Arithmetic - math word problems

Number of problems found: 1746

  • Cube containers
    cubes3_2 Replace the two cube-shaped containers with 0.8 dm and 0.6 dm edges with a single cube-shaped one so that it has the same volume as the two original ones together. What is the length of the edge of this cube?
  • Eight chairs
    family_1 There are eight chairs by the table and one more child sitting on each one. There are two times more girls than boys. How many girls and how many boys can there be?
  • Seasonal sale
    bicycle_gears The bike became cheaper on the seasonal sale by 22%, which is 88 euros. At what price is it sold now?
  • An airplane
    aircraft-02 An airplane flies 1440 km in 2 1/4 hours. What is its average speed in km per hour?
  • 120 nuts
    oriesky Divide 120 nuts in a ratio of 4: 6.
  • Milk crates
    milk A farmer sells milk in crates that hold 15 bottles. She has 34,125 bottles of milk. How many crates can the farmer fill?
  • Volume per time
    inlet How long does fill take for a pump with a volume flow of 200 l per minute fill a cube-shaped tank up to 75% of its height if the length of the cube edge is 4 m?
  • Square gardens
    zahrada_1 The gardening colony with dimensions of 180 m and 300 m is to be completely divided into equally large square areas with the largest possible area. Calculate how many such square areas can be obtained and determine the side length of the square.
  • Pagans
    rohliky Jano and Michael ate pagans. Jano ate three more than Michael. The product of their counts (numbers) is 180. How many pagans did each of them eat?
  • An electrician
    cu_wire_1 An electrician needs 1 1/3 rolls of electrical wire to wire each room in a house. How many rooms can he wire with 6 2/3 rolls of wire?
  • Susan
    penize_2 Susan bought an oven in a paylite installment plan of Php 2,070 per month for six months. The payment is automatically debited from her credit card. What is the net debit on her card after six months from the installment plan alone?
  • Illness
    pharmacy Peter is ill and must take medication three times a day for one tablet. For how many days is a pack of 30 tablets enough for him, when on the third day he takes one tablet only in the morning and evening?
  • Pegs
    meter_1 From two sticks 240 cm and 210 cm long, it is necessary to cut the longest possible pegs for flowers so that no residues remain. How many pegs will it be?
  • Babysitting
    babo $27.40 babysitting for 4 hours. How much would she make if she babysat for 7 hours?
  • The wooden
    cubes3 The wooden block measures 12 cm, 24 cm, and 30 cm. Peter wants to cut it into several identical cubes. At least how many cubes can he get?
  • Sum 1-6
    seq_sum Find the sum of the geometric progression 3, 15, 75,… to six terms.
  • Into box
    cubes3_1 How many cubes with an edge of 2.5 cm fit into a box measuring 11.6 cm; 8.9 cm and 13.75 cm?
  • What is 10
    numbers2_4 What is the 5th term, if the 8th term is 80 and common ratio r =1/2?
  • Find next member
    sequence_geo Find x if the numbers from a GP 7, 49, x.
  • Missing term 2
    seq What is the missing term for the Geometric Progression (GP) 3, 15, 75,__, 1875?

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