Units - math word problems

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  • 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?
  • Up and down motion
    ballistic We throw the body from a height h = 5 m above the Earth vertically upwards v0 = 10 m/s. How long before we have to let the second body fall freely from the same height to hit the Earth at the same time?
  • Babysitting
    babo $27.40 babysitting for 4 hours. How much would she make if she babysat for 7 hours?
  • Gardens
    garden The area of the square garden is 3/4 of the area of the triangular garden with sides of 80 m, 50 m, 50 m. How many meters of the fence do we need to fence a square garden?
  • The wooden
    cubes3 The wooden block measures 12 cm, 24 cm, and 30 cm. Peter wants to cut it into several identical cubes. At least how many cubes can he get?
  • Perpendicular projection
    lines Determine the distance of a point B[1, -3] from the perpendicular projection of a point A[3, -2] on a straight line 2 x + y + 1 = 0.
  • Into box
    cubes3_1 How many cubes with an edge of 2.5 cm fit into a box measuring 11.6 cm; 8.9 cm and 13.75 cm?
  • Cargo space
    truck_1 The cargo space of the truck has the dimensions a = 4.2 m, b = 1.9 m, c = 8.1 dm. Calculate its volume.
  • What is 10
    numbers2_4 What is the 5th term, if the 8th term is 80 and common ratio r =1/2?
  • If the 3
    sequence_geo If the 6th term of a GP is 4 and the 10th is 4/81, find common ratio r.
  • The staircase
    schody The staircase has a total height of 3.6 m and forms an angle of 26° with the horizontal. Calculate the length of the whole staircase.
  • Zhiwei
    flasa Zhiwei wants to divide 19 litres of water equally into 6 pots. Find the volume of water in each pot?
  • Jagdeep
    paper Jagdeep had a strip of paper measuring 1.8 m. He cut it into 4 equal strips. How long is each shorter strip of paper?
  • Angie
    milk Angie poured 4 cartons of milk, each with 2.4 litres, into a mixing bowl. How many litres of milk were there altogether?
  • Suriani
    meter Suriani had 3.05 m of ribbon. She used up 0.76 m of it. What is the length of ribbon that she has left?
  • Andy had
    mince_5 Andy had $5.95 in his pocket. His father gave him another $3.55. How much does Andy have altogether now?
  • Sphere cut
    odsek_gule A sphere segment is cut off from a sphere k with radius r = 1. The volume of the sphere inscribed in this segment is equal to 1/6 of the volume of the segment. What is the distance of the cutting plane from the center of the sphere?
  • Nautical miles
    mapa How many nautical miles do they sail if the route is shown on a 1:25 000 scale map with a 7.4 cm long line?
  • Borrowing bicycle
    cukriky Jakub lent a bicycle to friends who wanted to ride it. For a three-hour bike ride, Jakub received 2 chocolates. Yup. If you wanted a bike for 2 hours, you had to give Jakub 12 candies. Peter gave Jakub 1 chocolate and 3 candies. How long can Peter ride Ja
  • The temperature 9
    teplomer_1 The temperature at 9 a. M. is 2 degrees. The temperature rises 3 more degrees by noon. Which expression describes the temperature at noon? Calculate the new temperature value.

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