Length - math word problems

  1. Container
    cubes3_9 The container-shaped box with internal dimensions of 3.9 m, 3.25 m and 2.6 m was completely filled with goods in the same cubic boxes. How long edge could this box have?
  2. Proportion 2
    car_25 A car is able to travel 210 km in 3 hours. How far can it travel in 5 hours? Put what kind of proportion is this and show your solution.
  3. Distance of lines
    kvadr_2 Find the distance of lines AE, CG in cuboid ABCDEFGH, if given | AB | = 3cm, | AD | = 2 cm, | AE | = 4cm
  4. After 2
    flowers_7 After we planted flowers in 2/5 of our garden, 24m remained unplanted. How many meters is the garden in total? If the total area of the garden is 1, the proportion of the remaining area is?
  5. 3d printer
    filament 3D printing ABS filament with diameter 1.75 mm has density 1.04 g/cm3. Find the length of m = 5 kg spool filament. (how to calculate length)
  6. Decagon
    decanon Calculate the area and circumference of the regular decagon when its radius of a circle circumscribing is R = 1m
  7. Cyclist 9
    cyclist_33 A cyclist travels at a a speed of 4.25 km per hour. At that rate, how far can he travel in 3.75 hours?
  8. Wiring 2
    cu_wire_3 Willie cut a piece of wire that was 3/8 of the total length of the wire. He cut another piece that was 9m long. The two pieces together were one half of the total length of the wire. How long was the wire before he cut it?
  9. Running
    runners_3 Joanne ran 8 1/2 Kyleigh 1 2/3 and John 6 3/4 miles in one day. How many miles did the girls run in 3 days?
  10. Rectangles
    rectangles2_3 How many different rectangles with sides integers (in mm) have a circumference exactly 1000 cm?
  11. Hectoliters
    sudy_4 How many hectoliters of water is in garden barrel with 90 cm diameter and a height of 1.3 m, if it is filled to 80% of its capacity?
  12. Sandbox
    sand_2 Sandbox has area of 32 sq ft and length of 4 1/2 ft. What is width of sandbox.
  13. Length subtracting
    meter_11 Express in mm: 5 3/10 cm - 2/5 mm
  14. Christmas napkins
    stromcek_5 The girls embroidered Christmas napkins. Each napkin had the shape of a triangle with sides of 5 dm, 60 cm, and 800 mm. How many cms did the girls sew if they made 15 napkins?
  15. Sand path
    sand_1 How many m3 of sand is needed to fill the 1.5m wide path around a rectangular flowerbed of 8m and 14m if the sand layer is 6cm high?
  16. An oil
    valec2_13 An oil drum is cut in half. One half is used as a water trough. Use the dimensions; length 82cm, width 56cm to estimate the capacity of the water trough in liters.
  17. Area of iso-trap
    diagons-of-an-isosceles-trapezoid Find the area of an isosceles trapezoid if the lengths of its bases are 16 cm and 30 cm, and the diagonals are perpendicular to each other.
  18. Big cube
    cubes_23 Calculate the surface of the cube, which is composed of 64 small cubes with an edge 1 cm long.
  19. Customary length
    inch Convert length 65yd 2 ft to ft
  20. Find the
    cuboid_16 Find the volume of a quadrangle prism high 2dm whose base is a square with a side 15cm.

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