Units - math word problems

Magnification of the square
If we increase the square side, increase the content of the 94 %. About what percentage was increased his sides?
Wind drift
The plane flies at 860 km/h, passing distance 3000 kilometers with the wind and once again against the wind for 6 h 59 min. What is the wind speed?
The cyclist
The cyclist went from village to town. First half of journey went at 20 km/h. The second half of the journey, which mostly fell, went at 39 km/h. All journey took 88 minutes. Calculate the distance from the village to the town.
Degrees to radians
Convert magnitude of the angle α = 9°39'15" to radians:
Barrel with liquid
Barrel with grain weight 297 kg. When it shed 48% of grain, ha weight 174 kg. What is the weight of empty barrel?
Triangle angles
The angles α, β, γ in triangle ABC are in the ratio 6:2:6. Calculate size of angles.
Rectangle Anton
Difference between length and width of the rectangle is 8. Length is 3-times larger than the width. Calculate the dimensions of the rectangle.
Tesco Clubcard
Bernard got on a quarterly billing vouchers for Tesco ClubCard taking goods worth 2.3 Eur. Calculate how much per month on average in Tesco bought goods. Tesco ClubCard worksfor every Euro spent you get one ClubCard point that will be converted to 1
Electronics: Resistors in parallel
From relation for calculating the resistance of parallel combination of resistors: ? Calculate the R, if R₁ = 2Ω a R₂ = 15Ω
Radioactivity
After 548 hours decreases the activity of a radioactive substance to 1/9 of the initial value. What is the half-life of the substance?
Similarity n-gon
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.
Widescreen monitor
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
Rectangle A2dim
Calculate the side of the rectangle, if you know that its area is of 2590 m² and one side is 74 m.
Glass mosaic
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%.
Human buying irrationality
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
Slovakia banks
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
Sumo competition
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.
Rectangles
Calculate how many squares/rectangles of size 4×3 cm can be cut from a sheet of paper of 36 cm × 32 cm?
VAT
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 Japonska, when VAT is only 5%.
Confectionery
The village markets have 5 kinds of sweets, one weighs 31 grams. How many different ways a customer can buy 1.519 kg sweets.

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