posts on the long sides and 8 posts on the short sides. How many posts did she use altogether? (The answer is not 40.) Answered by Penny Nom.
	Russell is 6 years older than Samantha		2015-01-26
		From Kelli: Russell is 6 years older than Samantha. In 4 years the sum of their ages will be 78. How old is Russell now? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A trip to Ottawa from Toronto		2014-12-22
		From Kristy: A trip to Ottawa from Toronto will take 4 1/2 hours. Assuming we are 2/3 the way there, how much longer will the trip take? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Mark's book case		2014-11-24
		From anne: mark has 312 books in his case. he has 11 times as many fiction books as non fiction books. how many fiction books does mark have? Answered by Penny Nom.
	An age related word problem		2014-11-18
		From Cole: Susan and Russell are brother and sister. Susan says that in two years she will be twice Russell's current age. Russell says that he's only three years younger than Susan. How old is each of the siblings? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Jason's speed		2014-10-31
		From jason: the speed of Jason is 12 times faster than everyone. The speed of Jason is 108mph. Write the equation and solve to find the speed of everyone else. Answered by Penny Nom.
	What is the speed of the boat in still water?		2014-10-30
		From Adam: The current in a stream moves at a speed of 2 km/h. A boat travels 38 km upstream and 38 km downstream in a total time of 3 hr. What is the speed of the boat in still water? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A 10-foot piece of PVC pipe		2014-10-21
		From David: A plumber has a 10-foot piece of PVC pipe. How many 9/5-foot pieces can be cut from the 10-foot piece ? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A second grade word problem		2014-09-09
		From Beth: How do I explain to my second grader how to find the answer to the problem: My tens digit is 8 more than my ones digit. My ones digit can not be zero. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem with fractions		2014-08-01
		From nathanielcabalan: The denominator of a fraction is one more than the numerator. If the numerator is increased by three, the resulting fraction is one more than the original fractional. Find the original fraction. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem concerning averages		2014-07-26
		From Bernie: The average weight of a team of children is 50kg, Todd who weighs 56 kg then joins the team. The average weight of the new team is 51. How many children in the original team? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem with fractions		2014-05-30
		From shadab: A container of milk is 4/5 full. When 10l milk is poured into it, the container becomes 9/10 full. What is the capacity of the container ? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem with fractions		2014-05-23
		From Tanzeela: There are 1200 pupils in a school. 2/3 of them are girls. 1/4 of the boys are overweight. How many boys are overweight? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Travelling upstream and downstream		2014-05-12
		From Mohanad: Howie Sorkin can travel 8 miles upstream in the same time it takes him to go 12 miles downstream. His boat goes 15 mph in still water. What is the rate of the current? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangular chicken pen		2014-04-27
		From Cierra: Margaret has two lengths of fence, 20 meters and 24 meters, for two sides of a triangular chicken pen. The third side will be on the north side of the barn. One fence length makes a 75° angle with the barn. How many different pens can she build if one fence is attached at the corner of the barn? What are all the possible lengths for the barn side of the pen? Not sure what they are asking here... please show step by step what to do! Thank you so much! Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two rectangular prisms		2014-04-10
		From hannah: two rectangular prisms have a combined volume of 432 cubic feet Prism A has half the volume prism b has what are the volumes of prism a and prism Answered by Penny Nom.
	3/4lbs of nails fills a container 2/3 full		2014-04-04
		From Tyler: If 3/4lbs of nails fills a container 2/3 full, then how many lbs of nails will fill the container? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem with fractions		2014-03-26
		From lois: a man has a stack of boards, he cuts 3/5 off each board, after he cuts the boards he finds he has enough pieces left to make 4 boards the length of the original boards. how many boards did he start with. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Justin and his father went fishing		2014-03-26
		From Confused: Justin and his father went fishing and together caught 12 fish. Three times the number of fish that Justin caught exceeds 12 by as much as 5 times the number that his father caught exceeds 8. How many fish did each catch? Answered by Harley Weston.
	Ms. Werenich's nickels, dimes and quarters		2014-03-19
		From London: Ms. Werenich has twice as many dimes as nickels and 4 more quarters than nickels. If she has $4.50, how many of each coin does she have? What would the let statements be of this problem and can you solve it? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Find two numbers with a sum of -8 and a difference of 4		2014-03-19
		From Elisabeth: Find two numbers with a sum of -8 and a difference of 4. Let x be the greater number and y be the lesser number. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Three consecutive whole numbers		2014-03-13
		From Abhishek: Three consecutive whole numbers are such that if they be divided by 5,3 and 4 respectively, the sum of the quotient is 40. What are the numbers? Answered by Chris Fisher.
	The ratio of boys to girls is 5:3		2014-03-10
		From jane: The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the concert hall is 5:3. After additional 28 boys entered the concert hall, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls become 3:1 How many girls are their in the concert hall? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2014-03-09
		From Joanne: Ashley weighs 5kgs more than Joyce. Their total weight is 41 kgs. What is the weight of Ashley? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2014-02-23
		From Anh: The Texas State Legislature is comprised of state senators and state representatives. The sum of the number of senators and representatives is 181. There are 119 more representatives than senators. How many senators and how many representatives make up the Texas Legislature? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem with fractions		2014-02-23
		From alex: In a certain fraction the number by n the denominator is greater than the number by3.If 2 is added to both the numerator and denominator ,the fraction is increased by 6/35..Find the fraction. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A fountain surrounded by a walk		2014-02-18
		From Maddie: A square Water Fountain is Surrounded by a walk 2 yards wide. If the Area of the Fountain is 2/3 of the total area of the Fountain and the Walk. What are the Outside Dimensions of the Walk Answered by Penny Nom.
	Some mixed nuts		2014-02-12
		From Andrew: How many kg of mixed nuts that contain 30% peanuts must Paul add to 6kg of mixed nuts that contain 38% peanuts to make a mixture that contains 33% peanuts? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2014-02-11
		From cyril: In a rectangle,the length is 1.5 times the breadth.if the length is shortened by 3 m and the breadth is lengthened by 3 m, the rectangle will be a square. Calculate the dimensions of the rectangle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Pizza for 24		2014-02-07
		From Delaney: if 8 people eat 2/3 of a honey chicken pizza how many pizzas are need to feed 24? How is this problem solved. Thank you! Answered by Penny Nom.
	The dimensions of a room		2014-02-01
		From jenna: The length of a rectangular room is 2m more than the width. Find the dimensions if the perimeter of the room is 34m Answered by Penny Nom.
	Problem solving		2014-01-24
		From ngozi: There are 4 children in the Owens family. Jamie 1 1/2 times as all as Kelly and he is 6 inches taller than Olivia. Sammy is 56 inches tall, which is 2 inches taller than Olivia. Find Jamie's height Answered by Penny Nom.
	Kate, Tess and Nina		2014-01-23
		From Sam: Kate is 16 yrs. younger then Tess. Nina is 8 yrs.older then Kate. The sum of their ages is 189. How old is each? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Mark's books		2014-01-18
		From Jason: Mark has 312 books in his bookcases he has 11 times as many fiction books as nonfiction books how many fiction books does mark have? 26 212 286 301 Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two tuna boats		2014-01-09
		From amanda: Two tuna boats start from the same port at the same time, but they head in opposite directions. The faster boat travels 10 knots per hour faster than the slower boat. At the end of 8 hours, they were 272 nautical miles had each boat traveled by the end of the 8 hour period? Answered by Penny Nom.
	4 children		2013-12-31
		From hope: 4 children; Peter is 7 years old & is 4 years younger than Dave. Dave is 9 years older than Paul. Paul is 11 years younger than Frances. Please list the children in order from oldest to youngest?! thank you and anxiously await your answer, Hope Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2013-12-08
		From Malissa: I am attempting to help my son with his math word problem, please help thank you . Kylie and Ethan kept scrapbooks of their grandfather's stories from world war II. Kylie has 6 more than half the number of pages Ethan has. If Kylie has 21 pages in her scrapbook, how many pages are in Ethan's scrapbook? Answered by Penny Nom.
	People on a bus		2013-11-28
		From jeric: 3/10 of the passenger in a bus were men, 2/7 of the remainder were women and the rest were children, if there were 50 passengers in the bus, how many more children than women were there? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Three roommates share the rent		2013-11-23
		From Cortlin: Because of different bedroom sizes, three roommates decide to split the rent this way: Roommate A pays 75% as much as B does, and C pays 40% as much as B does. What fractional part and percent of the rent does each roommate pay? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Together, Tom and Max have 72 football cards		2013-10-21
		From Maureen: Together, Tom and Max have 72 football cards. Tom has 2 more than 4 times as many cards as Max has. How many football cards does Tom Have? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Peter bought pizza and drinks		2013-10-19
		From sd: Peter spent $30 on pizza and 3/4 of the remainder on drinks. He has 2/9 of the original amount left. How much had he at first? Answered by Penny Nom.
	What the dog weighs		2013-10-17
		From linda: Sam has a dog and rabbit together they weigh 104 lbs the dog weighs 12 times more then the rabbit what is the dogs weight Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2013-09-05
		From Thomas: I'm trying to help my 9th grade child with their homework. The problem is the Length of a rectangle is twice as long as it is wide. The perimeter is 68m. Find It's length and width Answered by Penny Nom.
	How many nickles do you have?		2013-09-04
		From Monica: You have 15 more dimes than nickels. If you have $2.55, how many nickels do you have? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Golden Ratio		2013-08-26
		From Mark: Please Help. I'm trying to help my Child and I have no clue on this math question. Rectangular shapes with a length to width ratio of approximately 5 to 3 are pleasing to the eye. The ratio is know as the golden ratio. A designer can us the expression 1/3(5w) to find the length of such a rectangle with width 6 inches. Answered by Robert Dawson and Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2013-07-29
		From Gontsejalo: Your firm held a dance competition. 900 people attended the dance competion.The cost of admission was 20rand per person and 30,50rand per couple.Twice as mant 20rand tickets as 30,50rand tickets were sold.find the amount of money obtained from the tickets sales Answered by Penny Nom.
	Ann has a bag of marbles.		2013-07-25
		From Carmen: Ann has a bag of marbles. she gave one half to her friend Tina and then one third to her friend Tom. Now left with 15. How many did she had originally? Answered by Robert Dawson and Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2013-05-03
		From Shaneaya: Keikio spent the day bird watching and counted 34 more birds in the morning than in the afternoon. If she counted a total of 76 birds, how many birds did she count in the afternoon? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The dimensions of a rectangle		2013-03-19
		From stephanie: the length of a rectangle is 5m more than twice its width, and the area of the rectangle is 88m^2 find the demensions of the rectangle Answered by Penny Nom.
	Driving a rental car		2013-03-13
		From teresa: Driving a rental car x miles cost y= 0.25x + 25 dollars. (a) How much would it cost to rent the car but not drive it? (b) How much does it cost to drive the car 1 additional mile? (c) What is the y-intercept of y= 0.25x + 25? What does it represent? (d) What is the slope of y= 0.25x + 25? What does it represent? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A trig word problem		2013-02-18
		From Amy: Susan notices an unusual rock formation at an angle of 30 degrees to the right of her direction of travel as she is white water rafting. as she continues in a relatively straight path for 20 m, the rock formation appears to be at 45 degrees to the right. she cotninues until the rock formation is directly to her right. how far is she fromt he rock formation? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Chocolate bars and puzzles		2013-02-15
		From sandy: Alan bought a box of puzzle and two bar of chocolate for $28. Jan bought 3 boxes of puzzle and a bar of chocolate similar to Alan for $69. a) Find the cost of a box of puzzle b) Find the cost of a bar of chocolate Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem involving toys		2013-02-14
		From sandy: Each boy gets 5 toys.Each girl gets 3 toys.There are 150 pupils. The boys had 74 more toys than girls. How many boys? How many girls? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The height of an aerial		2013-02-12
		From ASIT: A vertical aerial stands on a horizontal ground. A surveyor positioned due east of the aerial measures the elevation of the Top as 48 degree. He moves due south 30metre and measure the elevation as 44 degree. determine the height of the aerial Answered by Penny Nom.
