Basic functions - math word problems

  1. Composite ratio
    penize_49 Jakub, Aneta, and Lenka divided 1342 USD in the ratio 5/2: 3/10: 1/4. How much did Lenka take?
  2. One three
    dice We throw two dice. What is the probability that max one three falls?
  3. Uphill and downhill
    cyclist_49 The cyclist moves uphill at a constant speed of v1 = 10 km/h. When he reaches the top of the hill, he turns and passes the same track downhill at a speed of v2 = 40 km/h. What is the average speed of a cyclist?
  4. Sixty
    pigs_1 Sixty percent of one-fifteen of the total is equal to thirty. What are two percent of the total?
  5. Twelve
    stromy_9 Twelve students work on a week forestry brigade. One hundred spruces will receive x CZK, one hundred pine y CZK. How many receive each one students did in one day if they planted a total of 25,000 spruces per week and 30,000 pine trees? Express by expressi
  6. Scale of plan
    zahrada_4 On the plan of the village in the scale of 1: 1000 a rectangular garden is drawn. Its dimensions on the plan are 25mm and 28mm. Determine the area of the garden in ares.
  7. Trees
    jablone_9 From the total number of trees in the orchard, there are two-fifths pearls and apples are three eighty. The rest of the trees are 9 ceremonial. How many trees are in the set?
  8. Year 2018
    new_year The product of the three positive numbers is 2018. What are the numbers?
  9. Bookshelf and books
    bookshelf How many can we place 7 books in a bookshelf?
  10. Family
    family_32 94 boys are born per 100 girls. Determine the probability that there are two boys in a randomly selected family with three children.
  11. Vinegar mixing
    vinegar_2 We mix 70g water and 50g 8% vinegar. How many percents of the solution of vinegar we produce?
  12. Test points
    test_2 If you earned 80% of the possible 40 points, how many points did you miss to get 100%?
  13. Cyclist
    cyclist Cyclist drives 5 km in half an hour, how long will drive in 3 hours?
  14. Combinations 6
    dices2_3 6 purses 9 flaps 12 straps Every combination must include 1 purse, 1 flap and 1 strap. How many possible combinations?
  15. Four poplars
    topolcany_1 Four poplars are growing along the way. The distances between them are 35 m, 14 m, and 91 m. At least how many poplars need to be dropped to create the same spacing between the trees? How many meters will it be?
  16. Two cities
    cars_30 The car goes from city A to city B at an average speed of 70 km/h, back at an average speed of 50 km/h. If it goes to B and back at an average speed of 60 km/h, the whole ride would take 8 minutes less. What is the distance between cities A and B?
  17. Lunch
    skola_15 Seven classmates go every day for lunch. If they always come to the front in a different order, will be enough school year to take of all the possibilities?
  18. Collection of stamps
    stamp_11 Jano, Rado, and Fero have created a collection of stamps in a ratio of 5: 6: 9. Two of them had 429 stamps together. How many stamps did their shared collection have?
  19. Profit per kilo
    jablone_10 The trader sells apples at a profit of 20% per kilogram. Today, he decided to reduce the price of apples by 10%. How much profit does the trader have today?
  20. Trapezium diagonals
    stredova sumernost It is given trapezium ABCD with bases | AB | = 12 cm, |CD| = 8 cm. Point S is the intersection of the diagonals for which |AS| is 6 cm long. Calculate the length of the full diagonal AC.

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