Minimum - math problems

Number of problems found: 54

  • Minimum of sum
    derive_1 Find a positive number that the sum of the number and its inverted value was minimal.
  • Minimum surface
    cuboid_20 Find the length, breadth, and height of the cuboid-shaped box with a minimum surface area, into which 50 cuboid-shaped blocks, each with length, breadth, and height equal to 4 cm, 3 cm, and 2 cm respectively, can be packed.
  • Sphere in cone
    sphere-in-cone A sphere of radius 3 cm describes a cone with minimum volume. Determine cone dimensions.
  • Test scores
    test_8 Jo's test scores on the first four 100 point exams are as follows: 96,90,76, and 88. If all exams are worth the same percent, what is the minimum test score necessary on his last exam to earn an A grade in the class (90% or better)?
  • Camp
    tabor In a class are 26 children. During the holidays 16 children were in the camps and 14 children on holiday with their parents. Determine the minimum and maximum number of children that may have been in the camp and on holiday with their parents at the same
  • Required reserves
    ecb-printing-money_1 Calculate what is the minimum amount of money that bank must hold in cash from your deposit 2750 Eur. How much money is ideally created in the banking system from your deposit if the level of minimum reserve requirement is 2.15%? Consider fractional reser
  • Apples 2
    jableka How many minimum apples are in the cart, if possible is completely divided into packages of 6, 14 and 21 apples?
  • Saving
    angles Mom said that Suzan saves about 120 EUR (rounded to tens). How many euros could she at least save (minimum)?
  • Wage
    socik Increasing the minimum wage while maintaining the other parameters of the system, unemployment will be:
  • Digits
    numbers_2 Write the smallest and largest 2-digit natural number.
  • 5-number summary
    statistics_1 Given the following 5-number summary: 11, 19, 24, 30, 48 which of the statistics cannot be determined?
  • Glasses
    class Imagine a set of students in your class (number of students: 19), who wears glasses. How much minimum and maximum element may contain this set.
  • Hens and pigs
    pigs_2 Hens and pigs have 46 feet in total. At least how much can heads have?
  • Classmates
    meter_13 Roman is ranked 12th highest and eleventh lowest pupil. How many classmates does Roman have?
  • Three numbers
    sigma Create from digits 1-9 three-digit numbers with their sum the smallest. What value is the sum of these numbers? (Use each digit only once)
  • Summands
    numbers_2 We want to split the number 110 into three summands so that the first and the second summand are in the ratio 4: 5, and the third with the first are in ratio 7: 3. Calculate the smallest of the summands.
  • Trousers
    venn_diagram In the class was 12 students. Nine students wearing trousers and turtleneck eight. How many students worn trousers with a turtleneck?
  • Seedcake
    pletenky Seedcake costs 44 cents. How many minimum seedcakes we must buy that we can pay in cash only whole euros?
  • Cherries
    visne Cherries in the bowl can be divided equally among 19 or 13 or 28 children. How many are the minimum cherries in the bowl?
  • Equilateral triangle
    3angle_in_circle How long should be the minimum radius of the circular plate to be cut equilateral triangle with side 19 cm from it?

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