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  • Running
    runners_3 Joanne ran 8 1/2 Kyleigh 1 2/3 and John 6 3/4 miles in one day. How many miles did the girls run in 3 days?
  • Observer
    ohrada The observer sees a straight fence 100 m long in 30° view angle. From one end of the fence is 102 m. How far is it from another end of the fence?
  • Peroxide
    peroxide_h How much distilled water (in liters) must pharmacists pour into 300 ml of 23.6% solution of hydrogen peroxide to get 2.7% solution to gargle?
  • Circle section
    circle_segment Equilateral triangle with side 33 is inscribed circle section whose center is in one of the vertices of the triangle and the arc touches the opposite side. Calculate: a) the length of the arc b) the ratio betewwn the circumference to the circle sector and
  • Prism bases
    hranoly Volume perpendicular quadrilateral prism is 360 cm3. The edges of the base and height of the prism are in the ratio 5:4:2 Determine the area of the base and walls of the prism.
  • Rectangle 3-4-5
    diagonal_rectangle_1 The sides of the rectangle are in a ratio of 3:4. The length of the rectangle diagonal is 20 cm. Calculate the content of the rectangle.
  • Alarm clock
    clock-night-schr The old watchmaker has a unique digital alarm in its collection that rings whenever the sum of digits of the alarm is equal to 21. Find out when the alarm clock will ring. What is their number? List all options . ..
  • On the
    aircraft-02 On the map of Europe made at a scale of 1: 4000000, the distance between Bratislava and Paris is 28 cm. At what time an airplane flying at 800 km/h will fly this journey?
  • Troops
    calendar There are two leaders in the tourist group, with an average age of 30 years and several children with an average age of 10 years. The total age of the group is 12 years. How many children are in the group?
  • Drivers
    clocks2 Driver Franta and driver Karel are friends. They leave the start-stop both at the same time in the afternoon - at 13.30. When will they meet again if Franta goes around his route in 50 minutes and Karel in 40 minutes?
  • Reducing balance method
    books A company buys an item having a useful life of 10 years for 1,000,000. If the company depreciates the item by the reducing balance method, a. Determine the depreciation for the first year. b. Estimate the depreciation for the second and third years. c. Wh
  • The diagram 2
    cone The diagram shows a cone with slant height 10.5cm. If the curved surface area of the cone is 115.5 cm2. Calculate correct to 3 significant figures: *Base Radius *Height *Volume of the cone
  • Car and motorcyclist
    car_34 A car and a motorcyclist rode against each other from a distance of 190 km. The car drove 10km/h higher than the motorcyclist and started half an hour later. It met a motorcyclist in an hour and thirty minutes. Determine their speeds.
  • Area of iso-trap
    diagons-of-an-isosceles-trapezoid Find the area of an isosceles trapezoid if the lengths of its bases are 16 cm and 30 cm, and the diagonals are perpendicular to each other.
  • Christmas
    christmas Exactly after 114 hours we sit down to Christmas Eve table. What day and what time it was when Dad said this sentence. The Christmas Eve table they sit down exactly on the 18-o'clock (6 PM).
  • Cheaper cars
    vagon State-owned railway company buys 10 air-conditioned coaches for nearly 18 million euros. Calculate how many euros is the equivalent of one seat in the wagon with a capacity of 83 people. How many of used cars at the price 2700 Euros can be buy instead of
  • Angles of a triangle
    triangles_9 In the triangle ABC, the angle beta is 15° greater than the angle alpha. The remaining angle is 30° greater than the sum of the angles alpha and beta. Calculate the angles of a triangle.
  • Right angle
    rt_triangle_1 In a right triangle ABC with a right angle at the apex C, we know the side length AB = 24 cm and the angle at the vertex B = 71°. Calculate the length of the legs of the triangle.
  • Pegs
    meter_1 From two sticks 240 cm and 210 cm long, it is necessary to cut the longest possible pegs for flowers so that no residues remain. How many pegs will it be?
  • Hiking trip
    walker Rosie went on a hiking trip. The first day she walked 18kilometers. Each day since she walked 90 percent of what she walked the day before. What is the total distance Rosie has traveled by the end of the 10th day? Round your final answer to the nearest ki

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