Browse Category: Mathematics

Motion Problem Exercise 1

Solve the following motion problems.

1.) A plane is traveling at a rate of 400 kilometers per hour. How many kilometers can it travel in 4.5 hours?

2.) Lance’s house is 3 kilometers away from his school. He goes to school every day using a bicycle. If it takes him 15 minutes to go to school using his bicycle, what is his average speed in km/hr?

3.) The distance between Alma’s house and her office is 8 km. If she leaves her house at 7:00 am and drives her car to the office at an average rate of 40 km per hour, what time will she reach the office?

Continue Reading

Work Problem Exercise

Solve the following.

1) Manny can do a job in 8 days. What part of the job is finished after he worked for 4 days?

2.) Josie can do a job in 7 days. Danna can do the same job in 12 days. If they both worked for 1 day, what part of the job is finished?

3.) Daniel can paint a house in 8 days. Vic can do the same job in 10 days. If they both worked for 2 days, what part of the job is done?

4.) One hose can fill a pool in 4 hours and a smaller hose can fill the same pool in 6 hours. How long will it take the two hoses to fill the entire pool?

5.) Lucian can dig a ditch in 6 hours. Lucian and Michael can do it in 3 hours. How long would it take Jun to dig the same ditch alone?

Answer key:

1.) \frac{1}{2}
2.) 1\frac{9}{84}
3.) \frac{9}{20}
4.) 2 hrs and 24 minutes
5.) 6 hrs

Age Word Problem

Solve the following problems.

1.) Jeff is 8 years older than Mira. The sum of their ages is 60. What are their ages?

2.) Angie is 12 years younger than Jaime. The sum of their ages is 44. How old is Jaime?

3.) Leo is 7 years older than Karen. In 5 years, the sum of their ages will be 45. How old is Karen?

4.) Arvin is twice as old as Cory. The sum of their ages is 42. What are their ages?

5.) Rashid is four times as old as Soraya. Three years ago, the sum of their ages was 39. How old is Soraya now?

Continue Reading

Number Word Problem

Solve the following problems.


1.) One number is 3 greater than the other number. Their sum is 47. What are the two numbers?

2.) One number is 12 less than the other number. Their sum is 64. What are the two numbers?

3.) One number is twice the other number. Their sum is 84. What are the two numbers?

4.) One number is five times the other number. Their sum is 72. What are the two numbers?

5.) One number is four times the other number. Their difference is 45. What are the two numbers?

Continue Reading