Mass + ratio - math problems

Mass is a property of a physical body and a measure of its resistance to acceleration (a change in its state of motion) when a force is applied. An object's mass also determines the strength of its gravitational attraction to other bodies. The basic SI unit of mass is the kilogram (kg). Other are gram, tonne, milligram, etc.

Number of problems found: 42

  • Coke and coal
    coal 20.1 tons of coke is produced from 30 tons of black coal. How much coke is made from 1 kilogram of coal?
  • Coins
    mince_1 The money - coins are minted from the hardest bronze, which contains copper and tin in a ratio of 41: 9. How much copper and tin are in 2kg of bronze money?
  • Save trees
    stromy 25 tons of old paper will save 1,600 trees. How many tons of paper is needed to save the 32 trees in the park?
  • Ratio
    maliny Alena collected 7.8 kg of blueberries, 2.6 kg of blackberries, and 3.9 kg of cranberries. Express the ratio in the smallest natural numbers in this order.
  • The piglet
    piglet The weight of the piglet grew regularly by five kilograms for four months. Determine the proportion by weight of the piglet in each month, if the first weighed 35 kg.
  • Brass
    brass Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc in a ratio of 3: 2. How many grams does a component that required 270 g of copper weigh?
  • Nutballs
    oriesky The dough for nutballs contains, among other things, two basic raw materials: flour and nuts in a ratio of 2:1. How much flour and how many nuts are needed for 1 kg of dough if "other" is 100g?
  • Mixture of nuts
    vahy2 Alice bought a mixture of nuts containing cashew nuts, hazelnuts and peanuts in a ratio of 1: 2: 3. Calculate the weight in grams of the whole mixture if the peanuts weigh 90 g.
  • The bakery
    cake The bakery baked 325 cakes from 25kg flour. How many kg of flour do they need to bake 195 pieces of such cakes?
  • Vegetable meal
    paprika The cook was doing meal - in ratio 4: 3: 1 mix tomatoes: pepper: onion. Onions were 5 kg less than peppers. How many kgs of tomatoes did he need to prepare the meal?
  • Mixture of nuts
    vahy2 The mixture of nuts should be prepared from almonds, peanuts and cashew nuts ratio 1: 2: 3 (respectively). The price of almonds is 150 CZK/kg, the price of peanuts is 140 CZK/kg and the price of cashew nuts is 180 CZK/kg. The price of the mixture is deter
  • Carrot seed
    mrkva2_1 Carrot seed germination is 85%, weight 1000 carrots seeds are 2.4g. How many seeds are likely to germinate if we sow 8g of seeds?
  • Sugar production
    cukrrka_1 From 1 ton of beet, 150 kg of sugar is produced. To clean 1 ton of sugar 450 kg of lime is consumed. Calculate how many kgs of lime is consumed when processing 1 ton of sugar beet?
  • Apples
    jablka_17 School kitchen bought 36kg apples for 12 kc/kg. How many kilograms of apples 1/4 cheaper can they buy for the same money?
  • Supermarket
    vaha_17 In a local supermarket, 3/5 kilogram of squid costs 156.00. How do 4 kilograms of squid cost?
  • Sugar 9
    cukr_6 150 kg of sugar beet yields 24 kg of sugar. From how many tons of sugar beet can be obtained three tons of sugar?
  • Kilo candy
    bonbons_11 One kilogram of chocolate candy cost 10 euros. Kate buys 250 grams and had the 8 pack of candy. How much does cost one bonbon?
  • Gas consumption
    vessel The vessel consume 100 tons of gas in 250 miles. How many fuel will the vessel consume if it travels 400 miles?
  • Baker
    pekar The baker makes from 10 kg of flour 12 kg dough. How much flour he need to make a 100 kg dough?
  • 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

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