Arithmetic - math word problems

Sandpile
Auto sprinkled with sand to an approximately conical shape. Workers wanted to determine the volume (amount of sand) and therefore measure the circumference of the base and the length of both sides of the cone (over the top). What is the volume of the sa
Temperature calculus
Calculate percentage of temperature increase if changed from 18°C to 33°C?
Phone numbers
How many 7-digit telephone numbers can be compiled from the digits 0,1,2,..,8,9 that no digit is repeated?
Family
What is the probability that a family with 7 childrens have: exactly 5 girls? 7 girls and 0 boys? Consider the birth probability of a girl is 48.69% and boy 51.31%.
Homeless Dezider
Homeless Dežko has 9 coins in jacket: Calculate the value of its assets and calculate how many bottles of wine for 0.55 EUR can he buy.
Bomber
Bomber flies 10 km at 600 km/h. At what horizontal distance from the target, must pilot drop the bomb to hit the target? Don't care about air resistance and consider the gravitational acceleration g=9.81 m/s².
Trolleybus
Trolleybus line No. 206 measured 24 km. If the trolleybus goes faster by 5 km/h, the way there and back would is shorter by 33 minutes. Calculate the trolleybus speed and how much time it takes a return trip.
When will I be a millionaire?
Barry monthly send 280 euros to the bank, which he deposits bear interest of 2.1% p. A. Calculate how many months must Barry save to save 1000000 euros? Inflation, interest rate changes, or bank failures ignore.
Crossroads
Passenger car and an ambulance come to the rectangular crossroad, the ambulance left. Passenger car at speed 39 km/h and ambulance at 41 km/h. Calculate such a relative speed of the ambulance move to the car.
Railways - golden parachutes
As often happens in Slovakia habit, the state's financial institution which takes from poverty and gorilas give. A hardworking punishing taxes. Let's look at a short work of director Railway Company ZSSK - Mgr . P. K. : 18 months 'work' as director .
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower in Paris is 300 meters high, is made of steel. Its weight is 8000 tons. How tall is the tower model made of the same material, if it weigh is 2.4 kg?
Ultra expensive ramps
The village Čakajovce have two level railway crossings (the ramps), the railway company ZSR decided to replace it. The price for upgrading the two crossings is 302065 Euros. Calculate how many houses for 77000 euros is possible to obtain at this price. Ca
Reconstruction of the corridor
Calculate how many minutes will be reduced to travel 187 km long railway corridor, where the maximum speed increases from 120 km/h to 160 km/h. Calculate how many minutes will shorten travel time, if we consider that the train must stop at 6 stations, ea
Required reserves
Calculate what is the minimum amount of money that bank must hold in cash from your deposit 2750 Eur. How much money is ideally created in the banking system from your deposit if the level of minimum reserve requirement is 2.15%? Consider fractional r
Profitable bank deposit 2012
Calculate the value of what money lose creditor with a deposit € 9500 for 4 years if the entire duration are interest 2.6% p.a. and tax on interest is 19% and annual inflation is 3.7% (Calculate what you will lose if you leave money lying idle at negativ
Speed of Slovakian trains
Rudolf decided to take the train from the station 'Trnava' to 'Zemianske Kostoľany'. In the train timetables found train R 725 Remata : km0Bratislava hl.st.12:574Bratislava-Vinohrady13:0113:0219Pezinok13:1213:1346Trnava13:3013:3263Leopoldov13:4514:0168

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