Hesi Math word problems
1. If 6 textbooks cost $354, how much do 13 if 6 textbooks cost $354, then 1 textbook costs:
textbooks cost? $354/6= $59. Since 1 textbook cost $59, 13
textbooks will cost $59* 13= $767
2. A runner leaves his house at 7:45 for a If the runner is out from 7:45 to 10:00, he ran
morning run. If he travels at an average for 2:15.
speed of 6mph and gets back home at 2;15= 2.25 hours.
10:00, how far did he run? Since he travels at an average of 6mph, his total
travel distance is 2.25*6= 13.5 miles.
3. If Alice consumes two times as many If Alice consumes twice as many calories as
calories as Claire, and Claire consumes Claire, and Claire consumes 2,500 every day,
2.500 calories a day, how many calories then Alice will consume 5,000 per day. The
does Alice consume a week? question asks how many calories Alice will con-
sume in a week, so: 5,000*7= 35,000 calories
4. Jessie can answer multiplication prob- If Jessie can answer 6 questions in 20 seconds,
lems at a rate of 6 problems every 20 and there are 60 seconds in a minute, she can
seconds. If she has a 10-minute test with answer 36=18 questions each minute. Since
175 questions on it, will she finish in time? the test is 10 minutes long, she can answer
1018=180 questions. therefore, she will finish
the 175-question test and could even complete
5 more
5. 2 workers can finish building a play set in If 2 workers can finish a play set in 18 hours,
18 hours. How long will it take 4 workers it would take half the time, or 9 hours, to fin-
to build 3 play sets? ish the play set with 4 workers. It would then
take 93 hours to finish building 3 play sets: 9
hours3play sets=27hours.
6. A bookstore has 50% more fantasy books If there are 50% more fantasy books than bi-
than biographies. What is the ratio of fan- ographies, then we can create false numbers
tasy books to biographies? and say that if there are 100 biographies, there
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will be 150 fantasy books. The ratio of fantasy
books to biographies, then, is 150: 100. divid-
ing by 50, the ratio simplifies to 3:2
7. Train A leaves the station at 1:45 traveling If the train leaves at 1:45 and arrives at 3:15 it
at a constant speed of 65mph. If it arrives has been traveling for 1.5 hours. to find how
at its destination at 3:15, how many miles far it has traveled, we multiply by the speed:
did it travel? 1.5*65=97.5
8. two buildings in downtown Chicago If the height of the first building is 1,700ft while
stand across the river from each other. its shadow is 525ft, and the second building's
The first buildings height is 1,700ft and height is 1,450ft tall, it sets up this proportion:
it casts a shadow that is 525ft long. If 1,700/525=1,450/x. By cross multiplying and
the second building's height is 1,450 feet, solving for x we find: 1,700x=761,250; x=448ft
how long will its shadow be at the same long
time of the day (round to the nearest
foot)?
9. If Larry can wash 50 cars in 1/2 hour, how if it takes Larry 30 minutes (1/2 hour) to wash
long will it take him to wash 80 cars? 50 cars, then it takes 30/50=.6 minutes per car.
80 cars will take 80*6=48minutes
10. A baker can bake 4 cakes with 10 cups of If the 30c bag of sugar is 1/2 full, there are 15c
sugar. If he has a 30c bag that is 1/2 full, left. If the baker can bake 4 cakes with 10 c,
how many cakes bake? he can bake 2 with 5. therefore, he can bake
2*3=6cakes
11. If randy sells 8 times as many vacuum If Randy sells 8 times as many vacuum cleaners
cleaners as Janice, and Janice sells 690 as Janice, and Janice sells 690 vacuum cleaners
vacuum cleaners per year, on avg, how per year, then randy sells 8*690=5,520 vacuum
many does Randy sell each month cleaners per a year. The question asks how
many vacuum cleaners randy sells per month
so: 5,520/12=460 vacuum cleaners per month
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1. If 6 textbooks cost $354, how much do 13 if 6 textbooks cost $354, then 1 textbook costs:
textbooks cost? $354/6= $59. Since 1 textbook cost $59, 13
textbooks will cost $59* 13= $767
2. A runner leaves his house at 7:45 for a If the runner is out from 7:45 to 10:00, he ran
morning run. If he travels at an average for 2:15.
speed of 6mph and gets back home at 2;15= 2.25 hours.
