Basic functions - math word problems

Angles
In the triangle ABC, the ratio of angles is: a:b = 4: 5. The angle c is 36°. How big are the angles a, b?
Variable
Find variable P: PP plus P x P plus P = 160
Parcel 4
To send a parcel by messenger within city limits costs 60 cents for the first pound and 48 cents for each additional pound. What is the cost, in cents, of sending a parcel weighing p=4 pounds?
Two ages
Gabrielle is 9 years younger than Mikhail. The sum of their ages is 87. What is Mikhail's age?
Direct route
From two different places A and B connected by a direct route, Adam (from city A) and Bohus (from city B) started at a constant speed. As Adam continued to go from A to B, Bohus turned around at the time of their meeting and at the same speed he returned
Tickets 3
A total of 645 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. There were 55 fewer student tickets sold than adult tickets. How many adult tickets were sold?
Quotient 3
$fractal_5$ If the quotient of 8/13 and 2 is subtracted from the product of 1 3/4 and 8/21, what is the difference?
Sale off 2
A pair of of blues jeans went on sale. After a 30% reduction the pants cost $35. How much did the jeans cost before the price reduction?
Gas consumption
The vessel consume 100 tons of gas in 250 miles. How many fuel will the vessel consume if it travels 400 miles?
One deci
Wine 0,375 l costs 2040 CZK. How much does 1 dl cost?
Garage
There are two laths in the garage opposite one another: one 2 meters long and the second 3 meters long. They fall against each other and stay against the opposite walls of the garage and both laths cross 70 cm above the garage floor. How wide is the gara
Years
Susan is 3 years and as she will be old as Teodor now him will be 11. How old is Teodor today?
Adam and Ben
When Ben is so many years old to Adam today, Adam will be 23 years old. When Adam was as old as Ben, Ben was two years old. How old is today Ben and Adam?
Wine
A bottle of wine costs 21 euros; and wine is 20 times more expensive than a bottle. How much a bottle cost?
Tree shadow 3
A 2-meter rod casts a shadow 3.2 m long. How high is a tree with a shadow of 14.4 m ?
Isosceles trapezoid
Calculate the content of an isosceles trapezoid whose bases are at ratio 5:3, the arm is 6cm long and it is 4cm high.
Saving 9
An amount if $ 2000 is invested at an interest of 5% per month. if $ 200 is added at the beginning of each successive month but no withdrawals. Give an expression for the value accumulated after n months. After how many months will the amount have accumul
The determinant
The determinant of the unit matrix equals 7. Check how many rows the A matrix contains.
Three reds
What is the probability that when choosing 3 carats from seven carats, all 3 reds will be red?
Sequence 11
What is the nth term of this sequence 1,1/2,1/3,1/4,1/5 ?

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