Comparing - math word problems

Number of problems found: 113

  • Milk cartons
    milk How much paper do we need for 12 tetra pack with dimensions 6 cm, 11 cm and 20 cm? Will 1 liter of milk fit in the box?
  • Weight
    vahy2 The kilogram weight has a volume of 116 ml. From which material is it probably made? Use substance density tables, e. G. mathematical-physical-chemical tables.
  • Unknown metal
    PhosphComby The prism made of unknown metal has dimensions of 3 cm by 3 cm by 5 cm and a weight of 121 g. What metal is it? Write its chemical symbol.
  • Inclined plane
    naklonena_rovina 1. How much work W we have to do to pull a body weighing 200 kg along an inclined plane with a length of 4 m to a total height of 1.5 m. 2. Find the force we need to exert to do this if we neglect frictional resistance. 3. Find the force we would need if
  • The recommended
    books The recommended price of the novel "Laughing Sun" is 285 SKK. The bookseller bought 60 pieces of the novel at the wholesale store and paid 82% of the recommended price (18% is his profit for selling books). For the recommended price, he sold 55 pieces of
  • Pizza palace
    pizza_1 Josh is at Enzo's pizza palace. He can sit at a table with 5 of his friends or at a different table with seven of his friends. The same size pizza is shared equally among the people at each table. At which table should Josh sit to get more pizza? (write a
  • Median or middle
    Median2 The number of hours of television watched per day by a sample of 28 people is given below: 4, 1, 5, 5, 2, 5, 4, 4, 2, 3, 6, 8, 3, 5, 2, 0, 3, 5, 9, 4, 5, 2, 1, 3, 4, 7, 2, 9 What is the median value?
  • Wallpaper
    net of cube 3750 cm square of wallpaper is needed to glue a cube-shaped box. Can Dad cut out the whole necessary piece of wallpaper as a whole if he has a roll of wallpaper 50 cm wide?
  • The wellbore
    water The wellbore has a tributary of 2 m3 per hour. When there is no tapping, there are a stable 28 liters of water in the well. The pump suction basket is at the bottom of the well. At 14.00, the water was pumped out at a rate of 0.5 liters of water every se
  • Used cars
    renault Peter plans to buy a used car: the first car Renault Espace 2.0 dCi 16V Dynamique 2006, costs 2000 euros. It is 14 years old and has a combined diesel consumption of 8 liters. / 100 km. Diesel costs 1.1 euros/liter. How much will the car cost him to opera
  • Gas, lpg and diesel
    lpg Calculate how much it costs to drive 35000 km by car: a) a car with a consumption of 8l/100 km of LPG for 60 cents b) 7l/100 km of petrol for 1.33 euros c) 6 l/100 km of diesel for 1.2 euros. Calculate what is cheaper.
  • Microorganisms
    microorganisms The first generation of micro-organisms has a population of 13500 members. Each next generation is 11/10 times the previous one. Find out how many generations will reach at least three times members of the first generation.
  • Car crash
    car1_7 On the road, with a maximum permitted speed of 60 km/h, there was a car crash. From the length of the vehicle's braking distance, which was 40 m, the police investigated whether the driver did not exceed that speed. What is the conclusion of the police, a
  • Eight
    sphere_in_cube Eight small Christmas balls with a radius of 1 cm have the same volume as one large Christmas ball. What has a bigger surface: eight small balls, or one big ball?
  • The bar chart
    test The bar chart shows the results of the math test. How many% of pupils achieved approximately better results than the average of the class? Diagram: 1-10 pupils, 2-4 pupils, 3-6 pupils, 4-2 pupils, 5-4 pupils. (lowest result are better)
  • What is bigger?
    ball_f Which ball has a larger volume: a football with a circumference of 66 cm or a volleyball with a diameter of 20 cm?
  • Equivalent fractions
    equivalent-fractions Are these two fractions equivalent -4/9 and 11/15?
  • Without 2
    calc_4 Without multipying, tell whether the product 0.644 x 0.25 will be greater than 1 or less than 1? Explane how you know. Then find the product.
  • Similarity of two triangles
    triangles_1 The KLM triangle has a side length of k = 6.3cm, l = 8.1cm, m = 11.1cm. The triangle XYZ has a side length of x = 8.4cm, y = 10.8cm, z = 14.8cm. Are triangle KLM and XYZ similar? (write 0 if not, if yes, find and write the coefficient of a similarity)
  • Possible lengths
    triangles Find the most possible lengths for the third side of a triangle with sides 20 and 18.

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