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

  • 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.
  • Block
    brick_lego Calculate the volume of a cuboid ABCDEFGH if |AB| = 16 cm, |BC| = 19 cm and the angle ∠CDG = 36.9°
  • The perimeter
    hexagon6 The perimeter of equilateral △PQR is 12. The perimeter of regular hexagon STUVWX is also 12. What is the ratio of the area of △PQR to the area of STUVWX?
  • Shooter
    terc The probability that a good shooter hits the center of the target circle I is 0.1. The probability that the target hit intercircle is II 0.58. What is the probability that it hits the target circle I or II?
  • Right triangles
    PT How many right triangles we can construct from line segments 3,4,5,6,8,10,12,13,15,17 cm long? (Do not forget to the triangle inequality).
  • Garden
    garden_7 The garden has a rectangular shape with lengths of 25 and 40 meters. It has been expanded so that each of its size increased by one fifth. How many square meters increased its acreage?
  • Inscribed circle
    vpisana2 Calculate the magnitude of the BAC angle in the triangle ABC if you know that it is 3 times less than the angle BOC, where O is the center of the circle inscribed in the triangle ABC.
  • Two diagonals
    rhombus-diagonals The rhombus has a side length 12 cm and length of one diagonal 21 cm. What is the length of the second diagonal?
  • TV tower
    Žižkov_tv_tower Calculate the height of the television tower if an observer standing 430 m from the base of the tower sees the peak at an altitude angle of 23°?
  • Tereza
    cube The cube has an area of base 256 mm2. Calculate the edge length, volume, and area of its surface.
  • Triangular prism
    hranol3b_1 Calculate the surface of a regular triangular prism, the edges of the base are 6 cm long and the height of the prism is 15 cm.
  • Cylinder - h
    cylinder_2 Cylinder volume is 215 cm3. Base radius is 2 cm. Calculate the height of the cylinder.
  • Rectangle - desc circle
    obdelnik_kruh Length of the sides of the rectangle are at a ratio 1: 3 . Radius of the circle circumscribed to rectangle is 10 cm. Calculate the rectangle's perimeter.
  • Depth angle
    cliff From a cliff of 150 meters high, we can see the ship at a depth angle of 9° at sea. How far is the ship from the cliff?
  • Perimeter of RT
    triangle_rt1 Find the circumference of the rectangular triangle if the sum of its legs is 22.5 cm and its area is 62.5 cm2.
  • Diamond and diagonals
    kosostvorec A diamond has diagonals f = 8 cm and g = 6 cm long. How long is this diamond perimeter? (Calculate it!)
  • Quadrangular prism
    hranol_4 The regular quadrangular prism has a base edge a = 7.1 cm and side edge = 18.2 cm long. Calculate its volume and surface area.
  • Height as diameter of base
    valec_17 The rotary cylinder has a height equal to the base diameter and the surface of 471 cm2. Calculate the volume of a cylinder.
  • Body diagonal
    kvader11_1 The cuboid has a volume of 32 cm3. Its side surface area is double as one of the square bases. What is the length of the body diagonal?
  • Square
    square_1 Points A[-9,7] and B[-4,-5] are adjacent vertices of the square ABCD. Calculate the area of the square ABCD.

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