	A cubical shipping container		2013-02-12
		From Chantel: The length, width and height of a cubical shipping container are all decreased by 1.0 ft, thereby decreasing the volume of the cube by 37 ft3(feet-cubed) What was the volume of the original container? (recall: volume of cube with a side length x=x3) Define the variable, write a quadratic equation and solve by factoring. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Brian is x years old		2013-02-06
		From Sabrina: Brian is x years old. Peter is 4 years older than Brian. Amy is 2 years younger than Brian. The total of their ages is 26 years. Work out the value of x. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A geometry word problem		2013-01-24
		From Matthew: "G", "A" and "B" are collinear. "A" is between "G" and "B". "GA" Is 14 less than 3 times "AB". "GB"=46 Find "GA" How would you solve this? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Mark has 312 books		2012-12-07
		From paul: Mark has 312 books. He has 11 times as many fiction books as non fiction books. How many fiction books does he have? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A path around a pond		2012-11-16
		From bailey: hi there, A circular pond is surrounded by a path 1 metre wide. The area of the path is 1/4 of the area of the pond. Find the radius of the pond. Thanks Answered by Penny Nom.
	What's your secret?		2012-11-11
		From ryan: Tuscan school has a fair. At the fair, Pia plays "what's your secret? The game starts with 3 players who are told the same secret. Each of those 3 players tells another 3 player, and so on. At the end of the 3rd round, everyone who knows the secret will compare what they have heard. What number in exponent form represents the number of people who know the secret after 3 rounds? How many people is that? Thank you very much. P.S. I got 3 cube. which is 27 But when i map it out I end up with 39. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Joe and Chris each bought a six pack of cola		2012-11-01
		From Loulou: Joe and Chris each bought a six pack of cola. Joe gave 2/3 of his away and Chris gave half as many as Joe. how many more colas did Chris have than Joe Answered by Penny Nom.
	Frosting a three layer cake		2012-10-30
		From johnathan: Each layer of a 3 layer cake is a cylinder with height 7.5 cm. The bottom layer has diamegter 25 cm. The middle layer has dimegter 22.5 cm. The top layer has diameter 20 cm. The surface of the cke is frosted. What area of the cake is frosted. I get 1695.56 but the answer in the book is 2081.3 Answered by Penny Nom.
	birdhouse in the shape of a rectangular prism		2012-10-29
		From Tiffany: Hello, I am Tiff M. from NYC. I was solving a math problem about adding,subtracting,multiplying or dividing fractions and mixed numbers. I am not getting this question below. * Laura is building a birdhouse in the shape of a rectangular prism. The base of the birdhouse has an area of 5 square inches. The height of the birdhouse is 2 7/12 inches. Laura calculated the volume of the bird house to be 10 7/12in. Is she correct? If not, what did she do wrong? Answered by Robert Dawson.
	Forming an algebraic expression		2012-10-27
		From ashley: A sidewalk has a constant width W and comprises several short sections having lengths 12, 14,and 10 feet. How do I find the simplified expression that gives the number of square feet of sidewalk? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Whites and Sulphurs butterflies		2012-10-19
		From Arlene: The Whites and Sulphurs are one major family of butterflies. There are about 720 varieties. Eleven times more Whites and Sulphurs live outside North America, mostly tropical Asia and Africa, than live inside North America. How many of this family of butterflies live in North America? How many live in the rest of the world? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Walking home from school		2012-10-15
		From margie: My sister can walk from school to home in 40 minutes. I can walk from school to home in 30 minutes. Today I stayed for some extra help, and my sister was already 2/5 of the way home when I started. If I walk at my usual speed, can I catch my sister before she gets home? If yes exactly what fraction of the trip have we covered when I catch her? If no exactly what fraction of the trip have I covered when my sister gets home? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A 2-digit number		2012-08-23
		From patty: Write the 2-digit number that matches the clues. My number has a tens digit that is 8 more than the ones digit. Zero is not one of my digits. My number is Answered by Penny Nom.
	Problem solving		2012-08-15
		From Sugavanas: If length of a rectangle exceeds its width by 5 m. if the width is increased by 1m and the length is decreased by 2 m, the area of the new rectangle is4 sq m less than the area of the original rectangle. Find the dimensions of the original rectangle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A 4 digit number		2012-08-09
		From May: The number is given as ABCD. The first digit is a quarter of the last digit. The second digit is one less than the first digit. When the number ABCD is multiplied by four its digits appear in the reverse order. None of the digits are the same. What is the number. Pleas help because my child need help and I can not do this. Thank you. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The difference between two numbers is 7.		2012-08-09
		From May: The difference between two numbers is 7. When the two numbers are multiplied the answer is 60. How do I work out the two numbers,I tried solving for one unknown and substitution and can not do it. Pleas show me how to do this. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Buying school supplies		2012-03-09
		From Jada: Hi, my daughter is having difficulties with a problem she is in the 5th grade, and insisted that it was a guess and check problem, but she really doesn't understand, and I don't either. Can you help us out? Danielle is buying school supplies. She has $7.25 to spend. Notebook: $0.75 Pencils: $1.95 Pens: $2.50 Planner: $5.00 Please help by explaining the guess and check strategy for a problem like this. Thank you. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Tina is older than Catherine by 1 year and 7 months		2012-03-03
		From jennifer: Tina is older than Catherine by 1 year and 7 months. Karen is younger than Tina by 2 years and 11 months. If Karen is 7 years and 2 months old, find out Catherine's age. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The 10000th day of her life		2012-02-21
		From derrick: Ella was born early in the morning on a Friday.She got married on the 10000th day of her life. What day of the week was it? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Tim sells 6 times as many oranges as apples		2012-02-20
		From Bronwen: Tim sells 6 times as many oranges as apples. If he sell 490 in total one morning, how many of each type were sold? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Demarkus is paving a new driveway		2012-02-19
		From Anita: Demarkus is paving a new driveway for a local YMCA volunteer club. The driveway is 90 yards long and 6 yards wide. If the concrete cost $2.50 per square foot, how much will it cost Demarkus to cover the driveway? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Margie threw a ball		2012-02-16
		From mary: at 9:45 Margie threw a ball upwards while standing on a platform 35ft above the ground. The height after t seconds follows the equation: h(t)= -0.6t^2 +72t+35 a) what will be the maximum height of the ball? b)how long will it take the ball reach its maximum height?? Answered by Harley Weston.
	A word problem		2012-02-15
		From Bo: Jane guessed a number. Tom guessed a number that was double the sum of 1 more than twice the number guessed by Jane. Sum of the numbers guessed by both were 27, what are the numbers? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Four apples and two oranges cost Rs. 30...		2012-01-13
		From nasr: Four apples and two oranges cost Rs. 30, and one apple and 3 oranges costs Rs.15.How much does each apple and each oranges cost? Answered by Harley Weston.
	The dimensions of a rectangle		2011-11-11
		From Ivan: The length of a rectangle is 31 centimeters less than five times its width. Its area is 72 sq centimeters. Find the dimensions of the rectangle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The end of a swimming pool		2011-10-17
		From Jim: "The end of a swimming pool is a rectangle inclined 45° to the horizontal. The edge at the surface is 12 feet long and the submerged edge is 10 feet long. Could you draw a diagram for me ? I don't understand the Problem. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Expanding the size of a table		2011-10-16
		From Ericka: You are working as a carpenter in an industrial Shop. A customer came to you and inquired about the size of the table which would be fitted in her room. She informed you that she had already a 1.5 x 1m table in her room but she wanted to maximize the space by adding the same amount to is length and width. She is planning to occupy a 3 square meter place on her room for her to work comfortably. She is requesting you a written recommendation before she asked to make a table. What amount should be added to both sides to maximize a 3 square meter area? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Twice an even number		2011-10-10
		From Ron: The number of dollars that Tracy has in her pocket is an odd number. Hal gave Tracy $2 more than she already had in her pocket. The number of dollars Tracy now has cannot be _________. a) $60 b) $62 c) $64 d) 68 Answered by Penny Nom.
	What is the speed of the boat in still water?		2011-10-07
		From Hannah: The speed of a stream is 3 mph. A boat travels 10 miles upstream in the same time it takes to travel 16 miles downstream. What is the speed of the boat in still water Answered by Penny Nom.
	Linear equations		2011-10-06
		From Hannah: I am confused about a question on my homework, here is an example on what I need to do: You own a sightseeing boat tour. Kids' admission costs $5, adults' admission costs $8. During that day you get (made-up number) $521 with 71 admissions. How many of each passenger boarded? I tried something like 5x + 8y = 521 x + y = 71 But, I still don't understand how to solve it! Help? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The cost of petrol		2011-08-26
		From Sam: Hi, i'm confused about this question from my textbook, here goes: The cost of petrol for a 240 km journey for a car which runs 12 km on each litre of petrol is $24. What would be the cost of petrol for a 500 km journey for a van which runs 11km on each litre of petrol? please answer in detail and thanks in advance :) Answered by Penny Nom.
	How tall is the pole?		2011-05-27
		From cynthia: 20 foot rope is tied 2 feet from the top of a pole and secured 8 feet from the base of the pole....How tall is the pole? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Deciding where to bowl		2011-04-29
		From ella: the bowling alley on wedge street charges $5.50 for shoe rentals plus $2.50 per game. lawerence bowing alley charges $4.00 shoe rentals and $3.00 per game . how many games should they bowl to make wedge street cheaper than lawerence street Answered by Penny Nom.
	Dividing the profits		2011-04-19
		From Tracy: I need to know how to come up with the answers to the following problems. I need to be able to show my work. So can you help me on how to come up with the answers to questions like these. Thanks. Three individuals form a partnership and agree to divide the profits equally. X invests $9,000, Y invests $7,000, Z invests $4,000. If the profits are $4,800, how much less does x receive compared to having the profits divided in proportion to the amounts invested by X, Y, and Z? In printing an article of 48,000 words, a printer decides to use two sizes of type. Using the larger type, a printed page contains 1,800 words. Using a smaller type, a page contains 2,400 words. The article is allotted 21 full pages in a magazine. How many pages must be in smaller type? ___________ thank you Answered by Penny Nom.
	Tony and his friends		2011-03-21
		From Mieke: Using the following statements and the information given, how much money did each friend have. Mike says, "I have $41.00 more than Tony." Jessica says, "I have 6 times as much as Tony plus $2.00." Ashley says, "I have 13 times the amount Tony has." Sara says, "I have the 8 times the amount Tony has." The total together they had was $304.00 Answered by Penny Nom.
	A verbal problem		2011-03-20
		From tom: mrs. jhonson planned to spend $78 for fabric to make draperies. She found her fabric on sale at 20% less per yard than she expected and was able to buy her drapery fabric plus 4 extra yards for bedspread for $83.20. how much fabric had she planned to buy and what was the original cost per yard? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	How much per ft. does it cost?		2011-03-14
		From Linda: 350 lbs. of coil at $1.80 per lb equals $630. each coil is 780 ft. how much per ft. does it cost? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2011-02-26
		From Barb: there are five times as many children as adult at a playground. There are 60 people on the playground. write an algebra equation that represents this situation. Be sure to define your variables.(start with statement "Let X= ___") Answered by Penny Nom.
