Units - math word problems

  1. Similarity n-gon
    podobnost 9-gones ABCDEFGHI and A'B'C'D'E'F'G'H'I' are similar. The area of 9-gon ABCDEFGHI is S1=190 dm2 and the diagonal length GD is 32 dm. Calculate area of the 9-gon A'B'C'D'E'F'G'H'I' if G'D' = 13 dm.
  2. Electronics: Resistors in parallel
    resistors_1 From relation for calculating the resistance of parallel combination of resistors: ? Calculate the R, if R1 = 2Ω a R2 = 15Ω
  3. Glass mosaic
    6gon How many dm2 glass is nessesary to produc 97 slides of a regular 6-gon, whose side has length 21 cm? Assume that cutting glass waste is 10%.
  4. Slovakia banks
    ecb It is unwritten rule that the larger bank in Slovakia (number of clients, balance sheet) the worst / more expensive services offered to clients. Perhaps it is customs and herd customers that prefer only trio SLSP, VUB and Tatrabanka. Calculate how many t
  5. Rectangle A2dim
    Rectangle Calculate the side of the rectangle, if you know that its area is of 2590 m2 and one side is 74 m.
  6. Human buying irrationality
    athlonxp I longer watch processors for Socket A on ebay, Athlon XP 1.86GHz with a PR rating of 2500+ costs $7 and Athlon XP 2.16Ghz with a PR rating of 3000+ currently cost $16. Calculate: About what percentage of the Athlon XP 2.16Ghz is powerful than Athlon X
  7. Widescreen monitor
    lcd Computer business hit by a wave of widescreen monitors and televisions. Calculate the area of ​​the LCD monitor with a diagonal size 20 inches at ratio 4:3 and then 16:9 aspect ratio. Is buying widescreen monitors with same diagonal more advantageous th
  8. Sumo competition
    sumo In the competition for the heaviest man was 5 competitors. The first three together weighed 553 kg. What is the minimal weigt of winner, if a contestant weighed with an accuracy of one kilogram.
  9. Rectangles
    strihanie Calculate how many squares/rectangles of size 4×3 cm can be cut from a sheet of paper of 36 cm × 32 cm?
  10. VAT
    tax VAT is a tax which the state artificially betrays goods and services for final consumption. VAT in Slovakia is 20%. Calculate how much percent pay less tax residents of Liechtenstein, when VAT is only 8%.
  11. Density - simple example
    mercury Material of density of 532 kg/m3 occupies a container volume of 79 cm3. What is its mass?
  12. Discounts on rail (ZSSK)
    preukazy_zssk The railway company ZSSK offers a discount of 15% (REGIONAL) for 5 Eur/year. Calculate the real discount rate as a percentage, where passengers will travel 19 Eur per week.
  13. Rectangular trapezoid
    trapezoids How many inner right angles has a rectangular trapezoid?
  14. Isosceles trapezium
    isoscele_trapezoid Trapezoid YSED (YS||ED) is isosceles. The size of the angle at vertex Y is 17 degrees. Calculate the size of the angle at vertex E.
  15. Area of trapezoid
    trapezoid The trapezoid bases are and 7 dm and 11 cm. His height is 4 cm. Calculate the area of trapezoid.
  16. Circle arc
    pizza Circle segment has a circumference of 135.26 dm and 2096.58 dm2 area. Calculate the radius of the circle and size of central angle.
  17. Garden
    garden Trapezoid garden has parallel sides 19 m and 24 m. Its area is 193.5 square meters. What is the width of the garden?
  18. Clocks
    clocks How long path will walk the end of the clock's minute-hand long 7 cm for 330 minutes? How long will walk in the same time hour-hand?
  19. Floating barrel
    floating_barrel Barrel (cylinder shape) floats on water, top of barrel is 8 dm above water and the width of surfaced barrel part is 23 dm. Barrel length is 24 dm. Calculate the volume of the barrel.
  20. Aquarium
    akvarium Aquarium is rectangular box with square base containing 76 liters of water. Length of base edge is 42 cm. To what height the water level goes?

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