Numbers - math word problems

  1. Forces
    ijk In point O acts three orthogonal forces: F1 = 20 N, F2 = 7 N and F3 = 19 N. Determine the resultant of F and the angles between F and forces F1, F2 and F3.
  2. Cylinders
    cylinders Area of the side of two cylinders is same rectangle of 33 mm × 18 mm. Which cylinder has a larger volume and by how much?
  3. Youth track
    tunel Youth track from Hronská Dúbrava to Banská Štiavnica which announced cancellation attracted considerable media attention and public opposition, has cost 6.3 euro per capita and revenue 13 cents per capita. Calculate size of subsidies to trip group of 28.
  4. Compare
    fraction Compare fractions ?. Which fraction of the lower?
  5. Numbers
    ten Determine the number of all positive integers less than 4183444 if each is divisible by 29, 7, 17. What is its sum?
  6. Rainfall
    storm Annual rainfall in our country are an average of 797 mm. How many m3 of water rains on average per hectare?
  7. Crystal
    crystal Crystal grows every month 1.2 promile of its mass. For how many months to grow a crystal from weight 177 g to 384 g?
  8. Cats
    cats Two cats caught two mice in two days. How many mouses will catch 6 cats for 6 days?
  9. Alcohol
    no_alcohol How many 55% alcohol we need to pour into 14 liters 75% alcohol to get p3% of the alcohol? How many 65% alcohol we get?
  10. Triangle ABC
    triangles_3 Calculate the sides of triangle ABC with area 1404 cm2 and if a: b: c = 12:7:18
  11. Ravens
    krkavec The tale of the Seven Ravens were seven brothers, each of whom was born exactly 2.5 years after the previous one. When the eldest of the brothers was 2-times older than the youngest, mother all curse. How old was seven ravens brothers when their mother cur
  12. IS triangle
    isoscelestriangle-pic Calculate interior angles of the isosceles triangle with base 38 cm and legs 26 cm long.
  13. Time
    time Write time in minutes rounded to one decimal place: 5 h 28 m 26 s.
  14. Weeks
    calendar 38 weeks is equal to how many days?
  15. Gutter
    okap How much metal is needed for production 46 pieces of gutter pipes with the diameter 12 cm and length of 4 m? The plate bends add 2% of the material.
  16. Cherries
    visne Cherries in the bowl can be divided equally among 19 or 13 or 28 children. How many is the minimum cherries in the bowl?
  17. Steps
    square_diagonal_1 How many steps you save if you go square estate for diagonal (crosswise), rather than circumvent on the two sides of its perimeter with 307 steps.
  18. Percentages above 100%
    cmelak What is 122% of 185? What is the meaning of percentages above 100%?
  19. Z9–I–1
    ctverec_mo In all nine fields of given shape to be filled natural numbers so that: • each of the numbers 2, 4, 6 and 8 is used at least once, • four of the inner square boxes containing the products of the numbers of adjacent cells of the outer square, • in the cir
  20. Water
    tanks Mix 68 l of water with temperature of 87 °C, 17 l warm of 42 °C and 55 l water of 50 °C. What is the temperature of the mixed water immediately after mixing?

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