10:00, how far did he run? Since he travels at an average of 6mph, his total
travel distance is 2.25*6= 13.5 miles.
3. If Alice consumes two times as many If Alice consumes twice as many calories as
calories as Claire, and Claire consumes Claire, and Claire consumes 2,500 every day,
2.500 calories a day, how many calories then Alice will consume 5,000 per day. The
does Alice consume a week? question asks how many calories Alice will con-
sume in a week, so: 5,000*7= 35,000 calories
4. Jessie can answer multiplication prob- If Jessie can answer 6 questions in 20 seconds,
lems at a rate of 6 problems every 20 and there are 60 seconds in a minute, she can
seconds. If she has a 10-minute test with answer 36=18 questions each minute. Since
175 questions on it, will she finish in time? the test is 10 minutes long, she can answer
1018=180 questions. therefore, she will finish
the 175-question test and could even complete
5 more
5. 2 workers can finish building a play set in If 2 workers can finish a play set in 18 hours,
18 hours. How long will it take 4 workers it would take half the time, or 9 hours, to fin-
to build 3 play sets? ish the play set with 4 workers. It would then
take 93 hours to finish building 3 play sets: 9
hours3play sets=27hours.
6. A bookstore has 50% more fantasy books If there are 50% more fantasy books than bi-
than biographies. What is the ratio of fan- ographies, then we can create false numbers
tasy books to biographies? and say that if there are 100 biographies, there
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will be 150 fantasy books. The ratio of fantasy
books to biographies, then, is 150: 100. divid-
ing by 50, the ratio simplifies to 3:2
7. Train A leaves the station at 1:45 traveling If the train leaves at 1:45 and arrives at 3:15 it
at a constant speed of 65mph. If it arrives has been traveling for 1.5 hours. to find how
at its destination at 3:15, how many miles far it has traveled, we multiply by the speed:
did it travel? 1.5*65=97.5
8. two buildings in downtown Chicago If the height of the first building is 1,700ft while
stand across the river from each other. its shadow is 525ft, and the second building's
The first buildings height is 1,700ft and height is 1,450ft tall, it sets up this proportion:
it casts a shadow that is 525ft long. If 1,700/525=1,450/x. By cross multiplying and
the second building's height is 1,450 feet, solving for x we find: 1,700x=761,250; x=448ft
how long will its shadow be at the same long
time of the day (round to the nearest
foot)?
9. If Larry can wash 50 cars in 1/2 hour, how if it takes Larry 30 minutes (1/2 hour) to wash
long will it take him to wash 80 cars? 50 cars, then it takes 30/50=.6 minutes per car.
80 cars will take 80*6=48minutes
10. A baker can bake 4 cakes with 10 cups of If the 30c bag of sugar is 1/2 full, there are 15c
sugar. If he has a 30c bag that is 1/2 full, left. If the baker can bake 4 cakes with 10 c,
how many cakes bake? he can bake 2 with 5. therefore, he can bake
2*3=6cakes
11. If randy sells 8 times as many vacuum If Randy sells 8 times as many vacuum cleaners
cleaners as Janice, and Janice sells 690 as Janice, and Janice sells 690 vacuum cleaners
vacuum cleaners per year, on avg, how per year, then randy sells 8*690=5,520 vacuum
many does Randy sell each month cleaners per a year. The question asks how
many vacuum cleaners randy sells per month
so: 5,520/12=460 vacuum cleaners per month
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