Examples for 6th grade (the sixth graders)

Number of examples found: 1278

  • Parallelogram - side
    rovnobeznik Calculate the length of the side of a parallelogram whose area is 175 dm2 and height to that side is 24.2 dm long.
  • Cage
    klietka-c.-6 How many m2 of mesh farmer use for fencing of a cuboid cage with dimensions 25m, 18m, and 2.5m?
  • Sewing
    sew_machine_2 The lady cut off one half of cloth. She needed three-quarters of this piece to sew a skirt. What part of the original piece of cloth still remained?
  • Two cuboids
    cuboid_13 Find the volume of cuboidal box whose one edge is: a) 1.4m and b) 2.1dm
  • Orchard
    tree_2 3/5 of the trees in the orchard are apples, 1/3 are cherries and the remaining five trees are pear. How many trees are in the orchard?
  • Brackets
    brackets Place one pair of brackets in expression 20-16 + 10 - 4 - 2 so that the result will be 0.
  • Clock hands
    watch_3 The hands on the clock shows the time 12 hours and 2 minutes. Calculate the size of a sharp angle between clock hands three hours later.
  • Brownies
    cukr Mrs. Merritt made brownies, the recipe had to be cut in 1/2. The recipe called for 2 5/8 cups of sugar. How much sugar did she use?
  • Write 3
    plusminus Write a real world problem involving the multiplication of a fraction and a whole number with a product that is between 8 and 10 then solve the problem
  • Flooring a room
    tiles_10 Find the cost of flooring a room 6.5 m by 5 m with square tiles of sides 25 cm at the rate of rupees 9.40 per tile.
  • Surface of cuboid
    kvader11_9 Find the surface of the cuboid if its volume is 52.8 cm3 and the length of its two edges is 2 cm and 6 cm.
  • Moneys in triple ratio
    peniazky_4 Milan, John and Lili have a total 344 euros. Their amounts are in the ratio 1:2:5. Determine how much each of them has?
  • Car consumption
    odometer The car has passed 988 kilometers and consumed 66 liters of petrol. What is the consumption per 100 kilometers?
  • Arithmetic average
    ap The arithmetic mean of the five numbers is exactly 8. The sum of these four numbers is 30. What is the fifth number?
  • Triangle
    triangle_inequality Determine if it is possible to construct a triangle with sides 28 31 34 by calculation.
  • Addition of mixed numerals
    scientific_3 Add two mixed fractions: 2 4/6 + 1 3/6
  • To improper fraction
    fractal_15 Change mixed number to improper fraction a) 1 2/15 b) -2 15/17
  • Pizza 5
    pizza_8 You have 2/4 of a pizza and you want to share it equally between 2 people how much pizza does each person get?
  • Norm
    rajcata Three workers planted 3555 seedlings of tomatoes in one dey. First worked at the standard norm, the second planted 120 seedlings more and the third 135 seedlings more than the first worker. How many seedlings were standard norm?
  • Unknown number 6
    bonbons_7 Determine x if 1/6 of x is equal to 2/5 of the number 24.

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