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

  • Cuboid diagonals
    kvadr_diagonal The cuboid has dimensions of 15, 20 and 40 cm. Calculate its volume and surface, the length of the body diagonal and the lengths of all three wall diagonals.
  • Right trapezoid
    lich_right The right trapezoid has bases 3.2 cm and 62 mm long. The shorter leg has a length 0.25 dm. Calculate the lengths of the diagonals and the second leg.
  • Trapezoid ABCD v2
    trapezium_table Trapezoid ABCD has length of bases in ratio 3:10. The area of riangle ACD is 825 dm2. What is the area of trapezoid ABCD?
  • Earth's diameter
    om5960-v2 The Earth's diameter on the equator is approximately 12750 km. How long does the Gripen flyover the Earth above the equator at 10 km if it is at an average speed of 1500 km / h?
  • Ratio of sides
    trojuholnik_5 The triangle has a circumference of 21 cm and the length of its sides is in a ratio of 6: 5: 3. Find the length of the longest side of the triangle in cm.
  • Flooring a room
    tiles_10 Find the cost of flooring a room 6.5 m by 5 m with square tiles of sides 25 cm at the rate of rupees 9.40 per tile.
  • Sphere - parts
    odsek_vusek Calculate the area of a spherical cap, which is part of an area with base radius ρ = 9 cm and a height v = 3.1 cm.
  • RT perimeter
    rt The leg of the rectangular triangle is 7 cm shorter than the second leg and 8 cm shorter than the hypotenuse. Calculate the triangle circumference.
  • Regular quadrilateral pyramid
    pyramid_3 Find the volume and surface of a regular quadrilateral pyramid if the bottom edge is 45 cm long and the pyramid height is 7 cm.
  • Children playground
    lich_5 The playground has the shape of a trapezoid, the parallel sides have a length of 36 m and 21 m, the remaining two sides are 14 m long and 16 m long. Determine the size of the inner trapezoid angles.
  • Square tiles
    dlazdice_1 The room has dimensions of 12 meters and 5.6 meters. Determine the number of square tiles and their largest dimension to exactly cover the floor.
  • Parallelogram
    paralleogram Calculate area of the parallelogram ABCD as shown if |AB| = 19 cm, |BC| = 18 cm and angle BAD = 90°
  • Pyramid
    3d_shapes Cuboid ABCDEFGH has dimensions AB 3 cm, BC 4 cm, CG 5 cm. Calculate the volume and surface area of a triangular pyramid ADEC.
  • Concentric circles and chord
    tetiva2 In a circle with a diameter d = 10 cm, a chord with a length of 6 cm is constructed. What radius have the concentric circle while touch this chord?
  • Pile of sand
    pile_sand A large pile of sand has been dumped into a conical pile in a warehouse. The slant height of the pile is 20 feet. The diameter of the base of the sand pile is 31 feet. Find the volume of the pile of sand.
  • Diagonal 20
    plaza Diagonal pathway for the rectangular town plaza whose length is 20 m longer than the width. if the pathway is 20 m shorter than twice the width. How long should the pathway be?
  • River
    kongo_river Calculate how many permille river Dunaj average falls, if on section long 957 km flowing water from 1454 m AMSL to 101 m AMSL.
  • Pyramid four sides
    jehlan_4b_obdelnik_1 In a regular tetrahedral pyramid is a body height 38 cm and a wall height 42 cm. Calculate the surface area of the pyramid; the result round to square centimeters.
  • Screens
    tv2_3 The area of a 25 inch TV screen is 300 inch² the area of a 40 inch TV screen is 768 inch². The area of the smaller screen is what percent of the area of the larger screen?
  • Right angled triangle 2
    vertex_triangle_right LMN is a right-angled triangle with vertices at L(1,3), M(3,5), and N(6,n). Given angle LMN is 90° find n

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