Math word problems

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• Quadrilateral pyramid
  Calculate the volume of a quadrilateral pyramid, the base of which has the shape of a rectangle with dimensions a = 6cm, b = 4cm and height v = 11cm
• Hole's angles
  I am trying to find an angle. The top of the hole is .625” and the bottom of the hole is .532”. The hole depth is .250” what is the angle of the hole (and what is the formula)?
• Reflector
  Circular reflector throws light cone with a vertex angle 49° and is on 33 m height tower. The axis of the light beam has with the axis of the tower angle 30°. What is the maximum length of the illuminated horizontal plane?
• Complete construction
  Construct triangle ABC if hypotenuse c = 7 cm and angle ABC = 30 degrees. / Use Thales' theorem - circle /. Measure and write down the length of legs.
• Temperature difference 2
  The temperature in London on new year’s day is -2 degree Celsius. The temperature in Moscow on the same day is -14 degree Celsius, what is the temperature difference between the two cities?
• Electrics - conductor
  The wire is 106 meters long at 0 °C and at every temperature increase of 1 °C the length increases by 0.15 mm per 1 m length of wire. Determine a function which represents the overall length of the wire as a function of temperature. What is the length of
• Interst on savings
  The bank offers 1.6% interest. How many euros have to insert at the beginning if we received € 15 on the interest?
• Rocket start
  The body launched vertically up returns to the start site in 6 seconds. What height did it have?
• Cyclist 12
  What is the average speed of a cycle traveling at 20 km in 60 minutes in km/h?
• Tiles
  How many tiles of 20 cm and 30 cm can build a square if we have a maximum 100 tiles?
• Rectangular garden 2
  A farmer bought 600 m of wire for the fence. He wants to use it to besiege a rectangular garden with a surface of 16875 m². Calculate the size of the garden.
• Nádoba
  Nádoba tvaru kostky je naplněna vodou do poloviny své výšky. Pokud dolijeme 20 l vody, bude nádoba naplněna do tří čtvrtin své výšky. Jaký je objem celé nádoby?
• Decide
  The rectangle is divided into seven fields. On each box is to write just one of the numbers 1, 2 and 3. Mirek argue that it can be done so that the sum of the two numbers written next to each other was always different. Zuzana (Susan) instead argue that i
• Pedestrian up-down hill
  Pedestrian goes for a walk first at plane at 4 km/h, then uphill 3 km/h. Then it is in the middle of the route, turns back and goes downhill at speed 6 km/h. Total walk was 6 hours. How many kilometers went pedestrian?
• The diagram
  The diagram is a cone of radius 8cm and height 10cm. The diameter of the base is. ..
• Profits
  Two members will make profit 52 000, - EUR. The forst earned 8% more and the second 10% more and thus earned together 56 700, - EUR. How many will initially each earn?
• Mr Novak
  Mr Novak earns an average 1249 euros. When increasing the salary they gave him a choice: ? What is better choice for Mr Novak?