Preparing for Higher Math

Mathematics Preparing for Higher Math

Lindsay can paint 25% of a certain room in 20 minutes. What fraction of the same room can Joseph paint in 20 minutes if the two of them can paint the room in an hour, working together at their respective rates?

A
3 %
B
2.9 %
C
8.4 %
D
6.1 %
E
7.6 %

Source: Algebra word problems from the AQuA-RAT dataset (Ling et al., 2017), published by Google DeepMind under the Apache License 2.0. Go to the official source →

AQuA-RAT items are crowdsourced algebra problems, not ACT questions. They carry five answer choices in the pre-2025 ACT Mathematics style and no ACT reporting category. Useful for drilling Preparing for Higher Math content; not a substitute for a real form.