	Tom has 12 times as much money as Bill		2011-02-18
		From Chris: Tom has 12 times as much money than Bill. Together they have $325 dollars. How much does each boy have? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	What is the 6001st digit that Sam wrote?		2011-02-15
		From Sarah: Sam wrote the natural numbers from 1 to 5280 in order. What is the 6001st digit that Sam wrote? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Throwing a football		2011-02-08
		From Janet: a football is thrown into the air from 2 meters high. After 1 second it is 6.9 meters high. After another second it is 2 meters high. How high is it after 1.02 seconds and .05 seconds? when will it reach 5.136 meters? I am not sure how to extract the numbers I need and what equations to use them in? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	The area of a rectangle		2011-01-31
		From T.S.: for which value of w does the rectangle below have an area of 864 square units if sides are width=w+15 and length=w-15 Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rectangle		2011-01-16
		From meg: if a rectangle has a length that is 3cm less than 4 times its width and its perimeter is 19cm, what are the dimension? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Matt is thinking of two numbers		2011-01-14
		From mary: Matt is thinking of two numbers. One number is 9 more than the other number. The sum of the numbers is 45. What are the numbers? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Fifty votes were cast in a class election		2010-12-03
		From nympha: Fifty votes were cast in class election, Beth got 1/5 of the votes. Helen got as many votes as Jane and Peter put it together. Peter got 1/3 as much votes as Jane. How much votes did each of the four candidates received? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	A box full of oranges		2010-10-28
		From Mary: A box full of oranges weighs 9 pounds. After a family ate 2/3 of the oranges, the remaining oranges and the box weighed 4 pounds. The weight of the box when empty is how many pounds? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two numbers		2010-09-14
		From Sania: math homework help-Felicia is thinking of two numbers. One of them is 2 more than 3 times the other one. The difference between the squares of these numbers is 112. What is the smaller number? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Mrs. Johns graded 121 math tests.		2010-09-10
		From Tums: Mrs. Johns graded 121 math tests. It took her 3 hours to grade all of the tests. Each test took the same amount of time to grade. About how many test did Mrs. Johns grade in 2 hours? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The tires on Helen's new car		2010-06-08
		From Rich: Helen bought a new car with four tires and a full-size spare. If she rotated the tires so that each tire would have the same amount of wear, then how many miles were on each tire when her odometer showed 40,000 miles? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Going to the bike shop		2010-06-07
		From Omi: Marie rode her bicycle from her home to the bicycle shop in town and then walked back home. If she averaged 6 miles per hour riding and 3 miles per hour walking, how far is it from her home to the bicycle shop if her total travel time was 1 hour? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The sum of twice a number and 6 is 8		2010-05-12
		From MAE: THE SUM OF TWICE A NUMBER AND 6 IS 8 . FIND THE NUMBER Answered by Penny Nom.
	The dimensions of a driveway		2010-05-07
		From Josh: Dave and Jane have a new rectangular driveway. The perimeter of the driveway is 168 feet. The length is 12 feet longer than three times the width. What are the dimensions of the driveway? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The width of a picture frame		2010-04-28
		From Daniel: The frame of a picture is 28 cm by 32 cm outside and is of uniform width. What is the width of the frame if 200 cm ^2 shows? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rectangular laundry room		2010-04-28
		From Cynthia: a laundry room is shaped like a rectangle. the area of the room is 6 square yards. the perimeter is 10 yards. The room is longer than it is wide. How wide is the room? How long it the room? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The length and width of a table		2010-04-19
		From Linda: The length of the top of a table is 2 feet longer than 4 times the width. The area is 72m squared. Find the dimensions of the table. Answered by Penny Nom.
	What are the dimensions of the box?		2010-04-13
		From Steven: The longest rod that will just fit inside a rectangular box, if placed diagonally top to bottom, is 17 inches. The box is 1 inch shorter and 3 inches longer than it is wide. How much must you cut off the rod so that it will lie flat in the bottom of the container? What are the dimensions of the box? Answered by Robert Dawson.
	A rectangle problem		2010-04-12
		From Charlene: The ratio of the width to the length of a certain rectangle is equal to the ratio of its length to the difference between its length and twice its width. If the area of the rectangle is 25cm^2, then what are its dimensions? Present a non- algebraic solution? Answered by Tyler Wood.
	The perimeter of a rectangle		2010-04-12
		From Charlene: The area of a rectangle is 390m^2. If its length is increased by 10m and its width is decreased by 6m, then its area does not change. Find the perimeter of the original rectangle. Answered by Tyler Wood.
	Working backwards		2010-04-11
		From adel: alice gave reggie and freddie as much money as each had already.reggie in turn gave alice and friddie as much money as each already had in negotiable treasury notes. freddie gave alice and reggie as much money as they each had. in the end they each had the same sum, 24000.00.how much money did they each in the beginning? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A ratios problem		2010-04-01
		From Jules: 1a) If 2/3 of the boys and 3/4 of the girls at a party are dancing, what is the ratio of boys to girls, if all the dancing couples consist of a boy and girl? b) If the total number of the boys and girls of the party is 153, how many boys are at the party? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Coins in 3 parking meters		2010-03-27
		From Zena: There are 227 coins altogether in 3 parking meters. The second meter has 37 more coins than the first meter. The third meter has twice as many coins as the second. How many coins in each meter? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Gina's weight was 4/7 of Helen's weight		2010-03-14
		From Eileen: At first, Gina's weight was 4/7 of Helen's weight. Then, Gina gained 3kg while Helen lost 6kg. They are the same weight now. What is Helen's weight now? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A red boat and a blue boat		2010-03-13
		From SERENA: Two fishing boats set out at 2pm for some afternoon fishing. Both boats pulled out from the same dock heading in the same direction. The average speed of the blue boat is 30mph slower then twice the speed of the red boat. In two hours, the blue boat is 20 miles ahead of the red boat. Find the rate of the blue boat. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Selling lettuce		2010-03-11
		From Mike: Day 1 started with 80 heads of lettuce and x were sold. Day 2 started with two times the number of heads of lettuce that was left over. Again, only x were sold. Day 3 started with 3 times the number of lettuce from what was left over from day 2 and all was sold. What was the # of lettuce sold on each day? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Redwood Park and Glendale Park		2010-03-05
		From Shaun: Question from Shaun, a student: Redwood and Glendale Parks are each surrounded by 100 yards of fencing. The are of Redwood Park is 25 square yards more than the area of Glendale Park. If both parks are rectangles, what is the measurement of each rectangle? Answered by Harley Weston.
	The area of a new parking lot		2010-03-04
		From nayle: The owner of a parking lot at the beach wants to increase the parking area of the lot. If the owner increases each of the dimensions of the rectangular lot by half its original value, by what factor will the parking lot increase? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two adjacent rectangular dog pens		2010-03-01
		From Janet: Clint is constructing two adjacent rectangular dog pens. Each pen will be three times as long as it is wide, and the pens will share a common long side. If Clint has 65 ft of fencing, what are the dimensions of each pen? Answered by Penny Nom.
	How many CDs and videos did the store sell?		2010-03-01
		From dawn: A used book store started selling CDs and videos. In the first week,the store sold 40 used CDs and videos,at 4.00 per CD and 6.00 per video.The sales for both CDs and videos totaled 180.00 she wrote a system of equations to represent the situation.Then she graph the system of equations thanks- Dawn Answered by Tyler Wood.
	15 men can do a piece of work in 7 days		2010-02-20
		From Kenneth: If 63 books cost $126, what will 125 books cost? If 15 men can do a piece of work in 7 days, in how many days can 21 men do the same work? Answered by Penny Nom.
	What time did susan go to bed?		2010-02-14
		From Sophia: Susan woke up at 7:42 Am to get ready for school. She slept for 10 and 1/3 hours. What time did she go to bed? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Birds and cats		2010-02-13
		From Sophia: While visiting a pet store, you notice that there are only birds and cats in the cages. You can't help but wonder how many of each animal there is in the yard. But when you ask the store manager how many of each animal he has, he refuses to give a direct answer. He says there are 16 animal heads and 42 animal feet. How many birds and cats are there in the pet store? It said to show all your work. Explain in words how you found your answer. Tell why you took the steps you did to solve the problem. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A snail on an elastic band		2010-02-03
		From Joe: A snail starts crawling from one end along a uniformly stretched elastic band. It crawls at a rate of 1 foot per minute. The band is initially 10 feet long and is instantaneously and uniformly stretched an additional 10 feet at the end of each minute. The snail maintains his grip on the band during the instant of each stretch. At what points in time is the snail (a) closest to the far end of the band, and (b) farthest from the far end of the band? Answered by Robert Dawson.
	A piece of string 8 inches long is cut in two pieces		2010-02-02
		From Susan: If you have a piece of string 8 inches long and cut it in two pieces. Then take the pieces and forms each into a square such that the area of each squares added together equals 2. How long are the sides of the squares? Susan Answered by Penny Nom.
	An isosceles triangle		2010-01-28
		From Jazzy: An isosceles triangle is a 2 congruent (equal) sides. Of the third side is three times the length of the congruent side(s), and the perimeter is 75 cm, find the length of all three sides of the triangle Answered by Penny Nom.
	Setting up an algebraic equation		2010-01-18
		From jerry: the 1st of 4 books has twice as many pages as the 3rd. The 2nd book has 30 pages less than the 1st. The 4th has 42 pages more than the 1st and 2nd books combined. there are 567 pages in total. How many pages are in each book. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Cows, pigs and ducks		2010-01-06
		From Eileen: There are 239 cows and pigs in a farm. The total number of cows and ducks in the farm is 767. There are 5 times as many ducks as pigs. If the farmer can sell each duck for $7.50, how much can he collect from the sale of all his ducks? Answered by Robert Dawson.
	Dividing seashells among girls		2010-01-06
		From Eileen: A group of girls collected some seashells from the beach. They tried to divided these seashells equally among them. If each girl received 8 seashells, they would need 5 more seashells. If each girl received 7 seashells, they would have 3 seashells extra. How many seashells did they collect from the beach altogether? Answered by Robert Dawson and Penny Nom.
	The Snail Problem		2009-12-28
		From kishore: A snail starts crawling from one end along a uniformly stretched elastic band. It crawls at a rate of 1 foot per minute. The band is initially 10 feet long and is instantaneously and uniformly stretched an additional 10 feet at the end of each minute. The snail maintains his grip on the band during the instant of each stretch. At what points in time is the snail (a) closest to the far end of the band, and (b) farthest from the far end of the band? Answered by Janice Cotcher.
	A telephone pole on a slope		2009-12-14
		From Marissa: A 10 meter telephone pole casts a 17 meter shadow directly down a slope when the angle of elevation of the sun is 42 degrees. Find the angle of elevation of the ground. Its a law of sines problem. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two adjacent pig pens		2009-12-04
		From alysia: A pig farmer wants to build two adjacent pens using 96 feet of fencing. He wants rectangular pens that share the short side and the overall length is to be six more than twice the width. What should be the dimensions of the overall pen? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The dimensions of a rectangular room		2009-11-26
		From crystal: . The length of a rectangular room is 7 feet longer than its width. The area of the room is 60 feet. What are the dimensions of the room? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Matt has 40 coins		2009-11-18
		From Amy: Matt has 40 coins(nickels, dimes, and quarters). The total amount is $4.05. He has 7 more nickels than dimes. How many quarters does he have? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two movies in one day		2009-11-18
		From jazzy: ann and tim saw two movies in one day.The two movies lasted 4hours long .One movie was an half hour longer than the other .How many hours did the shorter movie run Answered by Penny Nom.
