Solving Rate Problems Answers

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?

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?

A $1,800 loan must be repaid in equal monthly payments.

Craig ran the first part of a race with an average speed of 8 miles per hour and biked the second part of a race with an average speed of 20 miles per hour. The entire two-part, 15-mile race took him 1.125 hours to complete. Which table correctly represents his rates, times, and distances for each part of the race?

It takes 8 minutes for Byron to fill the kiddie pool in the backyard using only a handheld hose. When his younger sister is impatient, Byron also uses the lawn sprinkler to add water to the pool so it is filled more quickly. If the hose and sprinkler are used together, it takes 5 minutes to fill the pool. Which equation can be used to determine r, the rate in parts per minute, at which the lawn sprinkler would fill the pool if used alone?

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

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 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?

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?

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