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: 2106

  • 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.
  • Rectangle diagonal
    rectnagles_3 The rectangle, one side of which is 5 cm long, is divided by a 13 cm diagonal into two triangles. Calculate the area of one of these triangles in cm2.
  • Moivre 2
    moivre_complex Find the cube roots of 125(cos 288° + i sin 288°).
  • Round skirt
    medzikruzie2 The cut on the round skirt has the shape of an annulus. Determine how much m² of fabric will be consumed on an 80 cm long skirt. The circumference of the waist is a circle with a smaller radius and is 69 cm.
  • Density of the concrete
    beton_1 Find the density of the concrete of the cuboid-shaped column has dimensions of 20 x 20 cm x 2 m if the weight of the column is 200 kg.
  • Regular triangular prism
    3b_hranol Calculate the surface area of body of regular triangular prism, when the length of its base edge is 6.5 cm and height 0.2 m.
  • Tailor
    krejci Tailor has an estimated 11 meters of 80 cm wide fabric. He will shape wholly 7 rectangles measuring 80 x 150 cm and nothing fabric does not remain. How many fabric he have?
  • Metal tube
    pipe2 Calculate the metal tube mass 8dm long with the outer radius 5cm and the inner radius 4.5cm and 1cm3 of this metal is 9.5g.
  • Metal rails
    22 Dad needs to improve the edges of the wooden boxes - to be reinforced with metal rails. How many cms of rails will he need if the box has the shape of a prism with the length of the edges 70cm 70cm and 120cm?
  • Similarity of squares
    squares2_1 The ratio of the similarity of the squares ABCD and KLMN is 2.5. Square KLMN area is greater than area of a square ABCD with side a: ?
  • The sides
    rectangles_14 The sides of the rectangle are in a ratio of 3: 5 and its circumference measures 72 cm. Calculate: a) the size of both sides of the rectangle b) the area of the rectangle c) the length of the diagonals
  • Outer contact of circles
    nakres_2z Construct a circle k1 (S1; 1.5 cm), k2 (S2; 2 cm), and K3 (S3; 2.5 cm) so that they are always two outer contacts. Calculate the perimeter of the triangle S1S2S3.
  • Powerplant chimney
    komin2 From the building window at the height of 7.5 m, we can see the top of the factory chimney at an altitude angle of 76° 30 ′. We can see the chimney base from the same place at a depth angle of 5° 50 ′. How tall is the chimney?
  • 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.
  • Iceberg
    ice What is the surface area of 50 cm iceberg (in the shape of a cuboid) that can carry a man with luggage with a total weight of 120 kg?
  • Rope
    navijak How many meters of rope 10 mm thick will fit on the bobbin diameter of 200 mm and length 350 mm (central mandrel have a diameter 50 mm)?
  • Equilateral cylinder
    3d Equilateral cylinder (height = base diameter; h = 2r) has a volume of V = 199 cm3 . Calculate the surface area of the cylinder.
  • Alcohol from potatoes
    zemiaky2 In the distillery, 10 hl of alcohol can make from 8 t of potatoes. The rectangular field with dimensions of 600 m and 200 m had a yield of 20 t of potatoes per hectare. How many square meters of area are potatoes grown to obtain one liter of alcohol?
  • The tower
    veza_huly The observer sees the tower's base 96 meters high at a depth of 30 degrees and 10 minutes and the top of the tower at a depth of 20 degrees and 50 minutes. How high is the observer above the horizontal plane on which the tower stands?
  • Plot
    parcela_1 The plot on which Mr. Kalous is to build a house has the shape of a rectangle. On a 1: 500 scale, its dimensions are 7cm and 5.5cm. Find out the dimensions of the plot. Calculate the parcel size.

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