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Hydraulic engineering is a subfield of civil engineering that centers around the transport and management of water resources. Hydraulic engineers design things like channels, canals, dams and levees...

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...

Memorial Day has always been the unofficial start of summer. Here are some problems about some things we love in hot weather! Two local supermarkets sell watermelons grown at McDowell’s farm. But...

Many students are finishing up their school years about this time. The end of school often means students are scrambling to figure out what grades they need on their final exams to earn certain grades...

Each summer Radolpho, Lucia and Mya, along with their families, spend two weeks on vacation at their shared lake house. Mya travels the furthest distance to get to the lake house from her home. Mya’s...

In 1896, the first modern Olympics brought in 241 participants. At the 2004 Olympics—when the Olympics returned to Athens—there were 10,625 participants. What is the percent of increase in...

Marjorie went shopping on Black Friday and received successive discounts of 25%, 40% and 20% off of the original price. If Marjorie wanted to purchase the same items this week, what single percent...

Hot Shot is an arcade basketball game in which the object is to make as many baskets as possible within the 60-second time limit. A player is awarded 2 points for each successful shot during the first...