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6 pipes fill a tank in 1 hour 20 minutes. With 5 pipes the time is:Read the answer and worked solution →A hostel has food for 100 students for 20 days. If 25 more join, it lasts:Read the answer and worked solution →15 workers build a wall in 48 hours. To finish in 30 hours you need:Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair is in inverse proportion?Read the answer and worked solution →The angle turned by a clock's minute hand and the time passed are:Read the answer and worked solution →A car takes 2 hours at 60 km/h. At 80 km/h the same trip takes:Read the answer and worked solution →A box of sweets gives 24 children 5 each. With 4 fewer children, each gets:Read the answer and worked solution →Simple interest at a fixed rate and time changes in direct proportion with the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the direct proportionsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the inverse pairsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the proportion numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the proportion wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Direct or inverseRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the proportion cluesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Proportion bingoRead the answer and worked solution →In uniform motion problems, distance is found by multiplying rate by:Read the answer and worked solution →A car goes 70 miles per hour for 3 hours. The distance covered is:Read the answer and worked solution →For the distance formula, 90 minutes must be written as:Read the answer and worked solution →An express train takes 4 hours and a local train 5 hours for the same trip, the express being 12 mph faster. The local train's speed is:Read the answer and worked solution →With the local train at 48 mph and the express 12 mph faster, the express train runs at:Read the answer and worked solution →Because both trains leave Pittsburgh for Washington, the equation comes from the fact that they travel the:Read the answer and worked solution →If the parents drove at 40 mph and Christopher was 10 mph faster, his speed was:Read the answer and worked solution →When two people drive toward each other, the equation is that their distances:Read the answer and worked solution →For trucks travelling in opposite directions, the distances travelled must:Read the answer and worked solution →If the rate is in miles per hour, the time in the distance formula must be in:Read the answer and worked solution →Katie Mae walks to school in 30 minutes and bikes it in 15 minutes. In hours these times are:Read the answer and worked solution →If Katie Mae walks at 3 mph and bikes 3 mph faster, her biking speed is:Read the answer and worked solution →Hamilton left home at 2:00 pm and entered the desert at 4:30 pm, so he drove in the city for:Read the answer and worked solution →The first step in a distance, rate and time problem, after reading it, is to:Read the answer and worked solution →

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6 pipes fill a tank in 1 hour 20 minutes. With 5 pipes the time is:

  1. 96 minutes
  2. 80 minutes
  3. 100 minutes
  4. 66 minutes
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Correct answer: A. 96 minutes

1. Fewer pipes means more time. 2. 80 times 6 equals 5 times x. 3. x is 96 minutes. _Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 13, Direct and Inverse Proportions._

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A hostel has food for 100 students for 20 days. If 25 more join, it lasts:

  1. 18 days
  2. 16 days
  3. 25 days
  4. 15 days
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Correct answer: B. 16 days

1. More students, fewer days. 2. 100 times 20 equals 125 times y. 3. y is 16 days. _Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 13, Direct and Inverse Proportions._

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15 workers build a wall in 48 hours. To finish in 30 hours you need:

  1. 30 workers
  2. 9 workers
  3. 24 workers
  4. 20 workers
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Correct answer: C. 24 workers

1. Hours and workers vary inversely. 2. 48 times 15 equals 30 times y. 3. y is 24 workers. _Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 13, Direct and Inverse Proportions._

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