Third power - math word problems

  1. Cuboid and ratio
    cuboid_2 Find the dimensions of a cuboid having a volume of 810 cm3 if the lengths of its edges coming from the same vertex are in ratio 2: 3: 5
  2. Wall thickness
    sphere_Nickel The hollow metal ball has an outside diameter of 40 cm. Determine the wall thickness if the weight is 25 kg and the metal density is 8.45 g/cm3.
  3. The ball
    sphere4 The ball has a radius of 2m. What percentage of the surface and volume is another sphere whose radius is 20% larger?
  4. One third power
    cube-root Which equation justifies why ten to the one-third power equals the cube root of ten?
  5. Length of the edge
    cube_shield Find the length of the edge of a cube that has a cm2 surface and a volume in cm3 expressed by the same number.
  6. Alien ship
    cube_in_sphere The alien ship has the shape of a sphere with a radius of r = 3000m, and its crew needs the ship to carry the collected research material in a cuboid box with a square base. Determine the length of the base and (and height h) so that the box has the large
  7. Divide 8
    powers Divide 6840 by x y and z, in such a way that x has twice as much as y, who has half as much as z
  8. Right circular cone
    cut-cone The volume of a right circular cone is 5 liters. Calculate the volume of the two parts into which the cone is divided by a plane parallel to the base, one-third of the way down from the vertex to the base.
  9. Three members GP
    exp_growth The sum of three numbers in GP (geometric progression) is 21 and the sum of their squares is 189. Find the numbers.
  10. Cube into cylinder
    cube_sphere_in If we dip a wooden cube into a barrel with a 40cm radius, the water will rise 10 cm. What is the size of the cube edge?
  11. Cube root
    cubes_27 For 13, Sam wrote 2891 instead of the correct cube number. By how much was he wrong?
  12. Calculate 3
    cube_sphere_in_1 Calculate the cube volume whose edge is 3x-1,3x-1,3x-1
  13. Perfect cubes
    cubes3_7 Suppose a number is chosen at random from the set (0,1,2,3,. .. ,202). What is the probability that the number is a perfect cube?
  14. Volume of ball
    ball1_5 Find the volume of a volleyball that has a radius of 4 1/2 decimeters. Use 22/7 for π
  15. The volume 2
    cubes3_11 The volume of a cube is 27 cubic meters. Find the height of the cube.
  16. Cube diagonals
    cube_diagonals_4 Calculate the length of the side and the diagonals of the cube with a volume of 27 cm3.
  17. Body diagonal
    cube_diagonals_2 Calculate the cube volume, whose body diagonal size is 75 dm. Draw a picture and highlight the body diagonal.
  18. Edges or sides
    cube_shield_4 Calculate the cube volume, if the sum of the lengths of all sides is 276 cm.
  19. Seawater
    ice_cubes Seawater has a density of 1025 kg/m3, ice 920 kg/m3. 8 liters of seawater froze and created a cube. Calculate the size of the cube edge.
  20. Minimum surface
    cuboid_20 Find the length, breadth, and height of the cuboid shaped box with a minimum surface area, into which 50 cuboid shaped blocks, each with length, breadth and height equal to 4 cm, 3 cm and 2 cm respectively can be packed.

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