Positive/Negatives Word Problems
If a plane ascends, is it rising in altitude or falling?
Rising
Erin walked 3/5 miles each day for 8 days. On the 9th day, she walked 1 1/4 miles. How many total miles did Erin walk?
6 1/20 miles
Anything to the zero power is what? Example 40
1
GCF = 4
LCM = 280
What is 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 as a decimal AND percent
.25, 25%
.5, 50%
.75, 75%
A bird is flying 1200 feet above the sea level. At a particular point, it is directly above a fish floating at 400 feet below the sea level. By how much the bird must descend its flight to be as far as from the sea level, as the fish is?
800 feet
A jug of drinking water contained 2 1/3 gallons. If 5/7 gallon is drunk each day, how much water was left in the jug after 2 days?
8/21
Simplify
63 + 24
232
Find the LCM of 50 and 120
LCM 600
Convert 125% to a decimal and fraction in simplest form
1.25 and 1 1/4
The temperature outside this morning was -10 degrees. The weather man predict it will be 15 degrees warmer by lunch time. What will the temperature be during lunch.
5 degrees
Find the total perimeter (sum of the sides) of an equilateral triangle, (triangle with equal sides), if each side measures 4 1/2 inches.
13 1/2
Simplify the following problem using the distributive property and combining like terms
6(x+2) +10x + 3
16x + 15
Factor the following problem by using the distributive property.
25x + 10
5(5x+2)
24 is 20% of what amount?
120
Jack is playing a video game in which he wins 15 points for a win at the end of a level and loses 10 points at every foul. If he wins 20 levels and made 12 fouls, find the total points earned by him in the whole game.
180 Points.
A dressmaker has 12m of fabric to make an outfit. He makes a bag with ¼ of the fabric, a skirt with ½ of the fabric and a top with the rest.
a. How much fabric is used for the bag?
b. How much fabric is used for the skirt?
c. How much fabric is used for the top and what is this as a fraction of the total fabric?
A 4m
B. 6m
C 4m, 1/4
(5 +2)2 + (10 - 3)2 + 3(2)
155
Two neon lights are turned on at the same time. One blinks every 4 seconds and the other blinks every 6 seconds. In 60 seconds, how many times will they blink at the same time?
2 times
3.8, 380%
The town of Apple Valley, California is at an elevation of 2,900 feet above sea level. Death Valley, California has an elevation of 282 feet below sea level. What is the difference in elevation of these two towns?
3182 feet
4. A retired couple won $800 on the lottery. They decided to give ⅝ to their family and to spend ⅜ on a weekend away for themselves.
a. How much money did the couple give to their family?
b. How much money did they spend on their weekend away?
A. $500
B. $300
6(2+3) + 8 x 10 - 42x
94
Kiara baked 30 oatmeal cookies and 48 chocolate chip cookies to package in plastic containers for her friends at school. She wants to divide the cookies into identical containers so that each container has the same number of each kind of cookie. If she wants each container to have the greatest number of cookies possible, how many plastic containers does she need?
6 containers
What is 40% of 120
48