Length - math word problems

  1. Let x
    rectangle Let x represent one quantity. State what that quantity represents. Express the second quantity in terms of x. The length of the rectangle is 4 inches less than 8 times the width.
  2. AMSL and skiing
    horizons Tomas skis from point A (3200m above sea level to place B. Hill has 20% descent. The horizontal distance between the start and finish is 2,5km. At what altitude is point B?
  3. Turtles 2
    turtles A box turtle hibernates in the sand at 11 5/8. A spotted turtle hibernates at 11 16/25 feet. Which turtle is deeper?
  4. Martha
    stromy_1 Martha likes to walk in the park, the park is square, 7/10 mi on each side. One morning Martha walked around the entire park 3 1/2 times before stopping to rest. How far had she walked?
  5. The hiker
    tourist The hiker will travel 40% of the route on the first day 1and/3 of the rest od second day. Last day 30 km. What was the length of the 3-day trip? How many kilometers did he walk each day?
  6. Long bridge
    bridge Roman walked on the bridge. When he heard the whistle, he turned and saw running Kamil at the beginning of the bridge. If he went to him, they would meet in the middle of the bridge. Roman, however, rushed and so did not want to waste time returning 150m..
  7. Wood 11
    wood Father has 12 1/5 meters long wood. Then I cut the wood into two pieces. One part is 7 3/5 meters long. Calculate the length of the other wood?
  8. Garden
    garden_1 Area of a square garden is 6/4 of triangle garden with sides 56 m, 35 m, and 35 m. How many meters of fencing need to fence a square garden?
  9. Right Δ
    ruler A right triangle has the length of one leg 7 cm and length of the hypotenuse 25 cm. Calculate the height of the triangle.
  10. Troops
    regiment Route is long 147 km and the first day first regiment went at an average speed 12 km/h and journey back 21 km/h. The second day went second regiment same route at an average speed 22 km/h there and back. Which regiment will take route longer?
  11. Motion problem
    dragway From Levíc to Košíc go car at speed 81 km/h. From Košíc to Levíc go another car at speed 69 km/h. How many minutes before the meeting will be cars 27 km away?
  12. Cyclist
    cyclist_2 A cyclist passes 88 km in 4 hours. How many kilometers he pass in 8 hours?
  13. TV transmitter
    praded The volume of water in the rectangular swimming pool is 6998.4 hectoliters. The promotional leaflet states that if we wanted all the pool water to flow into a regular quadrangle with a base edge equal to the average depth of the pool, the prism would have.
  14. Cube in a sphere
    cube_in_sphere The cube is inscribed in a sphere with volume 3234 cm3. Determine the length of the edges of a cube.
  15. Monkey
    monkey Monkey fell in 23 meters deep well. Every day it climbs 3 meters, at night it dropped back by 2 m. On what day it gets out from the well?
  16. Motion
    cyclist_1 If you go at speed 3.7 km/h, you come to the station 42 minutes after leaving train. If you go by bike to the station at speed 27 km/h, you come to the station 56 minutes before its departure. How far is the train station?
  17. Store
    pave One meter of the textile were discounted by 2 USD. Now 9 m of textile cost as before 8 m. Calculate the old and new price of 1 m of the textile.
  18. Hands
    soviet_watch The clock shows 12 hours. After how many minutes will agle between hour and minute hand 90°? Consider the continuous movement of both hands hours.
  19. Rectangle
    rectangle_inscribed_circle The rectangle is 21 cm long and 38 cm wide. Determine the radius of the circle circumscribing rectangle.
  20. River
    kongo_river Calculate how many promiles river Dunaj average falls, if on section long 957 km flowing water from 1454 m AMSL to 101 m AMSL.

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