	How many girls are there in the class?		2009-11-18
		From Anisa: There are 30 students in a class. A quarter of the boys ans half of the girls study music, making a total of 11 music students. How many girls are there in the class? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Pennies and dimes		2009-11-11
		From Rachel: Kesha had only pennies and dimes in her change purse. When she counted out her change she had 64 cents/ of she had 6 times as many pennies as she did dimes, how many pennies did she have? Write equation and solve it. Can someone help me with this? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Sarah's age		2009-10-31
		From Kenneth: 2/3 of Mary’s age equals Sarah’s age and 3/4 of Ruth’s age equals Sarah’s age. If the total ages equal 46, how old is each girl? Answered by Claude Tardif.
	Where is the Father?		2009-10-30
		From Jeffrey: A mother is 21 years older than her kid and within 6 years the child will be 5 times younger than the mother. Where is the Father? Jeffrey Answered by Robert Dawson and Claude Tardif.
	Books on a shelf		2009-10-25
		From Julie: a bookshelf is 36 inches long and contains (x) books each (n) inches thick. If each book half an inch thinner, the shelf would hold six more of the same book. What is x/n Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2009-10-24
		From Ryan: Two times one number plus 7 times another number is equal to 17. the first number plus the second number is equal to 25. What are the two numbers? Please Help! Answered by Penny Nom.
	The three angles of a triangle		2009-10-13
		From Michelle: The second angle of a triangular garden is four times as large as the first. The third angle is 45 less than the sum of the other two angles. Find the measure of the other two angles? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Jogging and swimming		2009-09-11
		From Brandon: Trevor swims jogs 3 days and swims every 4 days. How often does he jog and swim on the same day Answered by Leeanne Boehm.
	Nickels and dimes		2009-09-03
		From MATTHEW: mike has 3 times as many nickels as Larry has dimes. Mike has 45 cents more than Larry. How much money does Mike have? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Nickels, dimes and quarters		2009-09-02
		From danielle: In changing a $5 bill, Sarah received nine more dimes than nickles and seven fewer quarters than dimes. How many coins of each type did she receive? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Big and small widgets		2009-08-17
		From Leanne: A machine makes big widgets. Another machine makes small widgets. 3 small widgets have the same mass as 2 big widgets. It takes the same amount of time to make 3 big widgets as it does to make 5 small widgets. The machines start at the same time and make widgets until the total mass of all the widgets made is equal to the mass of 380 small widgets. What is the total number of widgets made? (Please include workings). Answered by Penny Nom.
	A walkway around a flower garden		2009-08-01
		From Barbara: A rectangular flower bed measuring =C2=A0 10 feet by 15 feet =C2=A0 has a surrounding walkway on all sides that measure 186 square feet. How wide is the walkway? Answered by Harley Weston.
	Two word problems		2009-07-31
		From Lee: 1) a student saved $50.25 in one month. at that rate how long will it take the student to save $700? 2) for summer job, martin shampooed rugs. he could finish a 4mx 4m rug in 30 min. his supervisor could finish a similar:smaller rug in 20 min. how long would it take for them to finish the rug if they worked together? Answered by Robert Dawson.
	A father and son problem		2009-07-23
		From yomi: five years ago, a father was 3 times as old as is son, now their combines age's amount 110 years. what is the present age of the father? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Buying pens and staplers		2009-07-22
		From Ellen: one more math question, six pens and four staplers cost $7.10. four pens and seven staplers cost $9.50 find the cost of one pen and one stapler. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Selling fish		2009-07-22
		From Hemantee: A fishmonger bought 150kg of fish. he sold 70%of it at the price of Rs90 per kg and the rest at Rs 75 per kg. he made a profit of 42.5 per cent. how much did he pay for the fish. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The girl guides bake sale		2009-07-20
		From Barbra: here is two questions i need help with, 1.)A toastmasters tea was attended by 550 people. Students paid 75 cents for their tickets, and the adults paid $1.20. if the recipts totaled $525, how many adults and how many students attended? 2.) One cookie and six bars cost $2.00 at the girl guides bake sale. At the same sale, three bars and six cookies cost $2.10. Find the cost of one cookie and the cost of one bar. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The product of two consecutive integers		2009-07-13
		From kelly: the product of two consecutive integers is 9 less than the square of the second integer Answered by Penny Nom.
	Mowing 17 lawns		2009-06-18
		From kevin: I need help setting up a equation to solve the following question: If a gardener can mow 3 lawns in 7 hours, how long should it take him to mow 17 lawns. I can solve the problem, but I don't know how to set up the equation. Answered by Penny Nom.
	An afternoon at the races		2009-05-15
		From garths: A professional gambler was betting at a horse racing afternoon. At the end of the first race he had doubled his money. He bet R30 on the second race and tripled the money he came with. He bet 54 on the third race and quadrupled (4 times) the money he came with. He bet R72 on the fourth race and lost it all. But he still had R48 left. How much money did he take to the race track? Answered by Harley Weston.
	A word problem involving y = mx + b		2009-04-24
		From Devon: I need to put the following question in to y=mx+b form I rent a gym for $150.00 for 30 students. Another time I rent the gym for @270.00 for 70 students. I need to also find a fixed rate. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Nickles and dimes		2009-04-17
		From Emily: a vending machine contains nickels and dime coins which totals an amount of $14.50. There are 95 more nickels than the number of dime coins. How many of each coin does exist? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Three consecutive odd integers		2009-04-02
		From Brian: Find the greatest of three consecutive odd integers if the product of the second and third is 8 more than 13 times the first. Answered by Robert Dawson.
	The height of a mountain peak		2009-03-23
		From james: Can you please help us (my son Jim geometry) out with this problem, we cannot seem to find the correct method of solving, not sure how to solve the scalene triangle with what is given...if that's the correct method?? Can you please explain how this is solved!! Thank you so much, Jim and son ! Answered by Harley Weston.
	Problem solving		2009-03-21
		From susie: the product of a number and 9 increased by 15 is the same as one half of the difference of eight and four times the number. Find the number. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Three consecutive odd integers		2009-03-11
		From Susan: Find three consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the first, twice the second, and three times the third is 70 Answered by Penny Nom.
	Marcia's summer earnings		2009-03-11
		From Yasmine: Marcia saved money by working over the summer. Before school started, she spent 25%of the money of jewelry and then 2/3 of the remaining money on a digital camera. She still had $213 left. How much money did she have before she started shopping? Answered by Robert Dawson and Penny Nom.
	2 types of season passes		2009-03-09
		From Jaquanta: A local water park has 2 types of season passes. Plan A costs a one - time fee of $142 for admission plus $8 for parking every trip. Plan B costs a one - time fee of $56 for parking plus $25 for admission every trip. How many visits must a person make for plan A and plan B to be equal in value? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A walkway through a park		2009-03-07
		From felicia: a diagonal walkway through a park is 18 meters long. If the park is a square, how long is one of its sides to the nearest tenth of a meter? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The angles in a parallelogram		2009-03-03
		From dolly: having a time-with equations inequaltites and problem solving= the sum of the measure of the angles of a parallelogram is 360.anglesa a and d , have the same measure as angle c and d,c is twice the measure of angle a, what is the angle for each. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Collecting an army		2009-02-25
		From bevaz: Question from bevaz, a student: A ruler orders his chamberlain to collect an army from 30 houses. The servant goes to the first house alone and collects one man. At each house after that he takes the same number of men as he has already collected, so at the second house he goes with one other and so on. How many men did he collect in all? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two pages are attendants of a king		2009-02-24
		From Lauren: Two pages are attendants of a king. For their service, one gets 13/6 dinaras a day and the other gets 3/2 dinaras. The first page owes the second 10 dinaras. Calculate when they will have the same amount. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Three people working in pairs		2009-02-21
		From bevaz: A and B can together do a piece of work in 6 days, B and C together in 20 days and C and A in 7.5 days. how long will they require separately for the work? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Washing the dishes		2009-02-20
		From rm: a woman washing a large number of dishes after a meal was asked how many people attended the meal. she did not know but 'every two used a dish of rice between them, every three a dish for soup and every four a dish for meat, and there were 65 dishes in all.' how many people were there? Answered by Robert Dawson.
	A dinner party		2009-02-18
		From will: You are serving 3 different entrees at a party. If 100 guests are having beef, 175 guests are having pasta, and 45 percent of the guests are having chicken how many guests are expected at this party? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Broken vases		2009-02-17
		From JC: Hello, I need help with a question. It is said that a company delivers 1000 vases to a man. It charged $0.40 for every vase safely delivered. But the company had to pay the man $5.10 for each broken glass. If the man paid a total of $383.50 for the delivery, how many vases were broken? Regs. , JC Answered by Penny Nom.
	Frogs and kangaroos		2009-02-16
		From Jenny: Albert, Bernard, Charles, Daniel and Ellie play a game in which each is a frog or kangaroo. Frogs' statements are always false while Kangaroos' statements are alwas true. 1. Albert says that bernard is a kangaroo. 2. Charles says that Daniel is a frog. 3. Ellie says that Alvert is not a frog. 4. Bernard says that Charles is not a kangaroo. 5. Daniel says that Elie and Albert are different kinds of animals. How many frogs are there? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A and B shared some beads.		2009-02-15
		From Nicholas: A and B shared some beads. A gave 1/3 to B, B will have 70 more than A. If A gave 1/5 to B, B would have 10 more than A. A have how many at first ? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A goat in a square paddock		2009-02-10
		From lachlan: A farmer uses a rope to tether a goat to a pole at the corner of a square paddock. The length of one side of the square is 24m. a) If the length of the rope is 12m,what % of the paddock can the goat reach? is the answer 19.62 %? b) If the farmer wants the goat to be able to graze exactly half the area of the paddock, what length must the rope be? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Randy' age and Mandy's age		2009-02-03
		From carolina: Randy is 4 times as old as Mandy, in 12 years, Mandies age is half of Randy's . how old is each now? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Whitney's average test score was 79		2009-01-30
		From dawn: After 5 tests, Whitney's average test score was 79. After she scored 85 on the 6th test. What was her new average? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The dimensions of a pool		2009-01-18
		From denise: a rectangular swimming pool is three times as long as it is wide. if the perimeter of the pool is 320 feet, what are its dimensions Answered by Penny Nom.
	Problem solving with fractions		2009-01-16
		From Linda: Sam and Mary each owned one-half stock in a printing company. Sam sold 2/5 of his stock to Mary. What fractional part of the printing business does Mary now own? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Two methods of payment		2009-01-13
		From adjoa: owen was offered $225.00per week plus 3%on sales, or 15%of sales with no salary. How much must he sell before the second method of payment gives him the highest pay? Express your answer to the nearest dollar. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Lita and Rose start jogging on a 110 m circular track		2009-01-13
		From Narcisa: Lita and Rose start jogging on a 110 m circular track. They begin at the same point, but jog in opposite directions, lita at 8/3 meters per second and rose at 7/3 m per second. Find the number of times they they will pass each other during the first 15 minutes of jogging? Answered by Robert Dawson.
	A T-shirt fundraiser		2009-01-11
		From Andre: Lou's class is selling T-shirts for a fundraiser. The supplier charges 750$ for the initial design and the set-up plus 5$ for each imprinted shirt. The students sell the shirts for 15$ each. a)How many T-shirts do the students need to sell to break even? b)How much profit will the students make if they sell 150 shirts? Answered by Harley Weston.
	Who am I?		2009-01-09
		From daphne: im a 2-digit number less than 85.the sum of my digits is 9.the number in my ones place is twice my tens digit. who am i? Answered by Robert Dawson and Harley Weston.
