Numbers - math word problems

  1. Pension or fraud
    dochodca_icon Imagine that your entire working life working honestly and pay taxes and to Social Insurance (in Slovakia). You have a gross wage 730 Euros, you pay social insurance (you and your employer) monthly € 263 during 44 years and your retirement is 354 Eur.
  2. Report card
    vysvedcenie_1 Ivor hit 4× grade 5 at the beginning of the school year. How many times must now catch grade 1 to get grade 2 on the report card?
  3. Square 2
    square_ABCD_1 Points D[10,-8] and B[4,5] are opposed vertices of the square ABCD. Calculate area of the square ABCD.
  4. Dice
    dices How many times must throw the dice, the probability of throwing at least one six was greater than 90%?
  5. Peroxide
    peroxide_h How much distilled water (in liters) must pharmacists pour into 300 ml of 23.6% solution of hydrogen peroxide to get 2.7% solution to gargle?
  6. 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.
  7. Unknown x
    UnknownX If we add to unknown number 21, then divide by 6 and then subtract 51, we get back an unknown number. What is this unknown number?
  8. Clock
    clock2 What time is now, if the time elapsed after noon is 2/10 of time that elapses before midnight?
  9. Hypotenuse and height
    euklides In a right triangle is length of the hypotenuse c = 56 cm and height hc = 4 cm. Determine the length of both trangle legs.
  10. Sequence
    arithmetic_seq In the arithmetic sequence is a1=-1, d=4. Which member is equal to the number 203?
  11. Game room
    roulette Winner can took win in three types of jettons with value 3, 30 and 100 dollars. What is minimal value of win payable in this values of jettons?
  12. Aircraft
    787 If an airplane flies 776 km/h for 7.4 h, how far does it travel?
  13. Discounts on rail (ZSSK)
    preukazy_zssk The railway company ZSSK offers a discount of 15% (REGIONAL) for 5 Eur/year. Calculate the real discount rate as a percentage, where passengers will travel 19 Eur per week.
  14. Slope
    slope What is the slope of a line with an inclination 6.06 rad?
  15. Candy
    bulls How many ways can divide 10 identical candies to 5 children?
  16. Sugar - cuboid
    kocky_cukor Pejko received from his master cuboid composed of identical sugar cubes with count between 1000 and 2000. The Pejko eat sugar cubes in layers. The first day eat one layer from the front, second day one layer from right, the third day one layer above. Yet i
  17. Mistake
    minus Nicol mistake when calculate in school. Instead of add number 20 subtract it. What is the difference between the result and the right result?
  18. Children in the classroom
    children-school How many children are in the classroom, where Ladislav is 10th lightest and 16th heaviest in class?
  19. Father and son
    father_son Father and son are together 80 years. Son is 28 years younger than father. How old is the son?
  20. Wire D
    semicircle_1 Wire length 1 m is bent so that it forms a semicircle circuit (including the diameter). Determine the radius of the semicircle.

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