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: 1942

  • Shooter
    terc_1 The shooter fired to a target from distance 11 m The individual concentric circle of targets have a radius increments 1 cm (25 points) by 1 point. Shot was shifted by 8'(angle degree minutes). How many points should win his shot?
  • Paper box
    kvader11_3 Calculate whether 11 dm² of paper is sufficient for gluing a box without a lid with bottom dimensions of 2 dm and 15 cm and 12 cm high. Write result as: 0 = No, 1 = Yes
  • A cliff
    cliff A line from the top of a cliff to the ground passes just over the top of a pole 5 ft high and meets the ground at a point 8 ft from the base of the pole. If the point is 93 ft from the base of the​ cliff, how high is the​ cliff?
  • Hexagon rotation
    hexagnos A regular hexagon of side 6 cm is rotated through 60° along a line passing through its longest diagonal. What is the volume of the figure thus generated?
  • 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.
  • Sailing
    ship_2 Solve the following problem graphically. The fishing boat left the harbor early in the morning and set out to the north. After 12 km of sailing, she changed course and continued 9 km west. Then When she docked and reached the fishing grounds she launched
  • MO Z8–I–6 2018
    lich_1 In the KLMN trapeze, KL has a 40 cm base and an MN of 16 cm. Point P lies on the KL line so that the NP segment divides the trapezoid into two parts with the same area. Find the length of the KP line.
  • 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?
  • Triangular prism
    prism3s Calculate the volume and surface of the triangular prism ABCDEF with base of a isosceles triangle. Base's height is 16 cm, leg 10 cm, base height vc = 6 cm. The prism height is 9 cm.
  • ABCD square
    s1 In the ABCD square, the X point lies on the diagonal AC. The length of the XC is three times the length of the AX segment. Point S is the center of the AB side. The length of the AB side is 1 cm. What is the length of the XS segment?
  • Lighthouse
    majak Marcel (point J) lies in the grass and sees the top of the tent (point T) and behind it the top of the lighthouse (P). | TT '| = 1.2m, | PP '| = 36m, | JT '| = 5m. Marcel lies 15 meters away from the sea (M). Calculate the lighthouse distance from the sea
  • Triangle SAS
    triangle_iron Calculate the triangle area and perimeter, if the two sides are 51 cm and 110 cm long and angle them clamped is 130 °.
  • Inner angles
    triangle_1111 The inner angles of the triangle are 30°, 45° and 105° and its longest side is 10 cm. Calculate the length of the shortest side, write the result in cm up to two decimal places.
  • Cuboid - volume and areas
    cuboid_10 The cuboid has a volume of 250 cm3, a surface of 250 cm2 and one side 5 cm long. How do I calculate the remaining sides?
  • Rhombus and inscribed circle
    rhombus_2 It is given a rhombus with side a = 6 cm and the radius of the inscribed circle r = 2 cm. Calculate the length of its two diagonals.
  • Quadrangular prism
    trapezium_prism The quadrangular prism has a volume of 648 cm3. Trapezoid which is its base has the dimensions bases: a = 10 cm, c = 5 and height v = 6 cm. What is the height of the prism?
  • Octagon from rectangle
    8gon From tablecloth rectangular shape with dimensions of 4 dm and 8 dm we cuts down the corners in the shape of isosceles triangles. It thus formed an octagon with area 26 dm2. How many dm2 we cuts down?
  • Infinity
    circles-and-squares In a square with side 19 is inscribed circle, the circle is inscribed next square, again circle, and so on to infinity. Calculate the sum of the area of all these squares.
  • Hexagon cut pyramid
    truncated_hexa_pyramid Calculate the volume of a regular 6-sided cut pyramid if the bottom edge is 30 cm, the top edge us 12 cm, and the side edge length is 41 cm.
  • Three points 2
    vectors_sum0 The three points A(3, 8), B(6, 2) and C(10, 2). The point D is such that the line DA is perpendicular to AB, and DC is parallel to AB. Calculate the coordinates of D.

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