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. Pit
    truncated_pyramid Pit has shape of a truncated pyramid with rectangular bases and is 0.8 m deep. The length and width of the pit is the top 3 × 1.5 m bottom 1 m × 0.5 m. To paint one square meter of pit we use 0.6 l of green colour. How many liters of paint is needed when
  2. Sphere and cone
    cone_in_sphere Within the sphere of radius G = 33 cm inscribe cone with largest volume. What is that volume and what are the dimensions of the cone?
  3. Pentagonal pyramid
    pyramid-pentagon Calculate the volume of a regular 5-side (pentaprism) pyramid ABCDEV; if |AB| = 7.7 cm and a plane ABV, ABC has angle 37 degrees.
  4. Triangular prism
    TriangularPrism Plane passing through the edge AB and the center of segmet CC' of regular triangular prism ABCA'B'C', has angle with base 22 degrees, |AB| = 6 cm. Calculate the volume of the prism.
  5. Mystery of stereometrie
    Tetrahedron Two regular tetrahedrons have surfaces 88 cm2 and 198 cm2. In what ratio is their volumes? Write as a fraction and as a decimal rounded to 4 decimal places.
  6. Cone and the ratio
    kuzel Rotational cone has a height 23 cm and the ratio of the base surface to lateral surface is 7: 9. Calculate a surface of the base and the lateral surface.
  7. Sails
    ship_nina We known heights 220, 165 and 132 of sail. It has triangular shape. What is the surface of the sail?
  8. Box
    Rhombic_prism Cardboard box shaped quadrangular prism with a rhombic base. Rhombus has a side 5 cm and one diagonal 8 cm long and height of the box is 12 cm. The box will open at the top. How many cm2 of cardboard we need to cover overlap and joints that are 5% of a
  9. Pizza
    pizza_2 Pizza with a diameter 50 cm have weight 559 g. What diameter will have a pizza weighing 855 g if it is make from the same cloth (same thickness....) and same decorated?
  10. Funnel
    nalevka The funnel has the shape of an equilateral cone. Calculate the surface wetted with water if we poured into the funnel 7.1 liters of water.
  11. Truncated cone
    kuzel_komoly Calculate the height of the rotating truncated cone with volume V = 1115 cm3 and a base radii r1 = 7.9 cm and r2 = 9.7 cm.
  12. Prism
    prism_rhombus_2 The base of the prism is a rhombus with a side 30 cm and height 27 cm. The height of the prism is 180% longer than the side length of the rhombus. Calculate the volume of the prism.
  13. House roof
    roof_pyramid_2 The roof of the house has the shape of a regular quadrangular pyramid with a base edge 17 m. How many m2 is needed to cover roof if roof pitch is 57° and we calculate 11% of waste, connections and overlapping of area roof?
  14. Axial section
    cylinder_cut Axial section of the cylinder has a diagonal 31 cm long and we know that the area of the side and the area of base is in ratio 3:2. Calculate the height and radius of the cylinder base.
  15. Tower
    HexagonalPyramid_4 The top of the tower is a regular hexagonal pyramid with base edge 8 meters long and a height 5 meters. How many m2 of the sheet is required to cover the top of the tower if we count 8% of the sheet waste?
  16. 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.
  17. Posters
    posters Column with posters in the form of a cylinder is 2 m high and its diameter is 1.7 m. What is the content area for which it is possible to stick posters?
  18. Roller
    cestnyvalec Roller has a diameter of 0.96 m and a width 169 cm. How many m2 of road level when he turns 42-times?
  19. Horizon
    lighthouse The top of a lighthouse is 19 m above the sea. How far away is an object which is just “on the horizon”? [Assume the earth is a sphere of radius 6378.1 km.]
  20. Elevation
    horizon_diagram What must be the elevation of an observer in order that he may be able to see an object on the earth 536 km away? Assume the earth to be a smooth sphere with radius 6378.1 km.

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