	What day of the week will it be?		2009-01-09
		From dan: suppose 3 days ago was a wednesday. what day of the week will 365 days from today be? Answered by Robert Dawson.
	Brothers and sisters		2009-01-09
		From Jade: Pat, Joe, Dave,Yoly, Dolor and Alma are three brothers - and sister - pairs who play double tennis. Brother and sister ca not play in the same pair. Pat and Yoly play Dave and Dolor on one day. Dave and Yoly play Joe and Alma on another day. Name each brother - and sister pair, in any order. Answered by Robert Dawson.
	When is Sean's birthday?		2009-01-09
		From Robin: Sean is 4 months older than Tony. Mia is 6 months younger than Tony. If Mia's birthday is in April when is Sean's? Answered by Robert Dawson.
	Eric bought 3 sweaters and 1 pair of pants		2009-01-01
		From maya: eric bought 3 sweaters and 1 pair of pants. Each sweater cost d dollars and the pants cost 20 dollars. Eric spent a total of 95 dollars. The equation below can be used to determine the cost of each sweater. what is the answer? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two rectangular plots have the same area		2008-12-23
		From Jason: Two rectangular plots have the same area. The first has a perimeter of 40m while the second has a length 2m less than the first and a width 1m greater. Find the length and breadth of the first rectangle Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Juanita and Jim each think of a number.		2008-11-18
		From Maria: Juanita and Jim each think of a number. Juanita's number is 8 more than Jim's number. The product of the two numbers is 65. What is Jim's number? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem about a regular pentagon		2008-11-16
		From Sandra: If the area of a regular pentagon is A=1.720a^2, in which a is one of the sides. Find the area of a regular pentagon with a side that measures 50cm. Answered by Chris Fisher and Penny Nom.
	This question needs to be thrown away		2008-11-13
		From ang: I'm a friend trying to help a friend in lower algebra. I feel like this question needs to be thrown away. It's so ill written. Find an mathematical expression/equation: Half of the quotient of the total of a number and negative six and a number less negative six is the ratio of a number to a number more than negative seventeen Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Harley Weston.
	A rectangle is twice as long as it is wide.		2008-11-04
		From Nawal: A rectangle is twice as long as it is wide. If both its dimensions are increased by 4 m, its area is increased by 88 m ^ 2. Find the dimensions of the original rectangle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	How much does Luc pay for his tools??		2008-10-20
		From imran: Luc makes $1 profit on each tool he sells. Marc makes a $2 profit while paying $5 less for his tools than Luc. Marc thus makes $6 more profit for every $100 invested. How much does Luc pay for his tools?? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The break even point		2008-10-03
		From dina: virgin record company has just signed a new artist to its label. They have pais the new group 25000 dollars to record their album and paid each band member 10000 dollars each. The band is not given a commission on each cd sold or downloaded, therefore, each cd sold is profit earned by virgin. How many cd's would they have to sell to break even if this new band has 5 members? Each cd is sold at the price of 20$. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A different approach to a word problem		2008-10-03
		From Kenneth: Sarah's age is 2/3 of Mary's age and 3/4 of Ruth's age. The sum of their ages is 46 years. How old is each? Answered by Penny Nom.
	What is the perimeter of the rectangle?		2008-09-27
		From Pauline: A rectangle has an area of 27 squared inches. the height is 3 times the base What is the perimeter of the rectangle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem with three numbers		2008-09-02
		From Wanda: "Jabari is thinking of three numbers. The greatest number is twice as big as the least number. The middle number is three more than the least number. The sum of the three numbers is 75. Find the numbers." Answered by Victoria West.
	The saddle height on a bicycle		2008-08-31
		From David: The saddle height on a bicycle should be 109% of the inside leg measurement of the rider (http://www.harriscyclery.com). If the saddle height is 37 in., then what is the inside leg measurement? I don't know how to set up the equation if you can teach me how to set it up it would be great thanks Answered by Harley Weston.
	A fraction word problem		2008-08-29
		From Sylvia: The denominator of a fraction is 1 less than 4 times the numerator. If the numerator is doubled and the denominator is increased by 6, the value of the resulting fraction is 2/5. Find the original fraction. Answered by Penny Nom.
	How old are Brett and Jenny ?		2008-08-28
		From Todd: Brett and Jenny are each 10 years old. The sum of their ages is 11. Brett is 5 years older than Jenny. How old are they? Answered by Janice Cotcher and Victiria West.
	Two problems involving reciprocals		2008-08-10
		From Dee: I have a few questions that im have trouble working out... 1. One number is three times another number; if each is increased by 1 the sum of the reciprocals is 10/21. Find the numbers 2.A tank can be filled by 2 pipes together in 6 hours; if the larger pipe alone takes 5 hours less than the smaller to fill the tank, find the time in which each pipe alone would fill the tank Answered by Penny Nom.
	Three consecutive positive integers		2008-07-20
		From AC: find three consecutive positive integers such that the product of the first and third, minus the second, is 1 more than 4 times the third Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two trains		2008-07-07
		From Elisha: Trains at each end of the 50. km long Eurotunnel under the English Channel start at the same time into the tunnel. Find their speeds if the train from France travels 8. km/h faster than the train from England and they pass in 17 minutes. Answered by Janice Cotcher and Penny Nom.
	The sum of the ages of Petra and her mother is 45		2008-04-20
		From Wendy: The sum of the ages of Petra and her mother is 45. Her mother is 12 years more than twice as old as Petra. How old are Petra and her mother? Answered by Leeanne Boehm.
	The dimensions of a rectangle		2008-04-20
		From Brandy: Find the dimensions of a rectangle with a primeter of 54 cm if the length is 5 less than three times the width. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem about numbers		2008-03-24
		From kathy: five times a number minus a second number is 6. The sum of the numbers is 12. find the numbers Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem about a triangle		2008-03-23
		From kathy: The measure of the largest angle of a triangle is twice the measure of the second largest. The measure of the second largest is 20 degrees more than the measure of the smallest. Find the measure of each angle. Answered by Melanie Tyrer.
	Time and a half		2008-03-01
		From Travis: Bill receives time and a half for working overtime. If Bill is paid $55 for each hour of overtime, how much is his regular hourly wage? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	TV watchers on Thursday and Saturday		2008-02-28
		From flor: Thursday is the most watched night on television with 20 million more viewers than Saturday. the total for both nights is 102 million. how many viewers watch on each of these nights? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle problem		2008-02-28
		From Jessica: Triangle ABC Angle C is 3 times angle A angle B is 30 degrees less than angle C what are the measurements of the angles I have the measurements and I have the Equation but I can't figure out quite how to solve it the proper way Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Peg has 12 more cases to unload than Mike		2008-02-20
		From brianda: Peg has 12 more cases to unload than Mike. They have a total of 150 cases to unload. How my cases does each have to unload? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A car goes 15 miles on a gallon of gas		2008-01-26
		From Raven: A car goes 15 miles on a gallon of gas when it goes 50mph. When the car is driven 60mph it only goes 80% as far. How far will it travel on a gallon of gas at 60mph? I solved this two ways: 15 * .80 = 12 It goes only 12 miles or x/60 = 15/50 which is x = 12 This answer in the book is 4/5 * 15 = x. Then x = 12 How did they come up with 4/5? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2008-01-18
		From Marouf: How can you make a word problem for 6 2/3 and solve the word problem? I'm having trouble. Please help Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Two rectangles		2008-01-15
		From Paul: If the smaller dimension of a rectangle is increased by 3 feet and the larger dimension by 5 feet, one dimension becomes 3/5 of the other, and the area is increased by 135 square feet. find the original dimensions Answered by Penny Nom.
	The sum of two numbers is 36		2008-01-14
		From May: The sum of two numbers is 36. Their product is 320. What are the two numbers? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rectangle is three times as long as it is wide.		2007-12-31
		From Robert: A rectangle is three times as long as it is wide. If the length is decreased by 2 cm and the width is increased by 3 cm, the new rectangle has an area of 42 cm. What are the dimensions of the original rectangle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Three workers working together		2007-12-18
		From Rajesh: Worker A can do a piece of work in 15 days, worker B in 12 days, and worker C in 10 days. Worker A works 2 days, worker B 3 days, and worker C 3 days. In what time can worker A and worker B finish the job by working together? Answered by Penny Nom.
	How many houses must they paint?		2007-12-12
		From Natalie: The question is: Four boys work together,painting houses for the summer.For each house they paint they get 256 pounds. If they work for four months of the summer and their expenses are 152 pounds per a month, how many houses must they paint for each of them to have one thousand pounds at the end of the summer? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Find the perimeter of the original rectangle.		2007-12-11
		From Hannah: The area of a rectangle is 360 square meters. If the rectangle's length is increased by 10 meters and the width is decreased by 6 meters, its area does not change. Find the perimeter of the original rectangle. Answered by Melanie Tyrer.
	Red hens and white hens		2007-11-18
		From Rapin: In 15 days, 4 white hens and 3 red hens lay eggs equal to 3 white hens and 5 red hens lay eggs in 12 days , how many days that white hens can lay eggs the same amount as red hens lay eggs in 20 days ? Answered by Steve La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	A quadratic function word problem		2007-11-12
		From liz: A kernal of popcorn contains water that expands when the kernal is heated, causing it to pop. The equations below give the "popping volume"y(in cubic centimeters per gram) of popcorn with moisture content x(as a percent of the popcorn's weight). hot air popping: y = -0.761x^2 + 21.4x-94.8 hot oil popping: y = -0.652x^2 + 17.7x -76.0 A) for hot air popping, what moisture content maximizes popping volume? What is the maximum volume? B) For hot oil popping, what mositure content maximizes popping volume? What is the maximum volume? C) the moisture content of popcorn tyipcally ranges from 8% to 18%. Graph the equations for hot air and hot oil popping on the interval 8 less then or equal to x and less then or equal to 18. D) Based on the graphs from part(c), what general statement can you make about the volume of popcorn produced from hot air popping verus hot oil popping for any moisture content in the interval8 less then or equal to x and less then or equal to 18. Answered by Penny Nom.
	I have 23.50 in quarters and dimes		2007-11-09
		From hannah: i have 23.50 in quarters and dimes. if i have 15 more dimes than two times the amount of quarters i have, how many coins do i have total? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A rectangular-shaped bedroom		2007-11-08
		From Svitlana: Professor Reissig is doing renovations on one of the rectangular-shaped bedrooms in his house. He is putting up a border around the room. The room’s length is seven feet more than two-thirds of its width. The area of this bedroom is one hundred eighty square feet. If the border costs $1.25 per six inches, what is the minimum cost for the border? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Chris has twice as many $1 bills as pennies		2007-11-02
		From vicky: Chris has twice as many $1 bills as pennies, twice as many dimes as he has $10 bills, and twice as many pennies as he has dimes. How much money does he have? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The length of a rectangle is twice the width		2007-10-26
		From Tami: The length of a rectangle is twice the width. The number of square units in it's arear is four times the number of units in it's perimeter. What are the dimensions of the rectangle? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The dimensions of a rectangle		2007-10-14
		From Elizabeth: The perimeter of a rectangle is 20m. The area is 20sqm. Calculate the dimensions of the rectangle. Give your answers correct to two decimal places. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Nickels, dimes and pennies		2007-10-14
		From tom: you have $1.00 and 1/5 of it is dimes, 2/15 is nickels, and 2/3 is pennies. How many coins of each are there. how do i set it up to solve this problem. thanks, tom Answered by Penny Nom.
