tap a can fill a cylindrical container in 3 minutes. tap b can fill the same cylinder in 15 minutes. how long will[..]

In a room with 280 adults, there are 2 and a half times as many women as men. How many women are in the room.

A movie theater sold 422 tickets on Friday. On Saturday, they sold 518 tickets. What was the approximate percentage[..]

Grace worked from 7:00 AM to 6:30 PM. She gets paid $13 per hour and "time and a half" for any hours over 8. How[..]

Kristen can type a 50-page paper in 8 hours. Last month Kirsten and Courtney, together, typed a 50-page paper in[..]

The sum of half a number and its reciprocal is the same as 51 divided by the number. Find the number.

a tank can be filled in 18 hours by pipe A or in 24 hours by pipe B. How long would it take both pipes to fill the tank?

A merchant has coffee worth $10 a pound that she wants to mix with 40 pounds of coffee worth $80 a pound, to get a[..]

Using Galileo's formula: d=16t^2 solve 42=16t^2

Bobby drops a coin into a wishing well. If the water is 42 feet from the top of the well, about how long would it[..]