Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Word Problem 100913

If a Ford is traveling at 50 miles per hour and a Porsche is traveling at 80 miles per hour, how much farther will the Porsche get in 90 minutes than the Ford?

Monday, October 7, 2013

Word Problem 100513

If a local business had an average gross sales of $18,765 for the last calendar year, what is their total gross income for the year?

With net profit of $12,436, what was their total expenses?

Word Problem 100713

Hailey sold her house for $250,000.  The mortgage balance was still $166,500.  Comission for the sales broker is calculated at 5% of gross sales.  After deducting all the expenses, how much would Hailey take away from the sale of the house?

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Word :Problem 100613

When will October 6th occur again on a Sunday?  There are patterns and rules that can help you solve this problem almost immediately.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Word Problem 100413

In a bowling lane there are four rows of pins.  They total 10 in the shape of a pyramid starting from a row of 1 to 4 pins.  Each row back increases by one pin.  If this pattern increased for another six rows, how many pins would be needed to completely fill the pattern of the pyramid?

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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Word Problem 100313

If one orange equals four ounces of juice, how many oranges would you need to get thirty-two ounce of juice?

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Word Problem 100113

If Joe has 2 cups in his hand and Jane has 3 cups in her hands, how many cups would Jeff have to be holding to set a table for 8 people?

Word Problem 100213

If a savings account is started at birth with $1,000, and another $600 is added year until the child reaches the age of 18, what would the balance be with no interest earned?

Then figure the balane with a 1% interest compounded annually. 

Word Problem 93013

If you sum the numerical month and day today and then divide by the two digit year, what quotient do you receive?

The date is 9/30/13.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Word Problem 92913

Ok...Take today's date 9/29/13. How could those numbers be split apart and then added together to come up with the numerical day today of 29?