Rational Work Word Problems

A pitcher contains  3  1/2 quarts of milk.  Gabrielle pours 1.875 quarts into a smaller pitcher.  How many quarts of milk are left in the first pitcher?

• 1  3/4  quarts

• 1  5/8  quarts

• 1  1/4  quarts

• 4  3/4  quarts

The air temperature in the North Pole in the morning was 3 degrees Celsius.  By 10:00am the temperature dropped 12 degrees.  By noon the temperature had gone up 5 degrees.  At 3:00pm the temperature went up 9 degrees.  By nightfall the temperature had dropped 16 more degrees.  What was the temperature at the North Pole at nightfall?

• 11 degrees

• 0 degrees

• -11 degrees

• -9 degrees

Mr. Smith has an account balance of -$275.78.  He deposits $539.20 into his account.  What is Mr. Smith's account balance now?

• $813.98

• $263.42

• $539.78

• $345.98

Jacob ran  4  3/5  miles on Monday, 4.5 miles on Tuesday, and  3  3/5 miles on Wednesday.  How many total miles did John run?

• 12  26/50  miles

• 12  7/10  miles

• 11  7/12  miles

• 12  miles

Continue writing this down as notes. Jack can paint a room in 2 hours. Sally can paint a room in 4 hours. How long will it take them to paint a room together? Jack: 1 room, 2 hours so 1/2 Sally: 1 room, 4 hours so 1/4 Together: 1 room, ? hours so 1/x \frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{4}=\frac{1}{x}

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• A

• B

• C

• D

• -$1

• $38

• $33

• $36

Peter can mow the lawn in 40 minutes and John can mow the lawn in 60 minutes. How long will it take for them to mow the lawn together?

• 48 minutes

• 50 minutes

• 24 minutes

• 12 minutes

Joan can clean the store in five hours. If Dan helps, it takes them four hours. Without help, how long would it take Dan to complete this job ?

Now solve.

• 10

• 25

• 20

• 15

Cynthia started a yoga club and has 18 members. Each member pays $9.99 per month. On the first day of the month, 7 members paid their fee. The remaining members paid on the fourth day of the month. How much money was collected on the fourth day of the month?

• $109.89

• $108.79

• $110.15

• $107.67