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This document contains 12 word problems about tasks that can be completed individually or together. It provides the time it takes different people to complete each task alone and calculates how long it would take them if they worked together or the unknown time for the other person.

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Work Word Problems-Math Practice Problems

This document contains 12 word problems about tasks that can be completed individually or together. It provides the time it takes different people to complete each task alone and calculates how long it would take them if they worked together or the unknown time for the other person.

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Kuta Software - Infinite Algebra 2 Name___________________________________

Work Word Problems Date________________ Period____


Solve each question. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
1) It takes Kali eight minutes to sweep a 2) It takes Heather seven hours to pour a large
porch. Shawna can sweep the same porch concrete driveway. Alberto can pour the
in 11 minutes. If they worked together how same driveway in eight hours. How long
long would it take them? would it take them if they worked together?

3) Working alone, it takes Stephanie seven 4) It takes Darryl nine hours to mop a
hours to clean an attic. Shayna can clean warehouse. Castel can mop the same
the same attic in 12 hours. Find how long warehouse in eight hours. Find how long it
it would take them if they worked together. would take them if they worked together.

5) Working alone, Shanice can tar a roof in 12 6) Nicole can pick forty bushels of apples in
hours. One day her friend Kathryn helped 15 hours. Carlos can pick the same amount
her and it only took 5.14 hours. How long in 11 hours. How long would it take them
would it take Kathryn to do it alone? if they worked together?

Worksheet by Kuta Software LLC


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7) Working together, Arjun and Maria can oil 8) Working alone, Eduardo can harvest a field
the lanes in a bowling alley in 4.24 hours. in 14 hours. One day his friend Amy
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Maria eight hours. How long would it take How long would it take Amy to do it
Arjun to do it alone? alone?

9) Working together, Mary and Trevon can 10) Shreya can weed a garden in 19.3 minutes.
inflate twenty balloons in 7.34 minutes. One day her friend Elisa helped her and it
Had he done it alone it would have taken only took 7.44 minutes. Find how long it
Trevon 14.1 minutes. How long would it would take Elisa to do it alone.
take Mary to do it alone?

11) Huong can wash a car in 10 minutes. One 12) Working together, Kim and Jennifer can
day her friend Castel helped her and it only install a new deck in 6.28 hours. Had she
took 6.67 minutes. How long would it take done it alone it would have taken Jennifer
Castel to do it alone? 13.7 hours. How long would it take Kim to
do it alone?

Worksheet by Kuta Software LLC


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Kuta Software - Infinite Algebra 2 Name___________________________________

Work Word Problems Date________________ Period____


Solve each question. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
1) It takes Kali eight minutes to sweep a 2) It takes Heather seven hours to pour a large
porch. Shawna can sweep the same porch concrete driveway. Alberto can pour the
in 11 minutes. If they worked together how same driveway in eight hours. How long
long would it take them? would it take them if they worked together?
4.63 minutes 3.73 hours

3) Working alone, it takes Stephanie seven 4) It takes Darryl nine hours to mop a
hours to clean an attic. Shayna can clean warehouse. Castel can mop the same
the same attic in 12 hours. Find how long warehouse in eight hours. Find how long it
it would take them if they worked together. would take them if they worked together.
4.42 hours 4.24 hours

5) Working alone, Shanice can tar a roof in 12 6) Nicole can pick forty bushels of apples in
hours. One day her friend Kathryn helped 15 hours. Carlos can pick the same amount
her and it only took 5.14 hours. How long in 11 hours. How long would it take them
would it take Kathryn to do it alone? if they worked together?
8.99 hours 6.35 hours

Worksheet by Kuta Software LLC


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7) Working together, Arjun and Maria can oil 8) Working alone, Eduardo can harvest a field
the lanes in a bowling alley in 4.24 hours. in 14 hours. One day his friend Amy
Had she done it alone it would have taken helped him and it only took 7.47 hours.
Maria eight hours. How long would it take How long would it take Amy to do it
Arjun to do it alone? alone?
9.02 hours 16.02 hours

9) Working together, Mary and Trevon can 10) Shreya can weed a garden in 19.3 minutes.
inflate twenty balloons in 7.34 minutes. One day her friend Elisa helped her and it
Had he done it alone it would have taken only took 7.44 minutes. Find how long it
Trevon 14.1 minutes. How long would it would take Elisa to do it alone.
take Mary to do it alone?
12.11 minutes
15.31 minutes

11) Huong can wash a car in 10 minutes. One 12) Working together, Kim and Jennifer can
day her friend Castel helped her and it only install a new deck in 6.28 hours. Had she
took 6.67 minutes. How long would it take done it alone it would have taken Jennifer
Castel to do it alone? 13.7 hours. How long would it take Kim to
do it alone?
20.03 minutes
11.6 hours

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