Density - math word problems

  1. Wall thickness
    sphere_Nickel The hollow metal ball has an outside diameter of 40 cm. Determine the wall thickness if the weight is 25 kg and the metal density is 8.45 g/cm3.
  2. Aquarium
    akvarko Try to estimate the weight of the water in an aquarium 50cm long 30cm wide, when poured to a height of 25cm. Calculates the weight of the aquarium's water.
  3. The prison ball
    prisonBall Calculate the density of the material that the prison ball is made from if you know its diameter is 15cm and its weight is approximately 2.3kg. With the help of mathematical-physicochemical tables estimate what material the ball is made from.
  4. A plasticine
    cubes3 Jožko modeled from plasticine. He used 27g of plasticine to model a 3 cm long cube. How many grams of plasticine will it need to mold cubes with an edge of 6cm?
  5. Heptagonal pyramid
    truncated_hexagonal_pyramid A hardwood for a column is in the form of a frustum of a regular heptagonal pyramid. The lower base edge is 18 cm and the upper base of 14 cm. The altitude is 30 cm. Determine the weight in kg if the density of the wood is 10 grams/cm3.
  6. Floating of wood - Archimedes law
    balza05 What will be the volume of the floating part of a wooden (balsa) block with a density of 200 kg/m3 and a volume of 0.02 m3 that floats in alcohol? (alcohol density is 789 kg/m3)
  7. Cheops pyramid
    Pyramid-cheops The Pyramid of Cheops is a pyramid with a square base with a side of 233 m and a height of 146.6 m. It made from limestone with a density of 2.7 g/cm3. Calculate the amount of stone in tons. How many trains with 30 twenty tons wagons carry the stone?
  8. Alcohol
    chemia 6l 48% alcohol, how much 52% alcohol must be added to give 50% alcohol?
  9. Wood prisms
    wood How many weight 25 prisms with dimensions 8x8x200 cm? 1 cubic meter of wood weighs 800 kg.
  10. The glass
    glass 1 m3 of glass weighs 2600 kg. Calculate the weight of the glass glazing panel with dimensions of 2.5 m and 3.8 m if the thickness of the glass is 0.8 cm
  11. Steel tube
    pipe1 The steel tube has an inner diameter of 4 cm and an outer diameter of 4.8 cm. The density of the steel is 7800 kg/m3. Calculate its length if it weighs 15 kg.
  12. Aquarium
    akvarko I have an aquarium that is 100 cm long and 40 cm wide and 40 cm in height. We fill it with water. How much will it weigh?
  13. Metal tube
    pipe2 Calculate the metal tube mass 8dm long with the outer radius 5cm and the inner radius 4.5cm and 1cm3 of this metal is 9.5g.
  14. Iceberg
    ice What is the surface area of 50 cm iceberg (in the shape of a cuboid) that can carry a man with luggage with a total weight of 120 kg?
  15. Sphere floating
    SpheresDiff Will float a hollow iron ball with an outer diameter d1 = 20cm and an inside diameter d2 = 19cm in the water? The iron density is 7.8 g/cm 3. (Instructions: Calculate the average sphere density and compare with the density of the water. )
  16. Iron ball
    damper_sphere The iron ball has a weight of 100 kilograms. Calculate the volume, radius, and surface if the iron's density is h = 7.6g/cm3.
  17. Iron density
    pipe1_2 Calculate the weight of a 2 m long rail pipe with an internal diameter of 10 cm and a wall thickness of 3 mm. The iron density is p = 7.8 g/cm3.
  18. Orlík hydroelectric plant
    1280px-Orlík_1 The Orlík hydroelectric power plant, built in 1954-1961, consists of four Kaplan turbines. For each of them, the water with a flow rate of Q = 150 m3/s is supplied with a flow rate of h = 70.5 m at full power. a) What is the total installed power of the
  19. Gold horseshoe
    podkova Calculate the volume of a gold horseshoe that weighs 750g.
  20. Seawater
    ice_cubes Seawater has a density of 1025 kg/m3, ice 920 kg/m3. 8 liters of seawater froze and created a cube. Calculate the size of the cube edge.

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