Solving Rate Problems Answers

Working together, Katherine and Marina can sand a large cabinet in 2 hours. It would take Katherine 10 hours to do the job alone.

It takes 5 minutes to fill the sink using only the cold water. If both the hot water and the cold water are turned on, it takes 2 minutes to fill the sink. Which is the correct table that can be used to determine x, the time in minutes it takes to fill the sink using only the hot water?

If Judy completes a puzzle by herself, it takes her 3 hours. Working with Sal, it only takes them 2 hours.

Jonas jogged up the hill at an average rate of of a mile per minute and then walked down the hill at an average rate of of a mile per minute. The round trip took him 42 minutes. What is the missing value in the table that represents the distance of the trip down the hill?

Sophie and Simon are peeling a pile of potatoes for lunch in the cafeteria. Sophie can peel all the potatoes by herself in 45 minutes, while it would take Simon 30 minutes to do the job working alone. If Sophie and Simon work together to peel the potatoes, how long will it take them?

Eduardo’s average speed on his commute to work was 55 miles per hour. On the way home, he hit traffic and only averaged 40 miles per hour. If the round trip took him 1.25 hours, which expression represents the distance, in miles, for his trip home that is missing from the table?

Irina rode her bike to work at an average speed of 16 miles per hour. It started to rain, so she got a ride home along the same route in her coworker’s car at an average speed of 27 miles per hour. If Irina’s ride home in the car took 24 minutes (0.4 of an hour), how many hours was her bike ride to work, to the nearest tenth of an hour?

It would take Marco 6 hours to paint a fence by himself. It would take Jaylyn 5 hours to paint the same fence by herself. Marco is creating this table to help him determine how long it would take them to paint the fence together. Which heading should be written above the first column of numbers?

Mike and Jamal are 9 miles apart, and are planning to meet up. Mike is walking at an average speed of 3 miles per hour to meet Jamal. Jamal is driving at an average speed of 25 miles per hour to meet Mike.