Basic functions - math word problems

  1. Two divided
    fractions14 Two divided by nine tenths.
  2. Possible combinations - word
    dices2 How many ways can the letters F, A, I, R be arranged?
  3. Conical bottle
    cone-upside When a conical bottle rests on its flat base, the water in the bottle is 8 cm from it vertex. When the same conical bottle is turned upside down, the water level is 2 cm from its base. What is the height of the bottle?
  4. Weigh in total
    box I put 3/5kg of grapes into a box which is 1/4kg in weight. How many kilograms do the grapes and the box weigh in total?
  5. Two bodies
    cylinders The rectangle with dimensions 8 cm and 4 cm is rotated 360º first around the longer side to form the first body. Then, we similarly rotate the rectangle around the shorter side b to form a second body. Determine the ratio of surfaces of the first and seco
  6. Two accounts
    bank A banker divided $5000 between 2 accounts, one paying 10% annual interest and the second paying 8% annual interest. Express the amount invested in the 10% account in the terms of the amount invested in the 8% account.
  7. Pizza
    pizza Three siblings ordered one pizza. Miška ate a quarter of the whole pizza. Lenka ate a third of the rest and Patrik ate half of what Lenka had left. They had the rest packed up. How much of the pizza did they pack? Write the result as a fraction.
  8. The percent 2
    penize The percent return rate of a growth fund, income fund, and money market are 10%, 7%, and 5% respectively. Suppose you have 3200 to invest and you want to put twice as much in the growth fund as in the money market to maximize your return. How should you i
  9. Diagonal intersect
    rrLichobeznik isosceles trapezoid ABCD with length bases | AB | = 6 cm, CD | = 4 cm is divided into 4 triangles by the diagonals intersecting at point S. How much of the area of the trapezoid are ABS and CDS triangles?
  10. A drone
    drone A flying drone aimed the area for an architect. He took off perpendicularly from point C to point D. He was at a height of 300 m above the plane of ABC. The drone from point D pointed at a BDC angle of 43°. Calculate the distance between points C and B in
  11. Milk
    cow There were 22 liters of milk in three containers. There was 6 liters more in the first container than in the second. After pouring 5 liters from the first container into the third container, the same quantity of milk is in the second and third container.
  12. One third power
    cube-root Which equation justifies why ten to the one-third power equals the cube root of ten?
  13. A cloth
    flowers2 There are flower cloth 495 meters, white cloth 330 meters. What is the percentage of white cloth? How much is white cloth less than flower cloth?
  14. Average monthly salary
    penize A total of 10 teachers work at one small school in Moravia. The monthly salary of each is 21,500 CZK or 21,800 CZK or 22,500 CZK according to their education and age. The average monthly salary for this school's teacher is 21 850 CZK. How many teachers of
  15. Two trains
    trains Two trains departed from City A and City B against each other. They met after some time. The first train then took 9 hours to reach city B, and the second train took 4 hours to reach city A. In what proportion were the train speeds?
  16. Axial section of the cone
    rez_kuzel The axial section of the cone is an isosceles triangle in which the ratio of cone diameter to cone side is 2: 3. Calculate its volume if you know its area is 314 cm square.
  17. Cone side
    kuzel3 Calculate the volume and area of the cone whose height is 10 cm and the axial section of the cone has an angle of 30 degrees between height and the cone side.
  18. College 2
    fuel College student is moving into a dormitory. The student rent a truck for $19.95 plus $0.99 per mile. Before returning the truck the student fills the tank with gasoline, which cost $65.32. Total cost $144.67. Using a linear equation, explain the process t
  19. Unknown number
    percent 15% of the unknown number is 18 less than 21% of the same number. What is the unknown number?
  20. Scholarship
    coins The annual scholarship of the best student and second-best student in the class is 3500 euros in total. The best student scholarship in 8 months is the same as the second-best student scholar in the class for the whole year. How big is the annual scholars

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