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.

Number of problems found: 1947

  • Rotating cone
    kuzel_3 Calculate the volume and the surface area of a rotating cone of base radius r = 2.3 dm and a height h = 46 mm.
  • Posters
    posters Column with posters in the form of a cylinder is 2 m high and its diameter is 1.7 m. What is the content area for which it is possible to stick posters?
  • 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?
  • 3s prism
    Prism It is given a regular perpendicular triangular prism with a height 19.0 cm and a base edge length 7.1 cm. Calculate the volume of the prism.
  • Collect rain water
    valec2_14 The garden water tank has a cylindrical shape with a diameter of 80 cm and a height of 12 dm. How many liters of water will fit into the tank?
  • Spherical segment
    circular_segment_1 The spherical segment with height h=1 has a volume V=223. Calculate the radius of the sphere of which is cut this segment.
  • Playground
    chess On the special playground, there are 81 square sectors, each with a side of 5 m. How many players can fit on the playground if each player needs a 75 m2 area to play?
  • Chord 3
    chords What is the radius of the circle where the chord is 2/3 of the radius from the center and has a length of 10 cm?
  • Silo
    silo Outer perimeter of silo is 32 m. Concrete wall is 35 cm thick. What is diameter and area of inside floor of silo?
  • Concentric circles
    chord_2 In the circle with diameter 19 cm is constructed chord 9 cm long. Calculate the radius of a concentric circle that touches this chord.
  • Trapezium
    trapezium_1 The area of trapezium is 35 cm2. Find its altitude if the bases are 6cm and 8 cm.
  • Drawer
    drawer The rectangular face of a drawer has a perimeter of 108 cm and a width of 18cm. Find the length and the area of the rectangular face of the drawer.
  • The terrace
    terasa Around the round pool with a diameter of 5.5 meters is a wooden terrace with a width of 130 cm. What is the area of the terrace?
  • Hexa prism
    hexagon Determine the volume of hex prism with edge base 4 cm. The body height is 28 cm.
  • Angles in ratio
    angles_1 The size of the angles of the triangle are in ratio x: y = 7: 5 and the angle z is 42° lower than the angle y. Find size of the angles x, y, z.
  • Sphere and cone
    cone_in_sphere Within the sphere of radius G = 33 cm inscribe the cone with the largest volume. What is that volume, and what are the dimensions of the cone?
  • Prism
    prism-square The lenght, width and height of a right prism are 17, 11 and 11 respectively. What is the lenght of the longest segment whose endpoints are vertices of the prism?
  • Rhombus ABCD
    rhombus6 Rhombus ABCD, |AC| = 90 cm, |BD| = 49 cm. Calculate the perimeter of the rhombus ABCD.
  • 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.
  • 22/7 circle
    red_circle Calculate approximately area of a circle with radius 20 cm. When calculating π use 22/7.

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