	How many students attended the get-together?		2007-10-11
		From Diane: Some students planned for a get-together. The budget for food was $500. Five of the students failed to come because of the distance and therefore the cost of food for each member increased by $5. How many students attended the get-together? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Problems solved using quadratic equations		2007-10-07
		From Lisa: a. Two positive numbers differ by 5. Their product is 234. What are the two numbers? b. The sum of two numbers is 12. Their product is 30. What are the two numbers? c.Two numbers differ by 5. Their squares differ by 55. What are the two numbers? d. The sum of two numbers is 15. Their product is 56. By forming an equation, find the two numbers. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2007-09-17
		From Martin: One more than the difference between 18 and seven times a number is -9 Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	A word problem		2007-08-31
		From Regian: How can I write a word problem for the following numerical expression 3 (4+3)+2 And then how do I simplify the expression Answered by Penny Nom.
	At what speed does Chuck travel?		2007-07-27
		From Jessica: Chuck and Dana agree to meet in Chicage for the weekend. Chuck travels 224 miles in the same time that Dana travels 204 miles. If Chuck's rate of travel is 5 mph more than Dana's, and they travel the same length of time, at what speed does Chuck travel? Answered by Harley Weston.
	What are the dimensions of the field?		2007-07-23
		From Debourah: a soccer field is 1080 square meters the width is 2 meters less than one-third the length. What are the dimensions of the field? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A square and an equilateral triangle have the same perimeter.		2007-07-02
		From eve: I am trying to help my daughter with the following problem: A square and an equilateral triangle have the same perimeter. The sum of one side of the square and one side of the triangle equals 28 cm. Find the sides of the figures. Answered by Penny Nom.
	What is the total weight of the fish?		2007-06-08
		From Mike: The tail of a fish weighs 9 oz. The head weighs as much as the tail and half of the body. The body weighs as much as the head and tail combined. What is the total weight of the fish? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	By how many feet was each dimension increased?		2007-04-18
		From Becca: A rectangle is 8 feet long and 6 feet wide. If each dimension is increased by the same number of feet, the area off the new rectangle formed is 32 square feet more than the area of the original rectangle. By how many feet was each dimension increased? I need a diagram and 5 or more sentences for an explanation. Thanks! Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	One number is 12 more than another.		2007-04-14
		From Devon: One number is 12 more than another. The sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 39. Find the larger number. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Word problems		2007-04-13
		From Perla: 1.A school district is proposing a 5% increase in the numbber of days in a school year. How long would a school year be with the proposed increase? 2. Keikio spent the day bird watching and counted 34 more birds in the morning than in the afternoon. If she counted a total of 76 birds, how many birds did she count in the afternoon? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Word problems		2007-04-09
		From Danielle: I am teaching a student who cannot understand which operation to use when doing word problems. I have tried a number of different ways to show him...any suggestions? Answered by Haley Ess.
	Nickels, dimes and quarters		2007-03-18
		From Alexandra: Ellen has two more nickels than dimes and three more quarters than nickels. She has $3.35 in all. How many coins of each type does she have? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two busses		2007-03-15
		From Devon: A bus leaves a station at 1 p.m., traveling west at an average rate of 44 mi/h. One hour later a second bus leaves the same station, traveling east at a rate of 48 mi/h. At what time will the two buses be 274 mi apart? Answered by Steve La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	Who won the backstroke?		2007-02-26
		From Timothy: Three girls held a series of swimming races among themselves. They decided to award a positive whole number of points for finishing first, second and third, where the number of points for first was more than the number for second, which was more than the number for third. The same number of points was awarded for the place in each race. There were no ties. The first race was breaststroke. Altogether Sarah accumulated 20 points, Michelle 10 points and Catherine 9 points. If Sarah did not win the backstroke race, who did win the backstroke? Answered by Penny Nom.
	How old are they now?		2007-02-26
		From Ali: Please help us. My daughter can't get this answer. The sum of Louise's age and Todd's age is 34. 5 years ago the sum of twice Louise's age and 3 times Todd's age was 61. How old are they now? Answered by Haley Ess and Steve La Rocque.
	Dividing money unequally		2007-02-06
		From Linda: I have a total of $13,826.48. It is to be divided by 15 kids - 2 of the kids only get half of what the other 13 do - how much do the 13 get and how much does the 2 get? Thanks Answered by Haley Ess and Steve La Rocque.
	More on a man and his wife on an escalator		2007-02-02
		From Patrick: Hello, I was helping my son with a homework problem and came across a very similar on your site: http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/QQ/database/QQ.09.01/monty1.html We are trying to understand the answer shown. There seems to be leap, in the answer that isn't explained or we can't see it. Specifically in the answer it says: "We know that the woman olny walks 21 steps to reach the top, and thus in the time she walks 7 more steps the escalator also goes up 7 steps. Hence the woman and the escalator are travelling at the same rate." We understand that she still has 7 steps left, but how is it that you can conclude from that (or other factors) that during those 7 steps the escalator will also travel 7 steps. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. Pat Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Fencing a field		2007-02-01
		From Carol: "The area of a rectangular field is 1200m^2. Two parallel sides are fenced with aluminum at $20/m. The remaining two sides are fenced with steel at $10/m. The total cost of the fencing is $2200." What is the length of each side fenced with aluminum and steel? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	A right triangle		2007-01-29
		From Tayler: One leg of a right triangle is 8 cm. less than the hypotenuse while the other leg is 1 cm. less than the hypotenuse. Find the length of the hypotenuse. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 13.		2007-01-27
		From Liz: The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 13. If the digits are reversed, the new number is 9 more than the original number. Find the original number. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2007-01-05
		From Harold: the sum of one number plus four less than five times another is 26. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two trains left the station at the same time and traveled in opposite directions.		2006-11-18
		From Tori: Two trains left the station at the same time and traveled in opposite directions. The E train averaged 130 km/h. The A train's speed was 110 km/h. In how many hours were they 480 km apart? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Apples and plums		2006-11-13
		From Saif: the problem i am stuck with is, nicole buys 2.3kg apples 1.8kg plums she pays £7.18 total plums cost £2.20per kg cost 1kg apples what is the cost of 1kg of apples Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	After how many hours will the class have been notified?		2006-11-10
		From Brittany: A college math class consists of 32 students. On Monday at 9:00 a.m., the teacher tells one student to notify other students that the test scheduled for Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. has been cancelled. The model for the number of students in the class who will have heard this information after t hours is N=32-32e^-0.02t. After how many hours will the class have been notified? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Bill has four more dimes than nickels ...		2006-11-05
		From Allison: bill has four more dimes than nickels, and seven fewer nickels than pennies.he has a total of $3.35. how many of each kind of coin has he? Answered by Karen McIver.
	The sum of two numbers is 30		2006-11-03
		From GG: The sum of two numbers is 30 and the product of the same two numbers is 221. Find the two numbers. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Paddeling on the Alleman River		2006-10-31
		From Anita: Len is planning a three-hour trip down the Alleman River and back to his starting point. He knows that he can paddle in still water at 3 mph and that the rate of the current is 2 mph. How much time can he spend going downstream? How far downstream can he travel? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Ridingcap's daughter		2006-10-23
		From Marcus: Ridingcap's daughter,whose real name was Coleen, set out for grandma's house again. This time she was delivering jam and jellies. First she stopped to see Mrs. Parsley,who took in grandma's mail while grandma was @ the hospital recovering from the wolf. Colleen gave Mrs. Parsley one third of the jars in her basket. Then Colleen set out again,and suddenly the wolf jumped out behind the bush and grubbed one half of the jars in Colleen's basket. When the wolf ran off, Colleen went on and gave Mr .Woodsman two thirds of what was left in her basket. Colleen had six jars of jam and jellies left for grandma. HOW MANY JARS DID COLLEEN LEAVE HOME WITH Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Word equations		2006-10-22
		From Samira: One half of a number is subtracted from the sum of one-third and one-quarter of the same number. If the result is 16, find the number. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Word problem		2006-10-22
		From Sabrina: Thomas bought a badminton racquet and paid for it in quarters. If Thomas had used nickels and dimes, he would have needed 20 more dimes than quarters and one more than twice as many nickels as quarters. How much much did the badminton racquet cost? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Two word problems		2006-10-02
		From Eve: 1. A surveyor's map shows a plan for the rectangular rose garden whose area is a2+25ab-350b2. Find an algebraic expression for the length and width. If a=20 ft and b=10 feet, find the actual dimensions of the garden. 2.A square is enclosed in a circle. The area of the square is (4r2-32r+64)sq cm and the area of the circle is 484r2 sq cm. Write a polynomial in factored form to represent the difference of the two areas. Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	How long will it be before the two snails meet?		2006-09-21
		From Brett: Two snails are 8.5 feet apart. They start to crawl toward each other at the same time. One of them travels at the speed of 6 in. per minute, while the other zips along at 11 inches per minute. How long will it be before the two snails meet? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A triangle problem		2006-08-06
		From A student: A triangle is such that its medium side is twice as long as its shortest side, and its longest side is three times as long as its shortest side. The perimeter of the triangle is 54 yards. What are the lengths of the three sides? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Some word problems		2006-06-30
		From Oliver: Question: I am a father of a 10 years old boy and sending this question from Bangkok, Thailand. I need solutions for the following: 1 Joseph and Peter spent $45 altogether. Joseph and Harold spent $65 altogether. If Harold spent 3 times as much as Peter, how much did Joseph spent? I know the answer is $35 but do not know how to get to it. 2 . . . Answered by Penny Nom.
	A jar contains 36.25$		2006-06-12
		From Brunia: A jar contains 36.25$ in pieces of 0.10 and of 0.25$. If it there has 250 change pieces in all, how much there he has pieces of 0.25$ in the jar. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Tiling a floor		2006-06-08
		From Marguerite: A builder is adding a 20' X 28' addition to a house. He has two choices: he can use 8" X 8" tile @ $.98 a tile or 12" X 12" tile @ $1.98 a tile. How much money would he save by using the least expensive choice? Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	Three purses		2006-05-22
		From Marcee: If you take $20 from the first and put it into the second of three purses, the second would then contain 4 times as much as remains in the first. If $60 of what is now in the second is put into the third, the third will contain twice what is in the first and second together. Now, if $40 be removed from the third and put into the first, there will be half as much as in the third. What did each purse originally hold? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Cutting a piece of PVC pipe		2006-05-03
		From Shonda: A plumber has a 10' piece of PVC pipe. How many 9/5 foot pieces can be cut from the 10' piece? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem with fractions		2006-05-02
		From Stuart: I have 54 1/4 yards of material. i need to cut as many pieces as possible out of it that are 3 1/12 long. how many pieces will you get and how much is left over? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Zhi Wei was born on christmas day in 1983.		2006-02-14
		From Clement: Zhi Wei was born on christmas day in 1983. His father shares the same birthday, but he was born in 1951. In which year will Zhi Wei's age be exactly 1/3 of his father's age? Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
	Word problems		2006-01-27
		From Duk: One kind of candy sells for 90cents more a pound than another kind. A pound of each sells for a total of $5.10. What is the selling price of each kind? A soft drink sells for 20 cents more than the deposit required on the bottle. The cost of the soft drink and the bottle deposit totals 70cents. How much is the soft drink? The bottle deposit? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two dogs and a flea		2005-12-23
		From Michelle: Two dogs, each traveling at 10 ft/sec, run toward each other from 500 feet apart. As they run, a flea flies from the nose of one dog to the nose of the other at 25 ft/sec. The flea flies between the dogs in this manner until it is crush when the dogs collide. How far did the flea fly? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A word problem		2005-12-19
		From Karen: A package designer wants to protect an expensive book with a 5 cm wide cardboard rim. The area of the rim is equal to the area of the book. What is the length of the book? (The book is square) Answered by Penny Nom.
