Rational Work Word Problems

Marvin had 2 spools of thread. Each spool contained 10 ⅝ yards of thread. Marvin used 4 yards from each spool. How many yards of thread did Marvin have left?

Maya is updating her house, and right now her focus is on repainting the walls. She is using 4 different colors throughout the house. She used 1/3 of a gallon of burgundy paint, 7/8 of a gallon of a light beige paint, two 1/4 gallons of sky blue paint, and 1 3/4 gallons of lavender paint. In total, how many gallons did she use to paint the walls in her house? Write your answer as a mixed number.

Tori originally had $200.50 in her bank account. She spent 1/5 of it on clothes. Then she earned $20 babysitting. Then she bought a $3.50 popcorn for each of her three friends and herself. How much money is in her account now (do not include the dollar sign)?

The Land family went to the fair and bought 4 child tickets and 2 adult tickets. They also bought 6 corn dogs and a large popcorn. A child ticket is $5, an adult ticket is $10, a corn dog is $2.75, and popcorn is $4.25. How much did they spend in total? Just type the number.

Jaxon is going fishing. A fish is hooked at 20 feet below sea level. Jaxon is sitting on a dock at 5 feet above sea level. Write an expression that shows the distance the fish will travel to reach Jaxon.

Answer explanation

It is asking about a distance, so the expression needs to be within absolute value symbols- can be made by pressing Shift+\

On a certain day, the temperature changed at a rate of -3ºF per hour. How long did it take for the change in temperature to be -36ºF?

Maggie currently has a balance in her bank account of -$15.85. She deposit $11.50 into her account. Write an expression that shows her balance now (do not include dollar signs)?

Working alone at a constant rate, Carla can wash a load of dishes in 42 minutes. If Carla works together with Dan and they both work at constant rates, it takes them 28 minutes to wash the same load of dishes. Working at a constant rate, how long would it take Dan to wash the load of dishes by himself?

• 50 minutes

• 1 hour

• 84 minutes

• 2 hours

Working alone, it takes Asanji eight hours to dig a 10 ft by 10 ft hole. Brenda can dig the same hole in nine hours. How long would it take them if they worked together?

• 2 hours

• 4 hours

• 4.24 hours

• 5 hours

It takes Kali eight minutes to sweep a porch. Shawna can sweep the same porch in 11 minutes. If they worked together how long would it take them?

• 4.63 minutes

• 8 minutes

• 5.34 hours

• 6 minutes