Equation - math word problems - page 30

  1. Bridge piers
    bridge-369809_960_720 One quarter of the bridge pier is sunk into the ground. Two thirds are in the water. Protruding above the water is 1.20 m long. Determine the height of bridge piers.
  2. Right triangle eq2
    rt_2 Hypotenuse of a right triangle is 9 cm longer than one leg and 8 cm longer than the second leg. Determine the circumference and area of a triangle.
  3. Sweets
    Caramelos We want to prepare 5 kg of sweets for 150 CZK. We will mix cheaper candy: 1 kg for 120 CZK and more expensive candy: 1 kg per 240 CZK. How much of this two types of candy is necessary to prepare this mixture?
  4. Unknown number 10
    num_1 Number first increased by 30%, then by 1/5. What percentage we've increased the original number?
  5. Steamer
    parnik_3 At 6 hours 40 minutes steamer sailed from the port at speed 12 km/h. At exactly 10 hours started sail motorboat at speed 42 km/h. When motorboat will catch steamer?
  6. Divide
    ruler2 Divide substance 110 cm long to two parts so that it first part is 10 cm longer than the second part and one part will be 10 times longer than the second portion. How long the parts will be?
  7. Trees
    stromy2 3/5 trees are apples, cherries are 1/3. 5 trees are pear. How many is the total number of trees?
  8. Three ints
    2016_hny The sum of three consecutive integers is 2016. What numbers are they?
  9. Pumps A and B
    pump_2 Pump A fill the tank for 12 minutes, pump B for 24 minutes. How long will take to fill the tank if he is only three minutes works A and then both pumps A and B?
  10. Ten dices
    dices_3 When you hit ten dices at the same time you get average 35. How much do you hit if every time you get six, you're throwing the dice again?
  11. Jam
    dzem Jar with jam weighs 800 grams. Jam weighs three times as much as the empty glass. What is the weight of jam that is in the glass?
  12. Unknown number 7
    percents2_9 16% of the unknown number is by 21 less than unknown number itself. Determine the natural unknown number.
  13. Timeage
    deep Seven times of my age is 8 less than the largest two-digit number. How old I am?
  14. Sales of products
    cukriky_9 For 80 pieces of two quality products a total sales is 175 Eur. If the first quality product was sold for n EUR per piece (n natural number) and the second quality product after 2 EUR per piece. How many pieces of the first quality were sold?
  15. Insert into GP
    archimedes_1 Between numbers 5 and 640 insert as many numbers to form geometric progression so sum of the numbers you entered will be 630. How many numbers you must insert?
  16. Performance
    theathre Same number of tickets sold for 15 CZK, 20 CZK, 30 CZK and 40 CZK a total of CZK 13,230 on theatre performance. How many tickets were sold for this performance?
  17. Add symbols
    plusminus_2 Add marks (+, -, *, /, brackets) to fullfill equations 1 3 6 5 = 10 This is for the 4th grade of the primary school - with no negative numbers yet
  18. Asymptote
    asymptote What is the vertical asymptote of ?
  19. Mr. Happy
    grass_1 Mr. Happy planted 36.6 meters square gardens grass; It's a third of the garden more than half of the garden. What is square area of this garden?
  20. Triangle angles
    triangle_4 In a triangle ABC the interior angle at the vertex C is twice as the internal angle at the point A. Outer angle at the point B measured 117 degrees. How big is the outer angle at the vertex A?

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