Numbers - math word problems

  1. 2x cone
    truncated_cone_2 Circular cone height 84 cm was cut plane parallel with base. Volume of these two small cones is the same. Calculate the height of the smaller cone.
  2. Troops
    regiment The route is long 147 km and the first-day first regiment went at an average speed of 12 km/h and journey back 21 km/h. The second day went second regiment the same route at an average speed of 22 km/h there and back. Which regiment will take route long
  3. Camel
    camels Camel owner wants to get out of the city into oasis. He bought 3000 bananas, which wants to sell in oasis. However oasis from the city divided 1,000 kilometers of desert. Camel can carry at one time up to 1000 bananas, and for every kilometer traveled, e
  4. Rectangular cuboid
    cuboid_1 The rectangular cuboid has a surface area 5334 cm2, its dimensions are in the ratio 2:4:5. Find the volume of this rectangular cuboid.
  5. Car factory
    VW_logo Carmaker now produce 2 cars a day more than last year, so the production of 70312 cars will save just one full working day. How many working days needed to manufacture 70312 cars last year?
  6. Circle
    circles From the equation of a circle: ? Calculate the coordinates of the center of the circle S[x0, y0] and radius of the circle r.
  7. Summand
    plus One of the summands is 145. The second is 10 more. Determine the sum of the summands.
  8. Medians
    medias_triangle Calculate the sides of a right triangle if the length of the medians to the legs are ta = 21 cm and tb=12 cm.
  9. Diophantus
    diofantos_1 We know little about this Greek mathematician from Alexandria, except that he lived around 3rd century A.D. Thanks to an admirer of his, who described his life by means of an algebraic riddle, we know at least something about his life. Diophantus's youth
  10. Parcel service
    posta Parcel from U.S. to Slovakia costs 5.3 €. Parcel from Slovakia to the U.S. costs 49 €. Calculate how many times is Slovak Post more expensive than the U.S. parcel service.
  11. Class
    pytagoras_class When Pythagoras asked how many students attend the school, said: "Half of the students studying mathematics, 1/4 music, seventh silent and there are three girls at school." How many students had Pythagoras at school?
  12. Permill
    permille How many permill is 978 from 84370?
  13. Rectangle
    rectangle_ABCD In rectangle ABCD with sides |AB|=19, |AD|=16 is from point A guided perpendicular to the diagonal BD, which intersects at point P. Determine the ratio ?.
  14. Day
    clock_1 What part of the day is 23 hours 22 minutes? Express as a decimal number.
  15. Right Δ
    ruler A right triangle has the length of one leg 11 cm and length of the hypotenuse 61 cm. Calculate the height of the triangle.
  16. Area 4gon
    4gon Calculate area of 4-gon, two and the two sides are equal and parallel with lengths 11, 5, 11 and 5. Inner angles are 45°, 135°,45°, 135°.
  17. Area of RT
    right_triangle_sepia Calculate the area of a right triangle that hypotenuse has length 14, and one hypotenuse segment has length 5.
  18. Freedom
    family_life In the city are 3/9 of women married for 3/6 men. What proportion of the townspeople is free (not married)? Express as a decimal number.
  19. Cotangent
    sin_cos If the angle α is acute, and cotg α = 1/3. Determine the value of sin α, cos α, tg α.
  20. Cube in a sphere
    cube_in_sphere_1 The cube is inscribed in a sphere with volume 7253 cm3. Determine the length of the edges of a cube.

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