Homework:

1. Sophia finished 2323 of a book. She calculated that she finished 90 more
pages than she has yet to read. How long is her book?

Solution:
Let xx be the total number of pages in the book, then she
finished 23⋅x23⋅x pages.
Then she has x−23⋅x=13⋅xx−23⋅x=13⋅x pages left.
23⋅x−13⋅x=9023⋅x−13⋅x=90
13⋅x=9013⋅x=90
x=270x=270
So the book is 270 pages long.

2. A farming field can be ploughed by 6 tractors in 4 days. When 6 tractors work

together, each of them ploughs 120 hectares a day. If two of the tractors were
moved to another field, then the remaining 4 tractors could plough the same
field in 5 days. How many hectares a day would one tractor plough then?

Solution:
If each of 66 tractors ploughed 120120 hectares a day and they finished the
work in 44 days, then the whole field is:
120⋅6⋅4=720⋅4=2880120⋅6⋅4=720⋅4=2880 hectares.
Let's suppose that each of the four tractors ploughed xx hectares a day.
Therefore in 5 days they ploughed
5⋅4⋅x=20⋅x5⋅4⋅x=20⋅x hectares, which equals the area of the whole field, 2880
hectares.
So, we get 20x=288020x=2880
x=288020=144x=288020=144.
Hence, each of the four tractors would plough 144 hectares a day.