Themes, topics - math word problems

  1. Aircraft
    aircraft_soviet The aircraft has in a fuel tank 68 hl of aviation fuel and flight consumes 3.6 liters of fuel. Identify the function, which expresses the dependence of the volume of fuel in tank on the track distance plane flew by. How many hectolites of fuel is still i
  2. Elevator
    vytah-sachta In homes with more floor elevators are used. For passenger transport, the most commonly used traction elevator counterweight. The top of the shaft engine room with the engine. The car is suspended on a rope, which is guided up over two pulleys to the coun
  3. Two typists
    lasica_typewriter There are two typists who are rewriting the material 814 pages. First can it handle rewrite yourself for 24 days; the second 12 days. First typist wrote material yourself 4 days rest rewrites yourself second typist. How many days will it take rewriting al
  4. Reservoir + water
    cuboid_water Reservoir completely filled with water weighs 12 kg. After pouring off three quarters of the amount of water weights 3 kg. Calculate the weight and volume of the reservoir.
  5. Wheel
    wheel How many times turns the wheel of a passenger car in one second if car run at speed 100 km/h. Wheel diameter is d = 62 cm.
  6. Hiker
    hiker Hiker went half of trip the first day, the third of trip the second day and remaines 15 km. How long trip he planned?
  7. Automaker
    car_manufactury The automaker now produces daily 4 new cars more than last year so the production of 360 cars will save just one full working day. How many working days to produce 360 vehicles needed last year?
  8. Garden
    garden_2 Father dig up the garden in 9 hours. Son in 13 hours. How many hours take dig up the garden together?
  9. Cars
    car_red Cars started at 7:00 AM. From point A car run at 40 km per hour, from B car run 70 km per hour. Between A and B is 250 km long road. When and where will meet (measured from point A)?
  10. Cars 2
    car_2 Opava is 360 km distance from Prešov. At 8:00 hour two cars started against each other from this cities at average speeds 88 km/h and 121 km/h. At what hour its will meet and what distance its travel if car started from Prešov is faster?
  11. Znojmo
    car_3 From Znojmo to Brno started truck with a trailer at an average speed 53 km per hour. Against him 14 minutes later from Brno started car with an average speed of 1.2-times greater than the truck. How long and how far from Znojmo, they meet if the distan
  12. Alloy
    hlinik_slitina The first alloy is a mixture of two metals in the ratio 1:2, the second is a mixture of same metals in the ratio 2:3. At what ratio we have these two alloys put into the furnace to obtain a new metal alloy with ratio 17:27? (All three ratios correspond to
  13. Dog II
    hajny_pes Journey from a rangers' home to the town is 6 km. Mr. ranger started from his home and went 3 km per hour. His women came from the town and also went 3 km per hour. With ranger started dog and runs in 12 km in 1 hour. The dog went to ranger's women then
  14. Aircrafts
    boeings Above the town hall tower flew the plane with constant speed 510 km/h and 15 minutes later the second plane at speed of 703 km/h. How long and how far from the town hall will be aircrafts caught up?
  15. Alcohol 2
    alko Two types of alcohol one 63% and second 75% give 20 liters of 69% alcohol. How many liters of each type are in the mixture?
  16. Two cars
    car_racing Car A1 goes at average speed of 106 km/h and the second car A2 goes at 103 km/h. How many second will it take car A1 to circulate car A2? Assume that both cars are 5 meters long and the safety gap between cars is 1.5 meters.
  17. Scouts
    skauti_1 The boys from scout group traveled 5 days distance 115 km. Every day walked 1.5 km less than the previous day. How many kilometers scouts walked in the first day?
  18. Dog
    dog_and_man Man goes with a dog on a long walk 17 km from the house. Man is walking at speed 4.9 km/h and a dog that constantly running between house and man at 12.6 km/h. How many kilometers will run the dog when they reach their destination?
  19. Racer
    car_championship The first racer run at a speed 20 m/s and is 750 meters before the finish and ahead 79 meters before second competitor. At what speed must run the second racer to catch first racer at the finish line?
  20. Painter Pavel
    pixla_s_farbou Painter Pavel painted the fence for 16 hours and painter Petr the same fence painted for 13 h. How long should take painted the fence together?

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