Prism - math word problems

A prism is a polyhedron comprising an n-sided polygonal base, a second base which is a translated copy (rigidly moved without rotation) of the first, and n other faces (necessarily all parallelograms) joining corresponding sides of the two bases. All cross-sections parallel to the bases are translations of the bases. Prisms are named for their bases, so a prism with a pentagonal base is called a pentagonal prism.

Number of problems found: 177

  • Rain
    rain Garden shape of a rectangle measuring 15 m and 20 m rained water up to 3 mm. How many liters of water rained on the garden?
  • Triangular prism
    hranol3b_1 Calculate the surface of a regular triangular prism, the edges of the base are 6 cm long and the height of the prism is 15 cm.
  • Identical cubes
    cubes3 From the smallest number of identical cubes whose edge length is expressed by a natural number, can we build a block with dimensions 12dm x 16dm x 20dm?
  • The trench
    vykop Calculate how many cubic meters of soil needs to be removed from the excavation in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid, the top width is 3 meters, the lower width is 1.8 m, the depth of the excavation is 1 m, and the length is 20 m.
  • Embankment
    nasyp The railway embankment 300 m long has a cross section of an isosceles trapezoid with bases of 14 m and 8 m. The trapezoidal arms are 5 m long. Calculate how much m3 of soil is in the embankment?
  • Quadrilateral prism
    cuboid The surface of the regular quadrilateral prism is 8800 cm2, the base edge is 20 cm long. Calculate the volume of the prism
  • Water tank
    nadrz 300hl of water was filled into the tank 12 m long and 6 m wide. How high does it reach?
  • Wall and body diagonals
    cube_diagonals The block/cuboid has dimensions a = 4cm, b = 3cm and c = 12cm. Calculates the length of the wall and body diagonals.
  • Wooden block
    cuboid_3colors A cuboid-shaped wooden block has 6 cm length, 4 cm breadth, and 1 cm height. Two faces measuring 4 cm x 1 cm are colored in black. Two faces measuring 6 cm x 1 cm are colored in red. Two faces measuring 6 cm x 4 cm are colored in green. The block is divid
  • Calculate
    hranol Calculate the surface of a regular quadrilateral prism whose base edge is 2.4dm and the height of the prism is 38cm.
  • Edge of prism
    hranol4b_1 The regular quadrilateral prism has a surface of 250 dm2, its shell has a content of 200 dm2. Calculate its leading edge.
  • Triangular prism - regular
    prism3s The regular triangular prism is 7 cm high. Its base is an equilateral triangle whose height is 3 cm. Calculate the surface and volume of this prism.
  • Three-quarters of its volume
    bazen2 The pool has a block shape with a length of 8m, a width of 5.3m and a depth of 1.5m. How many hl of water is in it if it is filled to three-quarters of its volume?
  • Three faces of a cuboid
    cuboid The diagonal of three faces of a cuboid are 13,√281 and 20 units. Then the total surface area of the cuboid is.
  • Quadrilateral prism
    kosostvorec_2 Calculate the surface of a quadrilateral prism according to the input: Area of the diamond base S1 = 2.8 m2, length of the base edge a = 14 dm, height of the prism 1,500 mm.
  • Body diagonal
    kvadr_diagonal Calculate the volume of a cuboid whose body diagonal u is equal to 6.1 cm. Rectangular base has dimensions of 3.2 cm and 2.4 cm
  • The excavation
    vykop The excavation for the city sewer was 38 m long, 2.2 m wide, and 3 m deep. a) How many cubic meters of soil were dredged b) How many journeys had to be made by one car when removing the soil, if they loaded an average of 4.5 m of cubic soil on each journe
  • Cutting the prism
    cube333 A prism with a square base with a content of 1 cm2 and a height of 3 cm was cut from a cube with an edge length of 3 cm. What is the surface of the body formed from the cube after cutting the prism?
  • Wood prisms
    wood How many weight 25 prisms with dimensions 8x8x200 cm? 1 cubic meter of wood weighs 800 kg.
  • Hexagon
    hexa_prism Calculate the surface of a regular hexagonal prism whose base edge a = 12cm and side edge b = 3 dm.

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