WORD PROBLEMS
Thomas decides to go on a vacation. He can go on leave for 2/3 of a month. Assume a month is 30 days. How many days of vacation does he have?
He can have 20 days of vacation.
At the fun fair, the pony rides take about 1/6 of an hour to finish. If there are 3 ponies and 24 kids in front of Emma, how long does Emma need to wait before it is her turn for the pony ride?
Emma needs to wait 1 1/3 hours before it is her turn.
In order to pass, Angelina must get 3/4 of the items correct on a 60 item quiz in 5 subjects. How many items does she need to get correct in order to pass the quiz in each subject.
Angelina should score at least 45 points in each subject.
Mr. lenn is restoring his old study table. To minimize the cost, he is usin a 56 8/9 inch long piece of pine with damage n both ends. He cut 2 1/3 inches off one end and 3 1/4 inches off the other end of the piece. What is the total length he cut from the piece of pine? How much wood is left?
He still has 51 11/36 inches of pine after cutting.
In 36 minutes, Gerry cut 5 1/5 cm from his customer Sarah's hair. Sarah's hair is now 48 3/4 cm long. How long was her hair before cutting?
Sarah's hair was 53 19/20 cm long before the haircut.
Thomas decides on a destination for his vacation. If he takes the train there, it will take him 5 1/8 hours to get there. If he takes the plane,, it will take him 2 2/3 hours. How many ours does the lane save?
The plane takes 2 11/24 hours shorter.
At the food booth, there are 3 types of pizza to choose from. There are 26 1/4 cheese pizzas. 16 1/8 pepperoni pizzas and 9 3/8 pepper pizzas. How many pizzas are available for vegetarians?
There are 35 5/8 pizzas available for vegetarians.
During the exam, the students are given 5/6 of an hour to complete the test for each subject. If Angelina finished the first subject in 2/3 of an hour, how much more time does she have left before starting the second subject? How long is the examination time for all 5 subjects altogether?
Altogether, the exam time is 4 1/6 hours for five subjects.
He bought a lot with an area of 140 1/2 square meters for $15,500 3/4. He paid $7, 500 1/2 as a down payment, and the rest will be paid through installments for 2 years with no interest. How much is his remaining balance after the down payment? How much will he pay per year?
He will pay $4,000 1/8 per year.
Gerry is checking to see how many customers the barbershop had in the past 2 weeks. On the list, there were 217 customers during the past 2 weeks, and 5/7 of them were men. How many of the customers were men?
155 of the customers in the past two weeks were men.
Thomas decided to take the plane to save some time. Unfortunately, the plane waas delayed for 1 5/6 hours. How long did the trip finally take?
The trip finlly took 4 1/2 hours.
1/8 of a pizza costs 2 dollars. In an hour 6 1/4 pizzas were sold. How much money was made at the food booth in that hour?
The food booth made $100.
Catherine is reading a novel that has 400 pages. She read 1/5 of the total number of pages yesterday and 3/10 of the total number of pages today. How many more pages does she need to rad to finish the novel?
She needs t read 200 more pages t finish the novel.
A heavy-duty tile cutter is advertised with a price of $85 1/6 after a discount of $3 2/3. How much is the original price of the tile cutter? At the sale price, how much will a customer pay for 2 tile cutters.
At the sale price, a customer has to pay $171 2/3 for two tile cutters.
The hairspray bottle in t he barbershop contains 255 2/3 ml. It releases 5 ml per spray. If he used up 125 ml of hairspray for his 5 customers yesterday, how many sprays will he get from what's left in the bottle?
Gerry will get 26 sprays frm what's left in the bottle.
Thomas rents a car for his vacation. The mileage included with the rental is 54 miles. For every mile he drives over 54 miles, he needs to pay $1 4/5. If he drives 69 miles, how much extra does he need to pay?
Thomas needs to pay $27 extra.
Raffle tickets are sold, and 6 pizzas are available for the lucky draw. A total of 1,356 raffle tickets are sold for 4/5 dollars each and the 6 pries cost 6 3/10 each. How much money was raised from the raffle tickets?
$1,035 is raised from the raffle tickets.
Alda works as a teacher's aide for Mr. Jrdan. She spent 8 1/3 hours assisting Mr. Jrdan, including her lunch break. If her lunch was only 11/12 of an hour, how much time did she spend assisting teacher Jordan?
Alda spent 7 5/12 hours assisting Mr. Jordan.
The constructin materials supplier received an order of 3 1/2 tons of sand and 120 sacks of cement which was equivalent to 4 4/5 tons. How much was the total weight of the materials ordered? If the supplier has 3 trucks that can carry 3 tons of cargo altogether, will they be able to deliver the materials in one trip?
All three trucks can carry 9 tons.
He rented a 50 square meter cmmercial lot for the second branch of his barbershop. He is paying 6 dollarrs and a quarter per square meter monthly. How much will he pay fr a year?
His annual rental fee is $3,750.
1 3/5 of his suitcase is left for his own belongings.
The students setup 30 game booths; the teachers also setup some. If 5/6 of the game booths were set up by the students, how many game booths are there in total?
There are 36 game booths in total.
There are 1/4 more grade 6 students than grade 5 pupils where Mr. Jordan works. If there are 248 students in grade 5, how many grade 6 pupils are there in the school?
There are 310 students in grade 6.
Bill has 4 14 pieces of metal pipe. If a whole metal pipe measures 8 feet and weights 8 3/4 lbs. what is the length of the metal pipes altogether?
The length of all the metal pipes together is 34 feet.
One of the services offered by Gerry's barber shp is hair blackening. Jack waited for 2 customers to finish for 1 5/6 hours before his turn. It took 1 2/3 hours t blacken his hair. How much time did Jack spend at the barber shop?
Jack spent 3 1/6 hours at the barbershop.