GRE Quantitative Reasoning › How to find rate
It takes Mary 45 minutes to completely frost 100 cupcakes, and it takes Benjamin 80 minutes to completely frost 110 cupcakes. How many cupcakes can they completely frost, working together, in 1 hour?
Ben mows the lawn in 1 hour. Kent mows the lawn in 2 hours. How long will it take them to mow the lawn working together?
If John can paint a house in hours and Jill can paint a house in
hours, how long will it take for both John and Jill to paint a house together?
Two cars begin 500 miles apart and begin driving directly toward each other. One car proceeds at a rate of 50 miles per hour, while the other proceeds at a rate of 40 miles per hour. Rounding down, many minutes will it take for the two drivers to be 150 miles apart?
Beverly just filled up her gas tank, which has enough gas to last her, at her usual driving rate, about 45 days. However, Beverly becomes extra busy and begins driving 66.6% more than she usually does. How many days does the tank of gas last Beverly at her new rate?
A Super Sweet Candy Puff Roll has 1450 calories per roll. A man eats one roll in 10 minutes. During the work day, the man eats a roll at the start of the shift and then eats another a roll every two hours after finishing the last one. Since he is watching his health, he eats only until 3 PM but will not start eating another one at any time after 3 PM. If his shift begins at 8 AM and ends at 5 PM, how many calories per minute does he consume in Super Sweet Candy Puff Rolls® during the whole work day?
The cold-water faucet can fill a bucket in 30 minutes, and the hot-water faucet can fill a bucket in 60 minutes. How long will it take to fill a bucket when the two faucets are running together?
Mario can solve problems in
hours. At this rate, how many problems can he solve in
hours?
Quantitative Comparison
Alice has a puppy and a kitten. The puppy weighs 4 pounds and grows at a rate of 1 pound per month. The kitten weighs 2 pounds and grows at a rate of 2 pounds per month.
Quantity A: Weight of the puppy after 8 months
Quantity B: Weight of the kitten after 7 months
Carol ate 3 pancakes in 5 minutes. If she continues to eat at the same rate, how many whole pancakes can she eat in 24 minutes?