Arithmetic - math word problems

  1. Product of two fractions
    numbers_47 Product of two fractions is 9 3/5 . If one of the fraction is 9 3/7. Find the other fraction.
  2. Quotient
    fun1_1 Determine the quotient and the second member of the geometric progression where a3=10, a1+a2=-1,6 a1-a2=2,4.
  3. Shoes 4
    shoes Belinda's shoe is 12.45 centimeters long. Felix's shoe is 2.8 centimeters longer than Belinda's shoe. In centimeters, what is the combined length of their two shoes?
  4. Resultant force
    3forces Calculate mathematically and graphically the resultant of a three forces with a common centre if: F1 = 50 kN α1 = 30° F2 = 40 kN α2 = 45° F3 = 40 kN α3 = 25°
  5. Unknown number
    mocninova_fx I think number. If subtract from the twelfth square the ninth square I get a number 27 times greater than the intended number. What is this unknown number?
  6. Hexagon area
    hexagon_1 The center of the regular hexagon is 21 cm away from its side. Calculate the hexagon side and its area.
  7. Q of GP
    geometric_1 Calculate quotient of geometric progression if a1=5 a a1+a2=12.
  8. Truck
    truck_4 The truck passed 4550 km in 5 days. The first three days passed every day the same way. The fourth day passed 630 km and the fifth day was 920 km. How many km has passed the first three days?
  9. The double ladder
    dvojity_rebrik The double ladder has 3 meters long shoulders. What is the height of the upper of the ladder reach if the lower ends are 1.8 meters apart?
  10. Sum of members
    seq_5 What is the sum of the first two members of the aritmetic progression if d = -4.3 and a3 = 7.5?
  11. Swallows
    vtak 7 swallows 8 tits and 8 sparrows sitting on a wire. How many total flyoff bird sitting on a wire?
  12. Rectangle 39
    rectnagles Find the perimeter and area of the rectangular with vertices (-1, 4), (0,4), (0, -1), and (-4, 4)
  13. Company account
    work_7 The company had an account of EUR 10,000. On Monday it withdraw 3,000 euros and Tuesday 6,000 euros. How much did the euro remain in the account?
  14. Volume and area
    cubes_8 What is the volume of a cube which has area of 361 cm2?
  15. The terrace
    terasa Around the round pool with a diameter of 5.5 meters is a wooden terrace with a width of 130 cm. What is the area of the terrace?
  16. Granddad
    konva_3 Grandfather have three barrels each with a capacity 2HL in the garden. How many times he can fill 10L can if two barrels are full and the third is filled with water to the half? How long it lasts water when irrigate the garden 125 liters a day?
  17. Skiing
    sneh Ski gondola starts at a distance of 975 m from the top and is 389 meters long. I went to the bottom station to the top station. How many meters I must go to the top of hill?
  18. Imaginary numbers
    Complex_conjugate_picture.svg Find two imaginary numbers whose sum is a real number. How are the two imaginary numbers related? What is its sum?
  19. Car parking
    parking The car park has 80 cars when 53 cars leaves. How many car are there?
  20. Circle chord
    circles_6 Calculate the length of the chord of the circle with radius r = 10 cm, length of which is equal to the distance from the center of the circle.

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