Arithmetic - math word problems

  1. Dividing money
    penize Janka and Silvia are to divide 1200 euros in a ratio of 19:11. How many euros does the Janka have?
  2. Almonds
    almonds Rudi has 4 cups of almonds. His trail mix recipe calls for 2/3 cup of almonds. How many batches of trail mix can he make?
  3. Turtles 2
    turtles A box turtle hibernates in the sand at 11 5/8. A spotted turtle hibernates at 11 16/25 feet. Which turtle is deeper?
  4. Right circular cone
    cut-cone The volume of a right circular cone is 5 liters. Calculate the volume of the two parts into which the cone is divided by a plane parallel to the base, one-third of the way down from the vertex to the base.
  5. Stamps
    stamp Tibor has four times more stamps than Miro and seven times more stamps than Stano. How many stamps have all three if Tibor has 504 stamps?
  6. Divide
    decimals2 Divide the number 72 in the ratio 7: 2 and calculate the ratio of the numbers found in this order and write down as decimal.
  7. Pebble
    koule_krychle The aquarium with internal dimensions of the bottom 40 cm × 35 cm and a height of 30 cm is filled with two-thirds of water. Calculate how many millimeters the water level in the aquarium rises by dipping a pebble-shaped sphere with a diameter of 18 cm.
  8. Students at cinema
    cinema All pupils from the school went to the cinema for a film performance. The cinema has 400 seats, 2 rows of 20 seats remain unoccupied. 10 places were occupied by teachers. How many students were there?
  9. The temperature 3
    teplomer The temperature is -12 degrees Fahrenheit. During the following 5 hours the temperature decrease 23 degrees Fahrenheit what is the temperature at 11 pm?
  10. Dice and coin
    dice A number cube is rolled and a coin is tossed. The number cube and the coin are fair. What is the probability that the number rolled is greater than 2 and the coin toss is head?
  11. Stock market 2
    nyse For the week of July 22, the following day to day changes in the stock market was recorded a certain stock: -2 on Monday; +4 Tuesday; -8 Wednesday; + 2 1/2 Thursday; - 3 1/4 Friday. The stock began the week at 78 points. How many points did it finish with.
  12. Wood 11
    wood Father has 12 1/5 meters long wood. Then I cut the wood into two pieces. One part is 7 3/5 meters long. Calculate the length of the other wood?
  13. Brick weight
    brick The brick weighs 2 kg and a half bricks. How much does one brick weigh?
  14. Garden
    garden_1 Area of a square garden is 6/4 of triangle garden with sides 56 m, 35 m, and 35 m. How many meters of fencing need to fence a square garden?
  15. Pool
    pool If water flows into the pool by two inlets, fill the whole for 8 hours. The first inlet filled pool 6 hour longer than second. How long pool take to fill with two inlets separately?
  16. Chocolate
    cokolada Leslie bought 8 same chocolates for 16 Eur. How many euros will he pay for 25 chocolates?
  17. Forestry workers
    forestry_workers In the forest is employed 56 laborers planting trees in nurseries. For 8 hour work day would end job in 37 days. After 16 days, 9 laborers go forth? How many days are needed to complete planting trees in nurseries by others, if they will work 10 hours a d
  18. Bonus
    moeny Gross wage was 527 EUR including 16% bonus. How many EUR were bonuses?
  19. Divisibility
    divisibility Is the number 761082 exactly divisible by 9? (the result is the integer and/or remainder is zero)
  20. Troops
    regiment Route is long 147 km and the first day first regiment went at an average speed 12 km/h and journey back 21 km/h. The second day went second regiment same route at an average speed 22 km/h there and back. Which regiment will take route longer?

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