Math Is Fun Forum

the one i skipped over to now has 55 problems

Says ERR/SYNTAX Quit/goto etc. I tried another one

Oh ok. I hope your brain is not tired, many problems i have. I think the ones in charge are giving out too much homework, especially when we are all tired and burned out--with two more weeks to go.
(1/8) to the power of ^-3 =  _____

well, looks like I have a lot of math to contend with.

A minor league baseball team plays 85 games in a season. If the team won 13 more than twice as many games as they lost, how many wins and losses die the team have?

The linear model below gives the approximate enrollment, in thousands, for degree-granting institutions in a certain city from the year 2003, where x = 0 corresponds to 2003, x = 1 to 2004 and so on.
y = 0.2188x + 15.43
a. what is the projected enrollment for Fall 2012?
b. In what year is the enrollment projected to reach 18 thousand?

Ouch, that was a long word problem.

May I ask who "he" you are referring to?

If 7 is added to twice a number and this sum is multiplied by 4, the result is the same as if the number is multiplied by 5 and 10 is added to the product. What is the number?

You are quiet today. Are you all right?

Translate the verbal phrase into a mathematical expression.
The ratio of 33 and a non zero number, b

The mathematical expression is____

0.30(6) + 0.05x=0.15(6+x).
I am sorry. It looks like i left out a zero.
Solution set is asked for.

Oh, would it make any difference if it says: "The solution set is:"
Is that why it won't take?

Let's look at it.
0.30 (6) + 0.05 =0.15 (6+x)