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. The spacecraft
    Sputnik_670 The spacecraft spotted a radar device at altitude angle alpha = 34 degrees 37 minutes and had a distance of u = 615km from Earth's observation point. Calculate the distance d of the spacecraft from Earth at the moment of observation. Earth is considered
  2. Top of the tower
    veza The top of the tower has the shape of a regular hexagonal pyramid. The base edge has a length of 1.2 m, the pyramid height is 1.6 m. How many square meters of sheet metal is needed to cover the top of the tower if 15% extra sheet metal is needed for joint
  3. Sum of the edges
    cube_shield The sum of the lengths of all edges of the cube is 72 cm. How many cm2 of colored paper are we going to use for sticking?
  4. Storm and roof
    cone_church The roof on the building is a cone with a height of 3 meters and a radius equal to half the height of the roof. How many m2 of roof need to be repaired if 20% were damaged in a storm?
  5. Hexagonal pyramid
    hexa_pyramid Calculate the surface area of a regular hexagonal pyramid with a base inscribed in a circle with a radius of 8 cm and a height of 20 cm.
  6. The bus stop
    jehlan_1 The bus stop waiting room has the shape of a regular quadrilateral pyramid 4 m high with a 5 m base edge. Calculate how many m2 roofing is required to cover the three walls of the sheathing, taking into account 40% of the additional coverage.
  7. Quadrilateral pyramid
    ihlan_rez In a regular quadrilateral pyramid, the side edge is e = 7 dm and the diagonal of the base is 50 cm. Calculate the pyramid shell area.
  8. Rectangular base pyramid
    jehlan_4b_obdelnik Calculate an area of the shell of the pyramid with a rectangular base of 2.8 m and 1.4 m and height 2.5 meters.
  9. Wall height
    hexa_pyramid Calculate the height of a regular hexagonal pyramid with a base edge of 5 cm and a wall height w = 20 cm.
  10. Hexa pyramid
    hexa_pyramid_1 The base of the regular pyramid is a hexagon, which can be described by a circle with a radius of 1 m. Find the volume of the pyramid 2.5 m high.
  11. Triangular prism
    prism3 Calculate the surface of a triangular prism with the base of an equilateral triangle with a side length of 7.5 cm and a corresponding height of 6.5 cm. Prism height is 15cm.
  12. The quadrilateral pyramid
    jehlan_4b_obdelnik The quadrilateral pyramid has a rectangular base of 24 cm x 3.2dm and a body height of 0.4m. Calculate its volume and surface area.
  13. Conical bottle
    cone-upside When a conical bottle rests on its flat base, the water in the bottle is 8 cm from it vertex. When the same conical bottle is turned upside down, the water level is 2 cm from its base. What is the height of the bottle?
  14. Two bodies
    cylinders The rectangle with dimensions 8 cm and 4 cm is rotated 360º first around the longer side to form the first body. Then, we similarly rotate the rectangle around the shorter side b to form a second body. Determine the ratio of surfaces of the first and seco
  15. Axial section of the cone
    rez_kuzel The axial section of the cone is an isosceles triangle in which the ratio of cone diameter to cone side is 2: 3. Calculate its volume if you know its area is 314 cm square.
  16. Cone side
    kuzel3 Calculate the volume and area of the cone whose height is 10 cm and the axial section of the cone has an angle of 30 degrees between height and the cone side.
  17. The Indian tent
    indian_stan The Indian tent is cone-shaped. Its height is 3.5 m. The diameter of the base is 2.5 m. How much canvas is needed to make a tire?
  18. A square base
    pyramid A solid right pyramid has a square base. The length of the base edge is 4 centimeters and the height of the pyramid is 3 centimeters. What is the volume of the pyramid?
  19. Regular hexagonal pyramid
    hexa_pyramid Calculate the height of a regular hexagonal pyramid with a base edge of 5 cm and a wall height of w = 20cm. Sketch a picture.
  20. Octagonal pyramid
    octagonl_pyramid2 Find the volume of a regular octagonal pyramid with height v = 100 and the angle of the side edge with the plane of the base is α = 60°.

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