Algebra - math word problems

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  • Hot air balloon
    balon Hot air balloon ascends 25 meters up for a minute after launch. Every minute ascends 75 percent of the height which climbed in the previous minute. a) how many meters ascends six minutes after takeoff? b) what is the overall height 10 minutes after launch
  • Snowman
    snehuliak_1 In a circle with a diameter 50 cm are drawn 3 circles /as a snowman/ where: its diameters are integers, each larger circle diameter is 3 cm larger than the diameter of the previous circle. Determine snowman height if we wish highest snowman.
  • Diagonals in the diamond
    kosoctverec_color The length of one diagonal in diamond is 24 cm greater than the length of the second diagonal and diamond area is 50 m2. Determine the sizes of the diagonals.
  • Sequence
    mandlebrot Find the common ratio of the sequence -3, -1.5, -0.75, -0.375, -0.1875. Ratio write as decimal number rounded to tenth.
  • Football league
    football_1 In the 2nd football league plays each of the 16 participants with each opponent twice. For every victory gets 3 points, 1 point for a draw, a defeat none. After the competition was team with 54 points and 12 defeats at 9th place. How many times have won?
  • Catheti
    pyt_theorem The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 41 and the sum of legs is 49. Calculate the length of its legs.
  • Sparrow ball
    vrabce On the sparrows ball were males and females. There were 170 sparrows. Males was 20 more than females. How many sparrow female was at a ball?
  • Two typists
    lasica_typewriter There are two typists who are rewriting the material 814 pages. First can it handle rewrite yourself for 24 days; the second 12 days. First typist wrote material yourself 4 days rest rewrites yourself second typist. How many days will it take rewriting al
  • Reservoir + water
    cuboid_water Reservoir completely filled with water weighs 12 kg. After pouring off three quarters of the amount of water weights 3 kg. Calculate the weight and volume of the reservoir.
  • Sugar - cuboid
    kocky_cukor Pejko received from his master cuboid composed of identical sugar cubes with count between 1000 and 2000. The Pejko eat sugar cubes in layers. The first day eat one layer from the front, second day one layer from right, the third day one layer above. Yet
  • Cone and the ratio
    kuzel Rotational cone has a height 23 cm and the ratio of the base surface to lateral surface is 7: 9. Calculate a surface of the base and the lateral surface.
  • Password
    codes The voltage station is every day changing the master password, which consists of three letters. Code generation process does not change and is based on the following procedure: The following letters (A) to (I) correspond to different numbers from 1 to 9.
  • Automaker
    car_manufactury The automaker now produces daily 4 new cars more than last year so the production of 360 cars will save just one full working day. How many working days to produce 360 vehicles needed last year?
  • ZOO
    zoo In the zoo was elephants as many as ostrichs. Monkeys was 4 times more than elephants. Monkeys were as many as flamingos. Wolves were 5 times less as flamingos. How many of these animals were together? We know that there were four wolves.
  • Crystal water
    laboratory The chemist wanted to check the content of water of crystallization of chromic potassium alum K2SO4 * Cr2 (SO4) 3 * 24 H2O, which was a long time in the laboratory. From 96.8 g of K2SO4 * Cr2 (SO4) 3 * 24 H2O prepared 979 cm3 solution of base.
  • Decimal to fraction
    fractions_2 Write decimal number 8.638333333 as a fraction A/B in the basic form. Given decimal has infinite repeating figures.
  • Hiker
    hiker Hiker went half of trip the first day, the third of trip the second day and remaines 15 km. How long trip he planned?
  • Garden
    garden_2 Father dig up the garden in 9 hours. Son in 13 hours. How many hours take dig up the garden together?
  • Inequation
    inequalities Solve the inequation: 5k - (7k - 1)≤ 2/5 . (5-k)-2
  • Barbara
    batoh Barborka goes to school with backpack that was 2 - times more expensive than a bag slipper. If backpack was 36 euros cheaper it was cost same as bag slipper. How many cost backpack and how many bas slipper?

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