Length - 9th grade (14y) - math problems

  1. 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?
  2. 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..
  3. 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?
  4. 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.
  5. 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?
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Monkey
    monkey Monkey fell in 38 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?
  9. 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.
  10. Rectangle
    rectangle_inscribed_circle The rectangle is 21 cm long and 38 cm wide. Determine the radius of the circle circumscribing rectangle.
  11. 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.
  12. Cuboid
    cuboid Cuboid with edge a=16 cm and body diagonal u=45 cm has volume V=11840 cm3. Calculate the length of the other edges.
  13. Clock
    hodiny How many times a day hands on a clock overlap?
  14. Pool
    swimming-pool The swimming pool is 10 m wide and 8 m long and 153 cm deep. How many hectoliters of water is in it, if the water is 30 cm below its upper edge?
  15. Movement
    peleton From the crossing of two perpendicular roads started two cyclists (each at different road). One runs at average speed 28 km/h, the second at average speed 24 km/h. Determine the distance between them after 45 minutes cycling.
  16. Transforming cuboid
    cube Cuboid with dimensions 6 cm, 10, and 11 cm is converted into a cube with the same volume. What is its edge length?
  17. Short cut
    direct_route Imagine that you are going to the friend. That path has a length 330 meters. Then turn left and go another 2000 meters and you are at a friend's. The question is how much the journey will be shorter if you go direct across the field?
  18. Gimli Glider
    gimli_glider Aircraft Boeing 767 lose both engines at 42000 feet. The plane captain maintain optimum gliding conditions. Every minute, lose 1910 feet and maintain constant speed 211 knots. Calculate how long takes to plane from engines failure to hit ground. Calculate
  19. River
    river From the observatory 11 m high and 24 m from the river bank, river width appears in the visual angle φ = 13°. Calculate width of the river.
  20. Scale
    pool_1 Swimming pool is long 110 m and 30 m wide. The plan of the city is shown as a rectangle with area 8.25 cm2. What scale is the city plan?

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