Money + reason - math problems

Number of problems found: 101

  • A sum
    pizza A sum of money is shared between Peter, John and Henry in the ratio 2:3:5. a) express Henry's share as fraction of John's share. b) what fraction of the whole sum of money is John's share?
  • Gas prices 2021
    gasprom According to the SPP price list in 2021, the price of natural gas together with its supply is as follows: D1 - we cook. Fix 3.34 euros/month and 0.0479 euros/kWh (1 cubic meter of gas is approximately 10.555 kWh. It is called combustion heat and changes o
  • Gasoline fuel
    car You just drove you car 300 miles and used 40 gallons of gas you know that the gas tank on your car holds 12 1/2 gallons of gas if the gas you buy costs $2.50 per gallon what would you pay to fill one half of your tank?
  • Cost structure
    factory_butter You are currently trying to decide between two cost structures for your business: one that has a greater proportion of short-term fixed costs and another that is more heavily weighted to variable costs. Estimated revenue and cost data for each alternative
  • Apples investment
    jablka The merchant bought a certain amount of apples and paid 1 denarius for every 7 apples. The next day he sold all the apples for 1 denarius for 5 pieces and earned 12 denarii. How many apples did he originally buy and how many did he have to invest in this
  • Pigs
    pigs A buyer said, "I want to buy 100 pigs for 100 denarii. An adult pig costs 10 denarii, a sow 5 denarii, two little piglets are worth 1 denarius. " How many pigs, sows and piglets could he buy for exactly 100 denarii?
  • Exchange € 100
    penize Find out how many ways you can exchange € 100 if you have an unlimited number of 50, 20, 10 and 5 euro banknotes. Use a method other than listing all options systematically.
  • Tourists
    tourists Tourists hire a guide. Everyone will pay the same amount. If there are two less of them, they will pay 14 crowns more, and if there are three more, they will pay 14 crowns less. How many tourists are there and how much have the guides paid.
  • Two grandmothers
    chicken Two grandmothers went to sell eggs at the market, and they had a total of 100. When they sold all the eggs, they made the same money. The first grandmother says to the second: "If I sold my eggs for your price, I would earn 15 crowns. " The other grandmot
  • Telco company
    phones The upstairs communications company offers customers a special long-distance calling rate that includes a $0.10 per minute charge. Which of the following represents this fee schedule where m represents the number of minutes and c is the call's overall cos
  • Fresh juice
    flasa The seller offers fresh-squeezed juice, which the customer either pours into his own containers or sells in liter plastic bottles, which the customer buys from him. A liter of juice costs 40 CZK more than a bottle. There is no charge for turning the juice
  • Kohlrabies
    kalerab The price of one kohlrabi increased by € 0.40. The number of kohlrabies that a customer can buy for € 4 has thus decreased by 5. Find out the new price of one kohlrabi in euros.
  • Used cars
    renault Peter plans to buy a used car: the first car Renault Espace 2.0 dCi 16V Dynamique 2006, costs 2000 euros. It is 14 years old and has a combined diesel consumption of 8 liters. / 100 km. Diesel costs 1.1 euros/liter. How much will the car cost him to opera
  • Games
    chess Jack and Paul decided to play chess against each other. They bet ten pesos on each game they played. Jack won three bets and Paul won fifty pesos. How many games did they play?
  • Lottery - eurocents
    penize Tereza bets in the lottery and finally wins. She went to the booth to have the prize paid out. An elderly gentleman standing next to him wants to buy a newspaper, but he is missing five cents. Tereza is in a generous mood after the win, so she gives the m
  • Six workers
    workers Six workers earned a total of CZK 12,600 per week on the construction site (5 working days). How much do 7 workers earn in 10 days with the same daily average salary?
  • Adam
    minca Adam has half the money in his right pocket than in his left pocket. If he transferred 40 crowns from the left pocket to the right, he would have the same in both pockets. Calculate how many crowns does Adam has in his left pocket more than in his right?
  • Average monthly salary
    penize A total of 10 teachers work at one small school in Moravia. The monthly salary of each is 21,500 CZK or 21,800 CZK or 22,500 CZK according to their education and age. The average monthly salary for this school's teacher is 21 850 CZK. How many teachers of
  • Bdf tablet
    bdf Detective Harry Thomson has come across a surprising mystery. As part of the weekend's action, the tablet he looked for dropped by 30%. He also recommended this bargain to his friend. However, it came to the shop on Monday, and the tablet was 30% more exp
  • Before yesterday
    percent He merchant adds a sale sign in his shop window to the showed pair of shoes in the morning: "Today by p% cheaper than yesterday. " After a while, however, he decided that the sign saying: "Today 62.5% cheaper than the day before yesterday". Determine the

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