Welcoming word problems
The atomic number of mercury is the sum of the atomic number of aluminum and 67. The atomic number of mercury is 80. This is the solution when you find the atomic number of aluminum.
What is 13?
This is the Pythagorean Theorem.
What is a2 + b2 = c2
Find the distance between the points (−4,−2) and (5,−2).
What is 9?
3/32 = x/72
This is the value of x.
What is 6.75?
This is the animal that Miss Joyce is afraid of.
What are birds?
The lowest point in Louisiana is 543 feet lower than the highest point in Louisiana. The elevation of the lowest point is -8 feet. This is the elevation of the highest point in Louisiana.
What is 535?
This is a drawing of a right triangle.
(Answers vary)
Find the distance between (8,−3) and (−1,9).
What is 15?
Aliyah can learn 8 dance routines every 3 weeks. This is the number of weeks it would take for her to learn 38 dance routines. Calculators are permitted.
What is 14.25 weeks?
This is Miss Joyce's birthday.
What is September 30th?
Samantha jogs 3 miles each day. Write and solve a multiplication equation to find these are the amount of days it will take her to jog 57 miles.
What is 19 days?
The window to the princess's tower is 4 meters off the floor. If a ladder is 5 meters in length, this is the distance the base of the ladder should be from the wall.
What is 3 meters?
Find the distance between the points (2,3) and (7,7). Round to the nearest tenth. Calculator use is permitted.
What is 6.4?
Eva has a schedule to practice her musical theater skills. She spends 5 hours singing for every 3 hours acting. In one month, she spends 34 hours practicing her singing. This is how many hours she spends acting that month. Calculators are permitted.
What is 20.4 hours?
These are Miss Joyce's favorite songs from Kpop Demon Hunters.
What is Takedown and What It Sounds Like?
Daniel withdraws $40 from his checking account each day. This is the solution that shows how to find how long it will take him to withdraw $680?
What is 17 days?
Vivian is building a rectangular picture frame. If the sides of the frame are 20in by 30in, what should the diagonal measure? Round to the neareset tenth of an inch. Using a calculator is permited.
What is 36.1 in?
Find the distance between (1/2, 3/4) and (5/2, 7/4). Round to the nearest tenth. Calculator use is permitted.
What is 2.2?
Shakira makes $40 in the same amount of time that Toni makes $87. Shakira and Toni work for the same amount of time each week. This is the amount of money that Toni makes if Shakira makes $272 in one week. Calculators are permitted.
What is $591.60?
These are the plans Miss Joyce has this weekend.
What is hanging out with friends on Saturday and going to Ikea on Sunday?
Recently, a small college had an enrollment of 1342 students and a total of 215 faculty. This is the student faculty ratio of this college. Write your answer as both a mixed number in simplest form and a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth.
What is 6.2/1 and 0.16?
Sara drives due north for 98 miles then east for 53 miles. How far is Sara from her starting point? Round to the nearest tenth. A calculator is permitted.
What is 111.4 miles?
A drone takes off from (−8,−6) and flies to (3,12). If it then continues to (10,5), what is the total distance traveled? Round to the nearest unit. Calculator use is permitted.
What is 31 units?
Anna and Steven love Block Blast. They are having a Block Blast competition on who can get the highest score. For every 4 hours of Block Blast that Anna plays, Steven plays 10.5 hours. If Anna plays 67 hours in one month, how many hours will Steven play that month? Calculators are permitted.
What is 175.875 hours?
These are Miss Joyce's favorite colors.
What is green and yellow?