Length - math word problems

  1. Hexagon cut pyramid
    truncated_hexa_pyramid Calculate the volume of a regular 6-sided cut pyramid if the bottom edge is 30 cm, the top edge us 12 cm, and the side edge length is 41 cm.
  2. Diamond diagonals
    kosostvorec_9 Calculate the diamond's diagonal lengths if its content is 156 cm2 and the side length is 13 cm.
  3. Square circles
    stvorec_kruh Calculate the length of the described and inscribed circle to the square ABCD with a side of 5cm.
  4. Children pool
    hexagon_prism2 The bottom of the children's pool is a regular hexagon with a = 60 cm side. The distance of opposing sides is 104 cm, the height of the pool is 45 cm. A) How many liters of water can fit into the pool? B) The pool is made of a double layer of plastic film
  5. Prices prices
    textiles The meter of the textille was reduced by CZK 42, so 4 meters of the new price was 20 CZK cheaper than 3 meters of the original price. What was the original and new price of the textille?
  6. Shoes 4
    shoes Belinda's shoe is 12.45 centimeters long. Felix's shoe is 2.8 centimeters longer than Belinda's shoe. In centimeters, what is the combined length of their two shoes?
  7. Earth's diameter
    om5960-v2 The Earth's diameter on the equator is approximately 12750 km. How long does the Gripen flyover the Earth above the equator at 10 km if it is at an average speed of 1500 km / h?
  8. Plot
    rectangle_5 The length of the rectangle is 8 smaller than three times the width. If we increase the width by 5% of the length and the length is reduced by 14% of the width, the circumference of rectangle will be increased by 30 m. What are the dimensions of the recta
  9. Quadrilateral 2
    quadrilateral Show that the quadrilateral with vertices P1(0,1), P2(4,2) P3(3,6) P4(-5,4) has two right triangles.
  10. Photo egative
    negativ Negative dimensions are 36mm and 28mm. What will be the photo size in the 21:4 ratio?
  11. Magic belt
    opasok The magic rectangular belt has the property that whenever its owner wants something, the length of the belt is reduced to 1/2 and the width to 1/3. After three such wishes, the belt had a content area 4 cm2. What was its original length if the original wi
  12. Traffic collision
    crash When investigating a traffic accident, it was found that the driver stopped the vehicle immediately after the accident by constant braking on a 150 m track in 15 seconds. Do you approve that the driver exceeded the permitted speed (50 km/h) in the village
  13. Quarters
    usd_2 How many meters is a quarter of a kilometer? How many centimeters is a quarter of a meter, how many cents is a quarter of the euro?
  14. Photo enlarge
    photo Mark wants to enlarge a 4-inch by 6-inch photo so that it has a height of 15inches. Use a ratio table to determine the new width of the photo.
  15. Rectangle
    rectangle_4 The length of one side of the rectangle is three times the length of the second side. What are the dimensions of the rectangle if its circumference 96 cm?
  16. Map scale
    rectangles_12 On a 1:1000 scale map is a rectangular land of 4.2 cm and 5.8 cm. What is the area of this land in square meters?
  17. Rope
    navijak How many meters of rope 10 mm thick will fit on the bobbin diameter of 200 mm and length 350 mm (central mandrel have a diameter 50 mm)?
  18. V-belt
    remenice-a-remen1 Calculate a length of the V-belt when the diameter of the pulleys is: D1 = 600 mm D2 = 120 mm d = 480 mm
  19. Basic form
    time_3 Expressed the ratios of values in the basic form: 0,5 t : 1,2 kg 200 l : 0,15 m3 12 t : 3600 kg 500 kg : 2,5 t 0,9 kg : 500 g 3,6 m : 240 cm 1200 mm : 2,4 m 300 l : 0,3 m3 6 min 30 s : 900 s
  20. Earth and Sun
    sun_1 Earth is 150 million km away from the Sun, 300,000 km of sunlight travels in 1 second. How long will the light come from the Sun to the Earth?

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