Basic operations and concepts - math word problems - page 158 of 332
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- Polya's method
On the way home from school, Dora likes to eat cookies. One daytime, just as she reached into her backpack, Swiper jumped into her path and grabbed her bag. It stole half of her cookies plus two more. A bit shaken, Dora continued home. Before she had a ca - Electricity tariffs
To figure out the pricelists of energy companies is difficult for the ordinary person. One must be on guard e.g. when one moves and thus somewhere sharply reduces the consumption of electricity and somewhere else sharply raises the consumption of electric - Easter
The Easter bunny has a large and well-cooled safe. In the safe he has stored chocolate bunnies and Easter eggs. Since before the holidays the Easter bunny experiences huge stress, he very well thought out a 10-digit numerical code for opening the safe, so - Value
Find the value of the expression: 6!·10-3 - Cost structure
You are currently trying to decide between two cost structures for your business: one with a greater proportion of short-term fixed costs and another more heavily weighted to variable costs. Estimated revenue and cost data for each alternative are as foll - Bdf tablet
Detective Harry Thomson has come across a surprising mystery. As part of the weekend's action, the tablet he looked for dropped by 30%. He also recommended this bargain to his friend. However, it came to the shop on Monday, and the tablet was 30% more exp - She encoded
Aunt Heda likes puzzles, but her memory is no longer working for her. She chose the 4-digit code on her mobile phone as follows: She encoded her name according to the order of the letters in the alphabet (A=1 B2 C3 D4 E5 F6 G7 H8 I9 ) inserted one multipl - Retirement saving
Deryl wishes to save money to provide for his retirement. Beginning one year from now, he will begin depositing the same fixed amount each year for the next 30 years into a retirement savings account. Starting one year after making his last deposit, he wi - Gold rods
In one kingdom, two gold rods were inherited over generations. But King Emanuel had three sons who could not agree on anything. He therefore wanted to break one rod so as to make three rods out of two. The youngest son gets the shortest rod, the oldest so - Solve 2
Solve integer equation: a +b+c =30 a, b, c = can be an odd natural number from this set (1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15) - Concert two parts
Matej and Tom enjoyed the concert of their favourite musical group from the beginning until the end. After its first part, a ten-minute intermission followed. The second part of the concert was 40% shorter than its first part. The musicians performed live - Rates
When gas consumption, the consumer may choose one of two rates: rate A - which pays 0.4 € per 1 m³ of gas a flat monthly fee of 4.2 € (regardless of consumption) rate B - which pays 0.351 € per 1 m³ of gas a flat monthly fee of 10.1 € From what monthly co - Diophantus
We know little about this Greek mathematician from Alexandria, except that he lived around the 3rd century A.D. Thanks to an admirer who described his life through an algebraic riddle, we know at least something about it. Diophantus's youth lasted 1/6 of - Family
A man and a woman have 7 daughters together (biological children only, excluding step-children). Each daughter has one brother. How many members are in the immediate family? - Greek railwayman
Lewis has worked for Slovak Railways since 2000. His salary is 950 €. His colleague Evgenias has worked for Greek State Railways since 1984 and earns 5700 € per month. Calculate: a) how many times more does Evgenias earn than Lewis? b) how many times more - Camel
Camel's owner wants to get out of the city into an oasis. He bought 3000 bananas, which he wants to sell in the oasis. However, an oasis from the city divided 1,000 kilometers of desert. Camel can carry up to 1000 bananas and eats one banana for every kil - Safe codes
Mr. O. came up with two codes for the vault, which he alternates after a week. Both codes have the product of the digit 120. In an even week, it uses the smallest possible number as the code with this property. In the odd week, the largest. No number 1 in - Logistics
The Head of the logistics department informed the meeting of the management that the same item is currently not available in sufficient quantity in all three warehouses of the company. We have a total of 135 pieces. It was 37 pieces more in warehouse No 3 - Cell division
At the end we could have something simpler and a bit (at least mathematically) more fun... At the beginning there was nothing... But no, here we have at the beginning one single cell. This cell is not just any ordinary cell, it is special, because there i - Dividing Money Among Children
A family has 5,000 € to divide between their two children aged 10 and 14. They will open an account for each child at the same bank, compounded quarterly at a fixed annual interest rate of 2.75%. Determine how the family must split the available sum betwe
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