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From Word Problems to Equations [01/28/1999]

If the sides of a square are lengthened by 3m, the area becomes 81m squared. Find the length of a side of the original square.

Garden Areas [8/14/1996]

Was the second garden larger or smaller?

Getting the Job Done [12/17/1996]

Two typists share a job and each does half of the work. The second typist begins working one hour after the first...

Giraffe Height [9/9/1996]

A newborn giraffe 6 feet tall is 1/3 the height of an adult giraffe. How much taller is the adult?

Girls and Coins [01/29/2001]

Five girls stopped for a soda on the way home from school. The girls were amazed to find that each of them had exactly six coins...

Golf Balls [04/13/1997]

Angie bought some golf balls for $14. If each ball had cost $0.25 less...

Guess and Check - How Many Coins? [10/03/2002]

Jeremy has seven fewer coins than Hanna. If together they have 83 coins, how many coins does Hanna have?

Guess and Check Tables, Algebra [10/12/2002]

Find the mass of Hector's math, science, and Spanish textbooks.

Handcar and Freight Train [12/6/1994]

A handcar sets out from Chicago to Detroit at an average speed of 10mph. Four hours later a freight train starts a run from Detroit to Chicago at an average speed of 20 mph. Assuming the rail distance between the two cities is 400 miles, which will be closer to Chicago when they meet?

Helicopters Over a Traffic Jam [09/23/1998]

A helicopter flies over a traffic jam at a speed of 180 km/h...

Hines Parkway Problem [2/4/1995]

What is the average speed of cars on Hines Parkway given the following information?

Hot Air Balloons [12/25/1996]

A hot air balloon covered 2100 miles in 7 days. If it covered 50 miles more each day than the day before, how many miles did it cover each day?

How Do You Figure Out the Equations for Word Problems? [04/09/2006]

I can solve equations fine, but whenever I try a word problem, I can't figure out how to come up with the equation I need to solve. How do you turn a word problem into the right equation?

How Far Did the Plane Fly? [01/23/2003]

A plane flew 440km/h to its destination. It then flew 500km/h back. If the whole trip took 9 hours, how far did the plane fly?

How Fast Did Dan Drive? [8/24/1996]

It takes Kay 20 minutes to drive to work at 45 mph. Two minutes after she left home this morning, her husband Dan started out...

How Heavy is the Brick? [11/15/1997]

If a brick weighs a kilogram plus half a brick, how heavy is the brick?

How Long is Duke the Dog? [09/04/2001]

Duke the dog's head is 6 inches long, his tail is as long as his head plus half the length of his body, and his body is as long as the head and the tail combined.

How Long is the Train? [05/21/1999]

Two trains are traveling in opposite directions along parallel tracks, train A at 72kph and train B at 54kph...

How Many Apples? [09/19/2002]

How many apples did John get from his boss?

How Many are in the Group? [10/17/1996]

Everyone in the group had been to at least one of the parks...

How Many Barbies [08/11/1999]

How many different Barbies can I make if I can choose from 4 skin colors, 3 eye colors, 4 hairstyles, and 6 hair colors?

How Many Boys Are in the Seventh Grade? [05/20/1999]

In a seventh grade of 360 students, 80 percent can swim...

How Many Coins Did Each Originally Have? [10/22/2001]

Natalie has some nickels, Dirk has some dimes, and Quincy has some quarters. Dirk has five more dimes than Quincy has quarters... How many coins did each originally have?

How Many Days in the Month? [01/22/2004]

There were eleven days of rain one month in Boston. Of the remaining days, two-fifths were sunny, one-fourth were cloudy, and it snowed the other seven days. How many days were in the month?

How Many Different Combinations of Shares Could She Buy? [03/05/1998]

Mrs. Ridero has $240 that she wants to invest in three companies traded on the stock market ...

How Many Freshmen Originally Tried Out? [01/15/2003]

Some freshmen were trying out for the school track team... The 10 who remained became the track team.

How Many Men, Women, and Children at the Circus? [10/18/2000]

A circus performance is witnessed by 120 people who have paid $120. The men paid $5, the women $2, and the children $.10 each. How many of each went to the circus? A solution without algebra.

How Many Mice, Cats, and Dogs? [01/13/2003]

You must spend $100 to buy 100 pets, choosing at least one of each pet. The pets and their prices are: mice @ $0.25 each, cats @ $1.00 each, and dogs @ $15.00 each. How many mice, cats, and dogs must you buy?

How Many of Each Ticket Were Sold? [09/06/2001]

Five hundred tickets were sold for a play, for $8 at the lower level and $6 at the upper level, totaling $3600.

How Many Oxen Can Be Fed? [6/28/1996]

We have three pastures with grass of identical height, density, and growth rate...

How Many Pads of Paper? [10/30/2001]

A merchant marked some pads of paper down from $2.00 and sold the entire lot. If the gross profit from the sale was $603.77, how many pads did he sell?

How Many Pages? [10/04/1997]

A printer uses 837 digits to number the pages of a book. How many pages are there in the book?

How Many Pencils? [09/05/2001]

How many pencils does Al have if all of them are blue except 2, all of them are yellow except 2, and all of them are red except 2?

How Many People Went on the Cruise? [12/03/2001]

At the end of a special cruise, the employees could not remember the total number of people who were on board. However, they had the following data from the passenger list: 520 European females...

How Many Seats? [01/15/2003]

There are 40 rows in an auditorium. Each has two more seats than the previous row. There are 1960 seats in all. How many seats are in the first row of the auditorium?

How Many Steps on the Escalator? [7/1/1996]

A famous mathematician who is always in a hurry walks up an up-going escalator at the rate of one step per second. Twenty steps bring him to the top...

How Many Stickers...? [8/25/1996]

James has twice as many stickers as John, who has twice as many stickers as Pete....

How Many Trains Meet? [09/17/2001]

Every hour, on the hour, a train leaves Tallahassee for Jacksonville, while another train leaves Jacksonville for Tallahassee. The trip between the two cities takes exactly two hours. How many trains going in the opposite direction will a Tallahassee train to Jacksonville meet?

How Many Valentines? [02/10/2003]

If everyone in your class gave a Valentine to everyone else in your class, how many valentines would be exchanged?

How Much did the Tree Grow? [11/07/2001]

A white pine was 16 m tall in 1962. It was 20 m tall in 1965. It is now 34 m tall. How much has it grown since 1962?

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