A car can travel from city A to city B in 8 hours. If its speed during the return journey was decreased by 7 mph, it would take 9 hours to get back to city A. How far apart are the two cities?

Samwise can mow 5 lawns in 9 hours, and Frodo can mow 1 lawn in 4 hours. Samwise, Frodo, and Bilbo, working together, can mow 20 lawns in 18 hours. How many minutes does it take Bilbo to mow 3 lawns?

A car travels from city A to city B in 12 hours. It then travels from city B to city C at the same speed, in 8 hours. If the car was traveling 5 mph faster, it would have traveled from city A to city B in 10 hours.  What is the distance from city B to city C?

Jack can mow a lawn in 6 hours, and Jane can mow it in 4 hours. If they work together, how long will it take them to mow the lawn? Give your answer in minutes.

John drove at 20 mph for 30 minutes, and then he drove back home at 10 mph. What was his average speed for the entire trip?

If Jameson can build a 20 foot wall in 6 hours, and Jaqueline can build a 50 foot wall in 12 hours, and the two of them work together to build a 180 foot wall (with each of them starting at opposite ends of the wall), how much wall will each build before the wall is complete?

Owen can read a 100 page book, which had 500 words per page. It took him 2 hours less time than it takes him to read a 150 page book with 600 words per page. How long would it take him to read a 400 page book which had 400 words per page?