Math word problems
Mathematical word problems allow you to practice your mathematics knowledge in everyday tasks. Word problems train to understand, translate into the mathematical language (e.g., equations), solve, and check the accuracy and solution discussion.
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758cuboid
555cube
550prism
480cylinder
262pyramid
245cone
230sphere
56frustum
4765equation
434divisibility
304sets
501probability
313variations
260permutations
726mean
36variance
2248multiplication
1911division
1611subtraction
1533addition
1328square root
594comparing
545rounding
203cube root
168third power
3240length
3218time
3128area
2582unit conversion
2504volume
2068money
1521mass
1254angle
1119velocity
603power
399density
305temperature
254acceleration
196energy
324sine
306tangent
291cosine
62arcsine
2955square
2563area of a shape
2492triangle
1716right triangle
1002perimeter
989circle
968rectangle
543diagonal
288trapezoid
225polygon
199rhombus
79chord
50annulus
48rhomboid
22parabola
themes, topics
842work
172map scale
107Ohm's law
571line
178line segment
126vector
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2147reason
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246functions
179maximum
137factorial
107minimum
89per mil
25modulo
10integral
3157fractions
1810natural numbers
341integers
161real numbers
41matrix
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- Salary increase 2
Each year, Francesca earns a salary 2 percent higher than her previous year's salary. In her first five years at this job, she earned a total of $187,345. What was Francesca's salary in her 1st year at this job? - Clock's hands
The clock shows 12 hours. After how many minutes will the angle be between the hour and minute hand 60°? Consider the continuous movement of both hands for hours. - Train delay
Due to a breakdown, the train spent 16 minutes standing on the track behind Brno. He "eliminated" this delay, so after the start, the 80 km-long section went at a speed 10 km/h higher than originally planned. What speed was it, and what was it supposed to - A fruit
A fruit grower uses 1/3 of his land for bananas, 3/8 for pineapples, 1/6 for mangoes, and the remainder for oranges. What fraction of his land is used for oranges? - Sick days
In Canada, there are typically 261 working days per year. There is a 4.9% chance of an employee taking a sick day. What is the probability an employee will use 17 OR MORE sick days in a year? - Cement, sand, and gravel
Concrete tiles are made using buckets of cement, sand, and gravel mixed in a ratio of 1:4:6. How many buckets of gravel are needed for 4 buckets of cement? - Joe had
Joe had a full tank of petrol in his car. His car consumed 2/9 of the tank of petrol on Saturday and 1/3 of it on Sunday. What fraction of the tank of petrol was left after the weekend? - Nineteenth member
Find the nineteenth member of the arithmetic sequence: a1=33 d=5 find a19 - Cross-section 71254
The steel conductors of the long-distance power line have a cross-section of 5 cm². Calculate the resistance of a steel wire with a length of 2 km if the resistivity of the steel is 13 * 10-8 Ω · m. - Children's 66914
A carnival is organized in the village. The ratio of the price of one child ticket to the price of one adult ticket is 3:4 (in that order). Two children's tickets and three tickets for an adult cost a total of 270 Sk. How much will 2 adults and 3 children - The sum 9
The sum of two integers is 4. Their difference is 8. What are these two integers? - Built-up area
John build-up area 4.3 x 6.3 = 27.09 m² with building with a wall thickness 25 cm. How many centimeters would he have to subtract from the thickness of the walls that the built-up area fell by 5%? - Land area
The land area of Asia and Africa are in a 3:2 ratio, and the European and African are 1:3. What are the proportions of Asia, Africa, and Europe? - Quarter 7438
How many times is a quarter of an eighth smaller than a third of a sixth? - The cable car
The cable car is 2610 m long and rises at an angle of 35°. Calculate the height difference between the lower and upper station of the cable car. - Nuts
Peter has 49 nuts. Walnuts have three more than hazelnuts and hazelnut two over almonds. Determine the number of walnuts, almonds, and hazelnuts. - Significance 61784
Determine the interval estimate of the standard deviation of the meantime to find a parking space. We found out from a survey of 200 residents that the average time is one hour and 25 minutes, and the standard deviation is 15 minutes. Use a 1% significanc
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