Planimetrics - math word problems

Study plane measurements, including angles, distances, and areas. In other words - measurement and calculation of shapes in the plane. Perimeter and area of plane shapes.

  1. Unknown number 24
    ctverce I think the number: a - is the same as the square area that has the 12th circumfence. What is this number? b - its half is 7 times bigger than its quarter. Is this the number?
  2. Hexagon area
    hexagon_1 The center of the regular hexagon is 21 cm away from its side. Calculate the hexagon side and its area.
  3. Embankment
    sss Perpendicular cross-section of the embankment around the lake has the shape of an isosceles trapezoid. Calculate the perpendicular cross-section, where bank is 4 m high the upper width is 7 m and the legs are 10 m long.
  4. Windbreak
    vichrica A tree at a height of 3 meters broke in the windbreak. Its peak fell 4.5 m from the tree. How tall was the tree?
  5. Circle chord
    circles_6 Calculate the length of the chord of the circle with radius r = 10 cm, length of which is equal to the distance from the center of the circle.
  6. Kite
    drake_1 John a kite, which is diamond shaped. Its diagonals are 60 cm long and 90 cm long. Calculate: a) the diamond side b) how much paper John needs to make a kite if he needs paper on both sides and needs 5% of the paper for bending.
  7. Chord 5
    kruhy It is given circle k / S; 5 cm /. Its chord MN is 3 cm away from the center of the circle . Calculate its length.
  8. Rectangle - sides 4
    mouse Perimeter of the rectangle is 72 cm. Calculate the length of the sides that are in the ratio 3:5.
  9. Semicircle
    semicircle_2 To a semicircle with diameter 10 cm inscribe square. What is the length of square sides?
  10. Diagonal in rectangle
    q In that rectangle ABCD is the center of BC point E and point F is center of CD. Prove that the lines AE and AF divide diagonal BD into three equal parts.
  11. Points on circle
    coordinates_circle In the Cartesian coordinate system with the origin O is a sketched circle k /O; r=2 cm/. Write all the points that lie on a circle k and whose coordinates are integers. Write all the points that lie on the circle I / O; r=5 cm / and whose coordinates are
  12. Tree trunk
    tram From the tree trunk, the diameter at the narrower end is 28 cm, a beam of square cross-section is to be made. Calculate the longest side of the largest possible square cross-section.
  13. Diamond perimeter
    Diamond_1000 Calculate the diamond circumference which area is 288 cm square and one diagonal has a size of 124 cm.
  14. Similarity of squares
    squares2_1 The ratio of the similarity of the squares ABCD and KLMN is 2.5. Square KLMN area is greater than area of a square ABCD with side a: ?
  15. Medians of isosceles triangle
    iso1 The isosceles triangle has a base ABC |AB| = 16 cm and 10 cm long arm. What are the length of medians?
  16. Trapezoid IV
    lichobeznik2 In a trapezoid ABCD (AB||CD) is |AB| = 15cm |CD| = 7 cm, |AC| = 12 cm, AC is perpendicular to BC. What area has a trapezoid ABCD?
  17. Is right?
    RightTriangleSquares Determine whether the triangle with legs (catheti) 19.5 cm and 26 cm and length of the hypotenuse 32.5 cm is rectangular?
  18. Mr. Zucchini
    cuketa Mr. Zucchini had a rectangular garden whose perimeter is 28 meters. Content area of the garden filled just four square beds, whose dimensions in meters are expressed in whole numbers. Determine what size could have a garden. Find all the possibilities an
  19. Isosceles trapezoid
    rr_lichobeznik Calculate the circumference and the contents of the isosceles trapezoid if you know the size of the bases is 8 and 12 cm and the size of the arms is 5 cm.
  20. Two aircraft
    dreamliner Two planes fly to the airport. At some point, the first airplane is away from the airport 98 km and the second 138 km. The first aircraft flies at an average speed of 420 km/h, the second average speed is 360 km/h, while the tracks of both planes are perp

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