Word Problems Worksheet - Regional Professional Development Program Page 28
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47Southern Nevada
Regional Professional Development Program
Set 20
1) Kathleen wants to build a swimming pool in her backyard. The pool she is hoping to
build is in the shape of a rectangular prism. It is 50 feet long by 20 feet wide by 4
feet deep. What is the volume of the pool?
2) Kathleen is concerned about the water shortage in her area and decides to research
how much water it will take to fill her pool before she builds it. She does her
research and finds out that 1 cubic foot requires approximately 7.418 gallons of water
to fill. How many gallons of water will it take Kathleen to fill her pool? Use the
dimensions given in question 3.
3) Kathleen’s neighbor Jane decides to put a spa in her backyard. The spa will be
circular with a diameter of 6 feet and a depth of 3 feet. What is the volume of Jane’s
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2
r
spa? V=
4) Jane wants to build a deck of concrete around her spa. She wants to
concrete to go all of the way around the spa and be 3 feet wide. What
will be the area of the spa and the concrete deck combined?
5) The students in Ms. Prime’s math class ask her what her house number is. She
replies with the following riddle. “If you divide my house number by 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6
you will get a remainder of 1. If you divide it by 11 there will be no remainder. It is
the smallest number with these characteristics.” What is Ms. Prime’s house number?
6) A gram is about the size of one raisin. A dekagram is 10 grams. Estimate number of
dekagrams in a new pencil.
7) There are 8 male students to every 7 female students at Charleston Middle School.
There are 1350 students in all. How many students are female?
8) Which of the following expressions does not belong with the other three? Explain
6 −
6 −
6
6
your reasoning.
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9) The local weather man predicts that the temperature will change by 20
tomorrow.
What could this mean? Give an example.
10) A number squared and then multiplied by its cube is 243. What is the number?
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