	Pat invested a total of $3000 dollars		2005-12-14
		From Duane: Pat invested a total of $3000 dollars. part of the money yields 10 percent interest per year and the rest yields 8 percent interest per year if the total yearly interest is $256 how much did pat invest at 10 per cent and how much at 8 percent. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two word problems		2005-11-14
		From Jennifer: 1. Every other person on a school's parent advisory committee is surveyed to determine how many people support passage of a school bond to build a new elementary school. Is this a good sample? Why or why not? 2.What is the difference in elevation between the highest point in California,Mount Whitney,which towers 4421 meters above sea level, the lowest point in California,Death Valley, which lies 86 meters below sea level? Answered by Harley Weston.
	A picture window		2005-11-14
		From Marcos: The length of a picture window is 2 feet longer than twice its width. If the diagonal of the window is 13 feet, find the dimensions of the window. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Mario is 16 years older than his youngest sister, Mercedes.		2005-11-08
		From Jennifer: Mario is 16 years older than his youngest sister, Mercedes. Together, their ages total 36 years . How old is each person? Answered by Paenny Nom.
	How many passengers boarded the plane in Phoenix?		2005-11-03
		From Vish: Passengers boarded a plane in Phoenix. In Dallas 1/2 of the passengers got off and 4/5 of the original number got on. In Memphis 3/4 of the passengers got off and twice the number of remaining passengers got on. In Chicago 2/3 of the passengers got off the plane leaving 39 passengers. How many passengers originally boarded the plane in Phoenix? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Writing an equation		2005-11-01
		From Richie: A man's electric bill is $23 less than his gas bill. The two utilities cost him a total of $109. Find the amount of his gas bill. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A boat weighs 1500 lb more than its motor ...		2005-10-17
		From Dimitri: A boat weighs 1500 lb more than its motor and 1900 lb more than its trailer. Together the boat and motor weigh five times as much as the trailer. How much does the boat weigh? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Jim is travelling from Toronto to Ottawa		2005-08-15
		From Eleanor: Hi! I am looking for an easy way to solve this type of question: Jim is travelling from Toronto to Ottawa, a distance of 435 miles. He travels part of the way at a speed of 100 km/h and because of an accident, he uses a secondary road and travels at 70 km/h. If the trip took him 6.5 hours, how far did he travel on each of the two roads. Answered by Penny Nom.
	By how much is 100 multiplied or divided,...		2005-01-27
		From Benedict: By how much is 100 multiplied or divided, so that whether the number obtained is divided by 5 or 7, there will be a remainder of 1 and so that at the same time, the first quotient is greater by 4 than the second? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Profit		2005-01-10
		From Abraham: The profit a coat manufacturer makes each day is modeled by the equation P(x)=-x2+120x-2000, where P is the profit and x is the price for each coat sold.For what values of x does the company make a profit? I don 't understand this problem(how to do it) and hope you can help me. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Three word problems		2004-09-12
		From Adrian: 1. Increasing area of a field: Julia's soybean field is 3m longer than it is wide. To increase her production, she plans to increase her to increase both the length and width by 2m. If the new field is 46m2(2nd power) larger than the old field, then what are the dimensions of the old field? 2. Width of a Football Field: If the perimeter of a football field in the NFL including the end zones is 1040 ft and the field is 120 yd long, then what is the width of the field in feet? 3. Fencing dog pens Clint is constructing two adjacent rectangular dog pens. Each pen will be three times as long as it is wide, and the pens will share a common long side. If Clint has 65 ft of fencing, what are the dimensions of each pen? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Word problems		2004-05-19
		From A student: why can't 2nd graders have a easy time doing word problems and drawing pictures with it Answered by Diane Hanson.
	A quadratic word problem		2004-02-04
		From Carl: A walkway of uniform has 72m2 and surrounds a swimming pool that is 8m wide and 10m long. Find the width of the walkway. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Diamonds and Pearls		2003-12-11
		From Lauren: A crown holds a total of 3080 jewels. It is made up of diamonds and pearls. There are 10 times as many diamonds as there are pearls. How many pearls are there? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A worm on a hill		2003-08-21
		From Lisa and Samantha: A WORM IS AT THE BOTTOM OF A 10 FOOT HILL. HE CRAWLS UP THE HILL 4 1/2 FEET A DAY. AT NIGHT WHEN HE REST HE SLIDES DOWN 2 1/2. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE THE WORM TO CRAWL UP THE HILL. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Cathy's Clothing		2003-07-15
		From Cathy: I am supposed to write a practical and useful word problem that would use the following algebriac inequality to solve it: 12x + 25 > 15x + 10. State the quanity that represents x and solve the inequality. Answered by Penny Nom.
	C is 10 more then the square of...		2003-07-03
		From Carolina: C is 10 more then the square of the quotient of the sum of x and y , and the product of x and y. Which equation expresses this relationship? A. C=(x+y +10)^2 ___ xy B. C=(x+y)^2 + 10 ___ xy C. C=(xy)^2+10 ___ x+y D. C=(x+y)^2 + 10 ___ xy Answered by Penny Nom.
	Setting up a word problem		2003-06-30
		From Christie: A rectangular corral is forty feet longer than it is wide. If the perimeter is 220 feet, determine the length and width of the corral. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Sesame Street on Stage		2003-06-25
		From Christie: Sesame Street on Stage has different ticket prices for adults and for children under 6. Beth and her two children, ages 3 and 4, paid $15 to gain entrance, while Jamie and John Jacobs and their 2-year old daughter got in for $19.50. What is the ticket price for adults? Answered by Penny Nom.
	George and his goat herd		2003-05-27
		From A student: George the bulgarian goatherd drives his father's goats into a valley each morning and lets them browse there all day before driving them home in the evening. he notices that each morning the goats immediately separate into groups and begin to feed the number and sizes of the initial groups vary some days there are nine and so days there are three or fewer. there can be groups of one or the whole group. about every five minites one goat breaks away from each feeding group and these breakaway goats form into a new group. George has noticed that by the afternoon, even though the goats continue their regrouping the sizes of the groups have stabilised, and there is always seven feeding groups. How many goats are there in the herd? What are the sizes of the feeding groups once they have stabilised? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The square of my age was the same as the year		2003-04-14
		From Pat: Augustus de Morgan wrote in 1864, "At some point in my life, the square of my age was the same as the year." When was he born? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Quadratic word problems		2003-03-30
		From A student: Question: i think i know the basics of how to solve direct quadratic equations,but how do i go about solving those word problems? i have tried them times and again, but nothing seems to work at all!they are driving me crazy! pls help!:):):):):) bob & nick earned $1260 each. bob's hourly wage is $3 more than nick's hourly wage. he worked 2h less compared to nick. find the number of hours nick worked. there are 2 tanks in henry's house. in tank A, the fish are all goldfish. they are bought at a total cost of $259. in tank B, there are only guppies. the guppies were bought at a cost of $1.20 each. a day later,henry bought 3 more goldfish and put them into tank A. the number of guppies in tank B is now twice the number of goldfish in tank A.the total cost of all the fish that henry has presently,i.e. goldfish & guppies, is $355.30. given that the cost of each goldfish is the same, a)find the initial number of goldfish in tank A b)find the total cost of all the guppies. a particular disc can be made to rotate at 2 different speeds. if it is made to rotate slower by 135 revolutions per hour, it wld require an additional 2.7 hour to make 315 revolutions. find the higher speed at which it can operate. Answered by Penny Nom.
	How many trees were planted in March?		2002-10-20
		From Allison: The number of trees planted by the Alpine Nursery in April was 3 more than twice the number of trees planted in March. If 71 trees were planted in april, write and solve an equation to find how many trees were planted in March. Answered by Penny Nom.
	At the zoo		2002-10-20
		From A student: The number of adults at the zoo was 2/9 the number of children. there are 700 more children than adults. The number of men was four times the number of women. The number of girls was four times the number of boys. Find the total nymber of men and boys at the zoo. Answered by Penny Nom.
	$100 is split between four guys.		2002-10-03
		From Stephan: $100 is split between four guys. A,B, C, and D. How much money does if person get if B has four more dollars than A, C has 8 more dollars than B, and D has twice as much money as C? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Formulating equtions		2002-09-14
		From Theresa: Hello. In math class we have to formulate equations for certin questions for extra credit. We are allowed to ask anyone and anyone can do it for us and explain it to us. Could you please do that? Here are the questions Jordan has 3 times as much money as Reva. Together they have $44. How much money does each have? The Tigers played 48 games. They won twice as many as they lost. How many did they win? There are 900 students in Sewickley Academy. There are 20 more girls than boys. How many girls are there? A board 400 cm long is cut into 2 pieces. One piece is 66 cm longer than the other. Find the lenght of the shorter piece. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Jack and Jill wrote letters		2002-06-19
		From Angel: jack and jill each bought a stationary # of sheets of paper in each box were the same # of envelopes were the same jill wrote letters consisting of 3 pages jack wrote letters consisting of 1 page when they wrote all letters jill had 50 envelopes left and jack had 50 sheets of paper left how many pieces of paper and how many envelopes? Answered by Leeanne Boehm.
	Flying with the wind		2002-05-19
		From SaraJean: It takes 6 hours for a plane to travel 720 km with a tail wind and 8 hours to make the return trip with a head wind. Find the air speed of the plane and the speed of the wind current. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Trains and cracker boxes		2002-04-29
		From Lindsay: 1)Two trains are 250 miles apart on the same track heading towards eaxh other at 7AM- The first train travels at 55mph, the second at 75mph. At what time would they crash? 2)A cracker box measures 12 by 2 by 18 inches. The company wants to double the amount of crackers, but keep the shapes the same[similar] Find the new length[nearest tenth of an inch] Answered by Penny Nom.
	A test drive		2002-04-23
		From Jennie: At 9 A.M. a test car driving at a constant speed passes a marker 50 miles from it's starting point. At noon the car is about 130 miles from the marker. If the test drive ends at 1:30 P.M., how far will the car be from its starting point? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A hamburger and a soft drink		2002-03-23
		From A student: A GROUP OF FRIENDS WENT OUT TO LUNCH. EACH BROUGHT A HAMBURGER AND A SOFT DRINK. TOGETHER A HAMBURGER AND A SOFT DRINK COST MORE THAN A DOLLAR. THE TOTAL COST FOR THE GROUP WAS $17.81. THERE WAS NO TAX OR TIP INCLUDED. IF A HAMBUGER COSTS 2 CENT MORE THAN TWICE A SODA, FIND THE COST OF THE HAMBURGER. Answered by Leeanne Boehm.
	What number am I?		2002-03-03
		From Samantha: I am an even number that has more ones than tens. My thousands digit is the quotient of 9 divided by 3 and my tens digit is the sum of 3 and 3. I have no hundreds. What number am I?......Please answer this for me...The answer I come up with is 3,060...Is this right?.. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A sale on eggs		2002-01-17
		From A student: A store had a sale on eggs, selling 13 eggs for the usual price of a dozen eggs. As a result, the price of the eggs was reduced by 4 cents a dozen. What is the original price for a dozen eggs? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Feeding Jumbo		2001-12-21
		From Lupe: There are 2 dogs one named major and the other jumbo. major weighs 100 pounds and jumbo 150 pounds. they eat dry dog food which comes in a 40-pound bag that cost $30. Together, major and jumbo eat a whole bag a week. major eats two fifths of the bag while jumbo eats the rest.How much would it cost to feed jumbo in february, which has 28 days? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Renee, Paulo and Peter		2001-11-18
		From Sue: Renee is 5 years older than Paulo. she is also 7 years older than Peter. The sum of their ages is 21. How old is each person. Answered by Penny Nom.
	what number doubled plus 20 will give you 4/3 the original number		2001-11-15
		From Hank: what number doubled plus 20 will give you 4/3 the original number 2 x__ + 20 = 4/3 of the original number Answered by Penny Nom.
