Numbers - math word problems

  1. Dance group
    dancers The dance group formed groups of 4, 5, and 6 members. Always one dancer remains. How many dancers were there in the whole group?
  2. Trees in alley
    tree_6 There are four trees in the alley between which the distances are 35m, 15m and 95m. Trees must be laid in the spaces so that the distance is the same and the maximum. How many trees will they put in and what will be the distance between them?
  3. Expression plus minus
    numbers_49 Evaluate expression: (-1)2 . 12 – 6 : 3 + (-3) . (-2) + 22 – (-3) . 2
  4. Mixed numbers
    zlomky_10 Rewrite mixed numbers so the fractions have the same denominator: 5 1/5 - 2 2/3
  5. Cube root
    30gon_1 Find cube root of 18
  6. Age
    age_5 In 1960 my age was equal to the digits sum of the year of my birth. What is my age now?
  7. Sum of two primes
    prime_1 Christian Goldbach, a mathematician, found out that every even number greater than 2 can be expressed as a sum of two prime numbers. Write or express 2018 as a sum of two prime numbers.
  8. Three numbers
    dices2_9 We have three different non-zero digits. We will create all 3 digits numbers from them to use all 3 figures in each number. We add all the created numbers, and we get the sum of 1554. What were the numbers?
  9. Game 27
    dice_4 Susan wanted to play the game. In the beginning, the first says a number from 1 to 8. Then the second player adds a number from 1 to 5 and tells the sum. Again, the Susan adds a number from 1-5 and say sum and etc. . . The winner must say the number 27. Wh
  10. Mystery number
    numbers2_38 A mystery number is between 800 and 920. No digits are the same. The difference of the number is 5. What is the mystery number?
  11. Reminder and quotient
    prime_5 There are given the number C = 281, D = 201. Find the highest natural number S so that the C:S, D:S are with the remainder of 1,
  12. Coins
    mince_13 The boy collected coins with value 5 CZK and 2 CZK when he had 50 pieces saved 190 CZK. How many he has each type of coin?
  13. Sum of four numbers
    seq_6 The sum of four consecutive natural numbers is 114. Find them.
  14. Solve 2
    numbers2_47 Solve integer equation: a +b+c =30 a, b, c = can be odd natural number from this set (1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15)
  15. Simple sequence
    sequence_geo_6 Continue with this series of numbers: 1792,448, 112, _, _
  16. To improve
    one_2 To improve her handwriting Paula practices writing the numbers 1 to 200 in words. How many times will she have written the word "one" in all?
  17. Peter and Paul
    clock-night-schr_16 Peter and Paul together have 26 years. Four years ago, Paul was twice older than Peter. How much is Paul and how much Peter?
  18. Banknotes
    penize How many different ways can the cashier payout € 310 if he uses only 50 and 20 euro banknotes? Find all solutions.
  19. Circus
    cirkus On the circus performance was 150 people. Men were 10 less than women and children 50 more than adults. How many children were in the circus?
  20. Expression 8
    expr_1 Evaluate this expressions: a) 5[3 + 4(2.8 - 3)] b) 5×(8-4)÷4-2

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