A local charity is wrapping holiday gifts for local needy families. When 8 volunteers work together, they can get all of the gifts wrapped and distributed in 6 hours. How many hours would it have...
Cara was born on January 1, 2010, and her mother, Sydney, was born on January 1, 1982. In what year will Sydney’s age be twice Cara’s age? If we let Cara’s age be C, then Sydney’s age is S = C + 28...
Luis plans to purchase some new baseball bats and gloves before spring training begins. Luis wants to buy the same bats and gloves he purchased last spring, but he can’t remember the price of each...
Next Monday, April 15, is Tax Day! It is estimated that the total time Americans will spend on taxes this year is 6.5 billion hours! According to the White House budget office, tax work accounts for...
May is National Bike Month, so here are a few problems related to bicycles. Brenden is riding an old-time bicycle that has a back wheel with a diameter of 1 foot and a front wheel with a radius of 1.5...
Now that 2024 is finally here, let’s see what we can do with this new number! If the perimeter of a particular square is 2024 inches, what is the area of the square, in square inches? Express your...
In 1998, Nkem Chukwu gave birth to the first set of surviving octuplets. The eight babies weighed from 11.3 ounces to 28.6 ounces at birth. Leonard Weisman, the Texas Children’s Hospital’s chief of...
The third Monday of January is the holiday commemorating the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. The first time Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated was in 1986. Try to solve these problems...