Arithmetic - math word problems

  1. Nuts
    nuts How many we must have at least nuts if we can equally divide it to 10 children, 12 children or 15 children and any nut left?
  2. Computer
    pc The computer was purchased 10000,-. Each year, the price of a computer depreciates always the same percentage of the previous year. After four years, the value of the computer is reduced to 1300,- How many percent was depreciated price of the computer eac
  3. More money
    fun Lenka has €4.8 more than Natalia. Who will have more and how much, when Lenka give Natalia €2.5?
  4. Mrs XY
    crime Mrs Novak is employed. In January 2015 the gross income reached € 1348. Insurance is a 323.52 euros, and income taz 153.67 euros. Employer precipitated Mrs. Novak in recent clashes € 115, of which 57 euro for the savings account, and 58 euros for repaymen
  5. Snow balls
    snehove-koule Adam made 26 snowballs. Boris made less snowballs. How many snowballs Boris could do?
  6. The balls
    balls_4 You have 108 red and 180 green balls. You have to be grouped into the bags so that the ratio of red to green in each bag was the same. What smallest number of balls may be in one bag?
  7. The camp
    diary At the end of the camp a 8 friends exchanged addresses. Any friend gave remaining 7 friends his card. How many addresses they exchanged?
  8. Friends in cinema
    cinema_1 5 friends went to the cinema. How many possible ways can sit in a row, if one of them wants to sit in the middle and the remaining's place does not matter?
  9. Minutes
    watch_2 Write as fraction in basic form which part of the week is 980 minutes.
  10. Three digits number
    plot How many are three-digit integers such that in they no digit repeats?
  11. Iron sphere
    sphere_1 Iron sphere has weight 100 kg and density ρ = 7600 kg/m3. Calculate the volume, surface and diameter of the sphere.
  12. Hexadecimal number
    digitrons What will be hexadecimal number 303 as decimal number?
  13. Parcel
    land_parcel Both dimensions of the rectangular parcel were increased by 26%. By how many % has increased its acreage?
  14. Circles
    SquareCircleSquare Area of circle inscribed in a square is 14. What is the area of a circle circumscribed around a square?
  15. Product - quadratic equation
    circles_3 Product of two numbers is 900. If we increase lowest number by 2 then product will increase by 150. Determine both numbers.
  16. Buffet
    bufett In the school buffet were 30 children. 21 children bought sandwiches and 15 children bought lemonade. Four children did not buy anything. How many children bought lemonade and sandwiche?
  17. Calculation
    pocty How much is sum of square root of six and the square root of 225?
  18. Children
    car_game Less than 20 children is played various games on the yard. They can create a pairs, triso and quartets. How many children were in the yard when Annie came to them?
  19. Floods
    povodne After the floods that hit a school, parents help repair the damage. My father worked at the school 50 hours, my mom 5 hours less. How many hours worked mother? How many hours worked my parents together?
  20. Wood bars
    wood_bars It is 9 bars 14 meters long and 9 bars 11 meters long. How many 5-meter lath is needed to make them?

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