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. Cuboid
    cuboid Cuboid with edge a=16 cm and body diagonal u=45 cm has volume V=11840 cm3. Calculate the length of the other edges.
  2. Tetrahedral pyramid
    jehlanctyrboky What is the surface of a regular tetrahedral (four-sided) pyramid if the base edge a=16 and height v=16?
  3. Cubes
    squares_2 One cube is inscribed sphere and the other one described. Calculate difference of volumes of cubes, if the difference of surfaces in 257 mm2.
  4. Cone A2V
    popcorn Surface of cone in the plane is a circular arc with central angle of 126° and area 415 cm2. Calculate the volume of a cone.
  5. Cube diagonal
    cube_diagonal Determine the length of the cube diagonal with edge 75 mm.
  6. Tereza
    cube The cube has area of base 256 mm2. Calculate the edge length, volume and area of its surface.
  7. Logs
    gulatina Trunk diameter is 52 cm. Is it possible to inscribe a square prism with side 36 cm?
  8. Forces
    ijk In point O acts three orthogonal forces: F1 = 20 N, F2 = 7 N and F3 = 19 N. Determine the resultant of F and the angles between F and forces F1, F2 and F3.
  9. Cylinders
    cylinders Area of the side of two cylinders is same rectangle of 33 mm × 18 mm. Which cylinder has a larger volume and by how much?
  10. MO SK/CZ Z9–I–3
    ball_floating_water John had the ball that rolled into the pool and it swam in the water. Its highest point was 2 cm above the surface. Diameter of circle that marked the water level on the surface of the ball was 8 cm. Determine the diameter of John ball.
  11. Rainfall
    storm Annual rainfall in our country are an average of 797 mm. How many m3 of water rains on average per hectare?
  12. Prism
    3b_hranol Right angle prism, whose base is right triangle with leg a = 3 cm and hypotenuse c = 13 cm has same volume as a cube with an edge length of 3 dm. a) Determine the height of the prism b) Calculate the surface of the prism c) What percentage of the cube
  13. Cuboid diagonal
    cube_2 Calculate the volume and surface area of the cuboid ABCDEFGH, which sides abc has dimensions in the ratio of 9:3:8 and if you know that the wall diagonal AC is 86 cm and angle between AC and the body diagonal AG is 25 degrees.
  14. Cone
    cone-blue Calculate volume and surface area of ​​the cone with a diameter of the base d = 15 cm and side of cone with the base has angle 52°.
  15. Spherical cap
    kulova_usec From the sphere of radius 13 was truncated spherical cap. Its height is 6. What part of the volume is spherical cap from whole sphere?
  16. Present
    prezent Gift box has rectangular shape with dimensions of 8×8×3 cm. Miloslav wants to cover with square paper with sides of 18 cm. How much paper left him?
  17. Cone
    cones Circular cone of height 15 cm and volume 5699 cm3 is at one-third of the height (measured from the bottom) cut by a plane parallel to the base. Calculate the radius and circumference of the circular cut.
  18. Earth parallel
    parallels Earth's radius is 6370 km long. Calculate the length parallel of latitude 50°.
  19. Circular pool
    arc_open The base of the pool is a circle with a radius r = 10 m, excluding a circular segment that determines the chord length 10 meters. The pool depth is h = 2m. How many hectoliters of water can fit into the pool?
  20. Floating barrel
    floating_barrel Barrel (cylinder shape) floats on water, top of barrel is 8 dm above water and the width of surfaced barrel part is 23 dm. Barrel length is 24 dm. Calculate the volume of the barrel.

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