Basic functions - math word problems

Masons
1 mason casts 30.8 meters square in 8 hours. How long casts 4 masons 178 meters square?
Travel by bus
Five girls traveling by bus. Each holds in each hand two baskets. Each basket contains 5 cats. Each cat has 5 kittens. 3 girls getting off the bus and another girl without baskets go on board. The bus control driver. How many legs are in the bus?
Five girls
Five girls traveling by bus. Each holds in each hand two baskets. In each basket are four cats. Each cat has three kittens. Two girls exits bus. How many legs are in the bus?
Arc
What area of a circle occupied the flowers planted in the arc of a circle with radius 4 m with central angle 45°?
Jane and Miro
Jane brother Miro is 42 years. And he is three times old as it was Jane when Miro was for so many years as there are now Jane. How old is Jane?
Plums
In the bag was to total 136 plums. Igor took 3 plums and Mary took 4/7 from the rest. How many plums remained in the bag?
Clocks
What distance will describe the tip of minute hand 6 cm long for 20 minutes when we know the starting position with finally enclose hands each other 120°?
Troops - soldiers
Food stocks will last 20 soldiers of the 4-day training. How many days they could extend training if four soldiers become sick?
Pumps 3
Two pumps of the same power fill the garden pool for 10 hours. How many of these pumps would have to use if we want to shorten the filling of the pool to four hours?
Janitor
Janitor tosses 26 cm layer of snow on the school grounds for 90 minutes. How many friends would have to call for help if snow needs to have bowled for 15 minutes. We assume that at the same time bow all the same amount of snow.
Hurry - rush
At an average speed 7 km/h I will come from the school to the bus stop for 30 minutes. How fast I need to go if I need to get to the bus stop in 21 minutes?
Floating floor
In the new building is considered a floating floor worker in each room. 30 minutes lay 9 m² of the floor. How long 3 workers laid the floor in 4 rooms with a total area of 90 m²?
The rod
The rod is painted in four colors. 55% of the bar is painted in blue, green 0.2 of rod, 1/8 is brown and the remaining 45 cm of white. How long is rod?
Supermarket cashiers
When at the supermarket are opened only 2 cash people waiting in the front approximately 12 minutes. How many will shorten the average waiting time in a front where supermarket open another three cashiers?
Tea blend
Tea blends are maked from two kinds of tea. In standard tea mixture are two teas in the ratio 1:3 and 40 g costs 42 CZK. In the premium tea mixture are weighing two teas in the ratio 1:1 and 50 grams costs 60 CZK. How much cost 10 grams of more expensive
Digits A, B, C
For the various digits A, B, C is true: the square root of the BC is equal to the A and sum B+C is equal to A. Calculate A + 2B + 3C. (BC is a two-digit number, not a product).
Jam cakes
Mom baked a third of plum jam cakes, one third cheesecakes and 18 poppy. How many cakes she had bake?
Candies
In the box are 12 candies that look the same. Three of them are filled with nougat, five by nuts, four by cream. At least how many candies must Ivan choose to satisfy itself that the selection of two with the same filling? ?
Miraculous tree
Miraculous tree grows so fast that the first day increases its height by half the total height of the second day by the third, the third day by a quarter, etc. How many times will increase its height after 6 days?
The city 2
Today lives 167000 citizens in city. How many citizens can we expect in 11 years if their annual increase is 1%?

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