	A circle and triangle overlap		2001-11-09
		From Tara: A circle and triangle overlap as shown.the area of the circle is three times the area of the triangle.If the common region is removed,then the area of the rest of the circle would be 14 sq cm more than the area of the rest of the triangle.How many sq cm are in the area of the complete triangle. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Three problems		2001-10-28
		From Brenda: Joseph is planting bushes around the perimeter of his lawn. If the bushes must be planted 4 feet apart and Joseph's lawn is 64 feet wide and 124 feet long, how many bushes will Joseph need to purchase? The cost of a long distance phone call is $1.50 for the first two minutes and $0.60 for each additional minute. How much will Maria pay for a 24 minute phone call? Find the next three numbers in the pattern. 1,3,7,15,31,___,____,___. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Joan and Jan work together		2001-09-26
		From Karyna: Joan and Jan work together and they set up a bandstand in just 24 minutes, but if Joan does it by herself she takes 1 hour. How long would it take Jan to set up the bandstand by himself? Answered by Claude Tardif.
	Bicycles and tricycles		2001-09-26
		From Sally: A bicycle shop has 5 bicycles and tricycles to repair. They have 12 wheels. What strategy would you use to determine how many bicycles and tricycles need to be repaired? Answered by Claude Tardif, Diane Hanson and Penny Nom.
	Scoring a college placement test		2001-09-26
		From Carmen: A college placement test consist of 75 multiple-choice questions, each having 5 possible answers. The exam is scored by subtracting from the number of correct answers one-quarter of a point for each question answered incorrectly. If a person answers every question on the exam and scored 45, how many questions were answered wrong? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Investing in a yacht		2001-09-26
		From Junior: Marvin and his four friends wish to invest in a yacht by sharing equally in the cost. As the date of sale approaches, Marvin realizes that if three more people join the partnership, each partner's share would decrease by $18,000. How much does the yacht cost? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Julia goes to work		2001-09-25
		From Karyna: On one October morning, Julia rides her bike (at 12 miles per hour) from her home to her friend Ida's house; then the two of them walk (at 6 miles per hour) to work. If it takes an hour for Julia to go the 10 miles from her home to work, how far does she walk? Answered by Penny Nom.
	What are the two numbers?		2001-09-24
		From A student: What are the two numbers. the sum of two numbers is 15. 6 times the smaller number is 4 times the larger number .find the two numbers. the sum of the two numbers is 28. 2 times the larger number is 5 times the smaller number minus 7. find the two numbers. Answered by Claude Tardif.
	David's wages		2001-09-24
		From Kimberlee: My math question is David earns $6.00 per hour plus $9.00 for every extra hour he works over 40 hours per week. If David earned $285.00 last week, how many extra hours did he work? Answered by Penny Nom.
	12 RTV's		2001-03-27
		From Christine: In order to promote the 2000 Census and encourage participation, 12 Road Tour Vehicles(RTV's) set out from 12 locations across the US for a 10 week promotion tour last February. The RTV's reportedly traveled a total combined distance of 97,911 miles. What was the aberage number of miles traveled in a day by each RTV? 2. The 12 RTV's mentioned above traveled a total combined distance equivalent to traveling 12.35 times around the earth at the equator. To the closest mile, what is the radius of the earth? Use 3.14 as your approximation for pi. Answered by Leeanne Boehm.
	Books and cars		2001-02-13
		From Aquilya: A pile of books is 96.08cm. If each book is 0.8cm thick. How many books are in th pile? 2. A car travels 9.84km on 0.6 litres of petrol. How far will the car travel on 3.7 litres of petrol? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Some algebra		2001-01-23
		From Thomas: If a is 4 more than the quotient of b and 3, and if b=2, then what is the value of a? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Cutting the lawn		2000-10-26
		From Kacie: Ellen can mow a lawn in 2 hours. Mary can mow the same lawn in 1.5 hours. How long would it take them to mow the lawn together? Answered by Penny Nom.
	The perimeter of a football field		2000-10-18
		From Paige: The width of a football field is 67ft greater than the length. The perimeter is 480ft What is the width and length? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Cutting the cake		2000-10-05
		From Cherie: How can you divide a cake (circle) into 14 pieces by using only 4 straight lines? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two word problems		2000-08-16
		From Bridget: A whale's head is 72 inches long... its tail is as long as its head plus half the length of its body, and its body is half the entire length. How long is the whale? Also, An author published a book every two years. When the seventh one was published, the sum of the years of publication was 13,804. In what year was the author forst published? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Word problems		2000-03-31
		From Amy: Question: a north bound train left at noon. four hours later a south bound train left the same station. at 5 o'clook they were 160 miles apart. what was the rate of both if the north bound train was going 20 miles faster than the other one. clark's final exam was given 5 times the weight of the weight of a weekly test. the avgerage of 15 weekly test was 91. the overall weighted average was 85. what did he make on the final. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Jogging up a hill		2000-02-17
		From Aaron Williams: A man jogs down the hill at 6 miles per hour and back up at 4 miles per hour. The total time that he travels is 5/4 hours. What is the total distance that he jogged. The solution is supposedely 3 miles, but i believe that it is 6. Can you help me? Please. Answered by Claude Tardif.
	Tennis doubles		2000-02-04
		From Brittany Allinson: Cheri, Beth and Jacinta are daughters of Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Marchand, and Mr. Benoit. Four of these people are playing tennis doubles. Mr. Benoit's daughter and Mr. Sullivan are partners. Cheri's father and Mr. Marchand's daughter are also partners. There aren't any father/daughter combinations. Who is Cheri's father? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Filbert Family Circus		2000-02-04
		From Sarah: As Clyde moves his broom around the circus ring, he thinks that he has finally found a job where he can make a clean sweep of things. Clyde is sweeping the ring where the lions perform in the Filbert Family Circus. The ring is 76 feet across and Clyde is using a broom 3 feet wide. He starts at the outside edge and works his way to the middle, making circles around the ring. After sweeping 3/4 of the ring, Clyde sees the lions coming with their trainer and scurries out of the ring. How many trips around the ring did he make? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Mark's life		2000-01-30
		From Jean and Larry Brandemuehl: Mark passed 1/6 of his life in childhood, 1/12 in youth, and 1/7 more as a bachelor. Five years after his marriage, there was born a son who died four years before his father, at half his father's (final) age. How old was Mark when he died? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Can't make an equation!		2000-01-30
		From Maggie Clarke: An estate is to be distributed among the wife, 3 children and 2 grandchildren. The children will each receive 2x as much as each grandchild, and the wife will receive 4x as much as each child. If the estate amounted to $115,000, how much will each person receive? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Two problems		2000-01-29
		From D. J. Anthony: Hi, I am taking a course "math for elementary teachers" and I have two problems. How thick is a sheet of paper in your textbook. A little island has a population of 1,000 people. It doubles every 30 years. What will the population be in 30 years?, in 60 years?, when will it be over one million? Answered by Peny Nom and Claude Tardif.
	Word problem		2000-01-24
		From April: Ok, my algerbra teacher gave me this problem and by just looking at it I can tell what the answer is but he wants me to show how I got the answer in an equation form. The tempature at 7am on a cold day was -4 degrees Celcius. At 3pm the tempature was 1 degree Celcius. Write and solve an equation to find out how many degrees the tempature rose between 7am and and 3pm. Answered by Penny Nom.
	How many coins is one calculator?		2000-01-09
		From Mandy Brockmann: Tom weighed 1 pen and his calculator with 4 coins. Then he weighed his calculator and 3 pens with 12 coins. How many coins is one calculator? Answered by Claude Tardif.
	Two candles		1999-11-24
		From Skip Simpson: You have two candles the same length. They are lit at the same time. One burns down in 4 hours; the other in 5 hours. How long does it take before one candle is three times the length of the other candle? Answered by Walter Whiteley.
	The sixth game		1999-11-16
		From Stephanie Sprunger: Janice scored 18,21,27,16,and 19 points in five basketball games. How many points must she score in the next game to raise her average to 22 points per game? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Bob and his dad		1999-09-14
		From Yvette: "Bobs dad is 27 yrs older then Bob. The sum of their ages 5 yrs ago was 45 yrs. How old is Bob now?" Answered by Penny Nom.
	The three cousins		1999-06-01
		From Irena: I have three cousins on my dad's side. The product of their ages is 84. Next year the youngest will be 1/4 the age of the middle cousin. In 2 years from now, the oldest will be twice the current age of the middle. What is the age of my oldest cousin? Answered by Harley Weston.
	A word problem		1999-03-25
		From Anna Gariss: A second number is 4 less than a first number. The product of the second number and 3 more than the first number is 18. Find the pair of numbers. Answered by Jack LeSage and Penny Nom.
	Word problems		1999-02-09
		From Brian Rodriquez: Please answer these problems with a formula. Also explain in English step by step how these problems should be solved. I know the answer I just don't know how the answer was achieved Thank you very much for trying to help A ski lift carries a skier up a slope at the rate of 120 feet per minute and he returns from the top to the bottom on a path parallel to the lift at an average rate of 2640 feet per minute. How long is the lift if the round trip traveling time is 20 minutes? An airplane on a search mission flies due east from an airport, turns and flies due west back to the airport. The plane cruises at 200 miles per hour when flying east, and 250 miles per hour when flying west. What is the farthest point from the airport the plane can reach if it can remain in the air for 9 hours? Answered by Jack LeSage and Penny Nom.
	Some Word Problems		1998-12-17
		From Jennifer Rudd: To Whom It May Concern, I'm having some difficulty with these word problems. Maybe you could help. Thanks. A matte of uniform width is placed around a painting so that the area of the matted surface is twice the area of the painting. If the outside dimensions of the matte are 40cm and 60cm, find the width of the matte. The Joneses start out A 1520km car trip to Walker Park. On the first day they cover 960km. On the second day they complete the trip, but a rainstorm causes them reduce their average speed by 10km/h.If the 2-day trip took a total of 20 h, what was the average speed on each day? Granny stood up at her grandson's wedding reception and announced " My age now is a perfect square and it is equal to the difference between the square of my grandson's father's age and the square of his mother's age. Come to think of it the difference my age and the square of my grandson's age is seven times the age of his mother, my daughter in law." The grandson's wife remarked to her new husband," That means the difference between the squares of our ages is three times the age of your father!" How old was the bride? The volume of a retangular box 4cm high is 144 cubic cm. If the perimeter of the base is 24cm, find the dimensions of the box. P.S. the first two questions are the most important ones that need to be solved. Thanks for your help!! Answered by Jack LeSage and Penny Nom.
	Logic and Matrix Instruction		1998-04-24
		From Robin Booker: I need assistance with instruction strategies to teach the construction of a matrix, solving a logic problem. Providing instruction in the construction of a simple matrix , no problem. However, I stumpted on this one. Five players were chosen as All Stars at the basketball banquet. Based on the following clues, find the player's name, team, uniform color and number of points scored.... Answered by Harley Weston.
	Smith, Rodriguez and Jones		1996-11-07
		From Rafayel Ambartsumyan: On a train, Smith, Rodriguez, Jones are the fireman, brakeman, and engineer, but not in that order. Also aboard the train are three businessman who have the same names, a Mr. Smith, a Mr. Rodriguez, and a Mr. Jones. ..... Who is the engineer? Answered by Penny Nom.

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