Equation - math word problems - page 31

  1. Dwarfs
    trpaslik Four dwarfs would prepare firewood for Snow White in580 minutes. After an hour and a half they recruit friends so that finished preparing the wood for 280 minutes. How many dwarfs they recruited?
  2. Parking
    bus_and_car 120 vehicles parking on the morning. Pasenger car is charged 20 CZK, 50 CZK per bus. The guard collected for parking 2640 CZK in total. How many cars and how many buses stood in the parking?
  3. Unknown number
    zlomky_2 Determine the unknown number that is equal to a quarter of the fifth of number, which is by 152 more than unknown number.
  4. Even / odd numbers
    parne_neparne a / Using variable n write two consecutive odd numbers. b / the sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 333. What are this numbers?
  5. Sales stores
    map_2 The first sales store passed the 1/3 and the second 2/5 of the total amount of goods.In third store passed the 2/3 rest of the goods. The remaining 40 kg of goods put into fourth store. How many kilograms of goods pass to a third store?
  6. Pears
    hrusky Andrew, Lenka and Rasto have together 232 pears. Lenka has 28 more than Rasto and Rasto pears have 96 more than Andrew. Determine how much each of them has pears.
  7. Unknown number
    nums Identify unknown number which 1/5 is 40 greater than one tenth of that number.
  8. Hollow sphere
    sphere2 The volume of the hollow ball is 3432 cm3. What is its internal radius when the wall thickness is 3 cm?
  9. School marks
    dostatocny Boris has a total of 22 marks. Ones have 3 times less than threes. There are two twos. How many has ones and threes?
  10. Square and rectangle
    ctverec Calculate the side of a square which content area equals area of the rectangle having a length of 3 cm greater and by 2 cm smaller than the side of the square.
  11. Father and son
    father_son_1 Father is 44 years old, his son 16 years. Determine how many years ago was the father five times older than the son.
  12. Apples 2
    apples_2 How many apples were originally on the tree, if the first day fell one third, the second day quarter of the rest and on tree remained 45 apples?
  13. Bottles
    lahve Mrs. Violet brewed 15 l of raspberry juice. She poured it into 17 bottles. Some were 3/4 liter and some one liter. How many was bottles of this two types?
  14. Largest angle of the triangle
    triangle_1111_2 What is the largest angle of the triangle if the second angle is 10° greater than twice the first and the third is 30° smaller than the second?
  15. Grass
    minutes_clock Peter and Stano lawn grass for 3 hours 12 minutes. How long would it take to Peter if Stano lawn grass himself for 384 minutes.
  16. Aunt
    teta Annie aunt is 35 years old, Annie is 14 years. For how many years will aunt have twice as many years as Annie?
  17. Cakes
    cookies_2 Grandmother baked cakes. Half of its was poppy, quarter with plum jam and 16 cheesecakes. How many cakes she baked in total?
  18. Midnight
    clocks2_7 How many hours are, if the time that elapsed since 8:00 is 2/5 of the time that will past till midnight?
  19. Motel
    motorest Three different dinners A, B, C are served in the motel. Three 20 members went to motel. Group 1 ordered dinners: A 20 members and their average dinner price in the group was CZK 200. From Group 2, they ordered a A: 10 persons, B 10 dinners, and their aver
  20. Simply equation
    img_reci Solve this equation for x: ?

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