Please try these questions and test yourself

[Pensive]

Question 1: Steven left Town A and walked towards Town B at a speed of 100 m/min. At the same time Jason and Melvin started from Town B and walk towards Town A at a speed of 80m/min and 75m/min respectively. If Steven met Melvin six minutes after passing Jason, find the distance between Town A and Town B?

Question 2: Find the area, in square centimetres of a rectangular strip of board 3.8 m long and 75 mm wide.

Question 3: As many 8-cm diameter discs as possible are cut from a sheet of rectangular cardboard measuring 170 cm by 90 cm. Find the area of the sheet that if left?

~ I will love to hear what answers you got! Even if you are unable to solve these questions, please give a response. It will mean that other people were not able to do these questions like me. And if you are able to do it, it means that I have a very poor brain.

Virgil, Papaya and others who have specially read Mathematics and are reading it, I will love to hear especially from you. Tell us your answers and you can show us the solution as well if possible.

Thanks, I just found it interesting to share these questions with all of you.

[SleepyWitch]

SleepyWitch hates maths.. she's even too impatient to read the questions properly... but here's another good one:

one and a half chickens lay one and a half eggs in one and a half days. how many eggs do you get from 4 (whole) chickens in 9 days? er right... i've managed to figure it out, but I'll have to look up the solution again, so take your time

[smilingtearz]

100 -75 no wait.. um... 3.8*75 ... *trying to calculate*
urgh! i quit!!

[Virgil]

Question 1: Steven left Town A and walked towards Town B at a speed of 100 m/min. At the same time Jason and Melvin started from Town B and walk towards Town A at a speed of 80m/min and 75m/min respectively. If Steven met Melvin six minutes after passing Jason, find the distance between Town A and Town B?

Question 2: Find the area, in square centimetres of a rectangular strip of board 3.8 m long and 75 mm wide.

Question 3: As many 8-cm diameter discs as possible are cut from a sheet of rectangular cardboard measuring 170 cm by 90 cm. Find the area of the sheet that if left?

~ I will love to hear what answers you got! Even if you are unable to solve these questions, please give a response. It will mean that other people were not able to do these questions like me. And if you are able to do it, it means that I have a very poor brain.

Virgil, Papaya and others who have specially read Mathematics and are reading it, I will love to hear especially from you. Tell us your answers and you can show us the solution as well if possible.

Thanks, I just found it interesting to share these questions with all of you.

I don't have time right now at work, Pensy. I'll do it tonight when I get home.

[Helga]

I tried it but couldn't figure it out.... I took an IQ test two years ago and the professional who went over it told me that I'm 'blind' on math, it's similar to confuse letters, but I confuse numbers... this would be the reason why I have been failing in math every year since I was 13....

At least I tried... that has to 'count' for something....

[Boris239]

Q1
it is 37800 m
let's assume that time be4 Steven met jason is t
so 100t+80t=x where x is the distance
180t=x
at the same time Melvin passed 75t
So the second equation is 100(t+6)+75(t+6)=x
175t+1050=x=180t
5t=1050
t=210 so x=180*210=37800

[Boris239]

Q2: 3.8 m=380 cm
75 mm=7.5 cm
Area=380 *7.5=2850 cm^2

[ShoutGrace]

At least I tried... that has to 'count' for something....

[Pensive]

Thanks everyone!

Witch, I can't even answer this one. It is night here and I am getting sleepy. (Where is Night by the way?)

Thanks Helga for trying. Virgil, I will look forward to it. I hope that you are doing well!

[Boris239]

For Q3 I'm not sure but I think that we can cut 21*11=231 discs. There area is 231*pi*16=3696*pi
So the area left is 170*90-3696*pi=15300-3696*pi

[Pensive]

Q1
it is 37800 m
let's assume that time be4 Steven met jason is t
so 100t+80t=x where x is the distance
180t=x
at the same time Melvin passed 75t
So the second equation is 100(t+6)+75(t+6)=x
175t+1050=x=180t
5t=1050
t=210 so x=180*210=37800

Oh yeah, that's very right.
*am not sure about the other one*

[Pensive]

Boris, Is Math one of your major subjects?

[Boris239]

Here is a good one:
two old friends are meeting:
1: I have 3 children
2: How old are they?
1: The product of their ages is 36
2: It's not enough info
1: The sum of their ages is the number of windows in the nearby house:
2: Still not enough info:
1: My eldest is redhead
2: Oh, now I know

How old are the children?

[Boris239]

Boris, Is Math one of your major subjects?

Yes, I'm doing my Masters in it now

My 100th post

[Pensive]

Congratulations on your 100th post, Boris!