Units - math word problems

  1. R triangle
    right_triangle_1 Calculate the area of a right triangle whose longer leg is 6 dm shorter than the hypotenuse and 3 dm longer than the shorter leg.
  2. Crystal
    crystal Crystal grows every month 1.2 promile of its mass. For how many months to grow a crystal from weight 177 g to 384 g?
  3. Wiring
    install_pipes Conduit has a cross section 482 mm. Maybe put it into 6 conductors with a cross section S2 $mm2?
  4. Book
    zbierka_prikladov Calculate the thickness of the page of the collection of examples from mathematics, where 4.87 cm thick and has 451 pages.
  5. Server
    p_pro Calculate how many average minutes a year is a webserver is unavailable, the availability is 99.99%.
  6. Cow
    krava_1 104 cow consumes 6968 kg hay per day. How many kg of hay consume one cow in one day?
  7. Blood
    krv In human body the blood is about 7.3% body weight. How many kilograms of blood is in the human body with weight 109 kg?
  8. Cube
    kocka_rubik The cube weighs 11 kg. How weight is cube of the same material, if its dimensions are 3-times smaller?
  9. Washer
    pracka Washing machine drum wash at 58 RPM. Washing machine motor pulley has diameter 9 cm. What must be the diameter of the drum machine pulley when the motor is at 438 RPM?
  10. Angle between lines
    angle_two_lines Calculate the angle between these two lines: ? ?
  11. Chocolate
    cokolada Leslie bought 8 same chocolates for 16 Eur. How many euros will he pay for 25 chocolates?
  12. ŽSR
    luzianky Calculate fixed annual personnel costs of operating monorail line 118 km long if every 5 km is station, which serve three people - one dispatcher and two switchman in 4-shift operation. Consider the average salary of the employee 885 €.
  13. Pool
    pool If water flows into the pool by two inlets, fill the whole for 8 hours. The first inlet filled pool 6 hour longer than second. How long pool take to fill with two inlets separately?
  14. Brick
    balance_scale Isosceles scale has on one side all brick and second weight 1 kg and 1/4 of brick. The balance is in equilibrium. What is the weight of a brick?
  15. Water
    cylinder_1 Into a full cylindrical tank high 3 with base radius 2.4 m we insert cuboid with dimensions 1.7 m, 1.7 m, 0.8 m. How many liters of water will come out?
  16. River
    kongo_river Calculate how many promiles river Dunaj average falls, if on section long 957 km flowing water from 1454 m AMSL to 101 m AMSL.
  17. Sea
    ship How far can you see from the ship's mast, whose peak is at 14 meters above sea level? (Earth's radius is 6370 km).
  18. Cube corners
    2cube The wooden cube with edge 64 cm was cut in 3 corners of cube with edge 4 cm. How many cubes of edge 4 cm can be even cut?
  19. Mast
    stoziar Mast has 13 m long shadow on a slope rising from the mast foot in the direction of the shadow angle at angle 13.3°. Determine the height of the mast, if the sun above the horizon is at angle 45°12'.
  20. Car
    formula Car is going 95 km per hour. How long distance goes in 1 minute?

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