Units - math word problems

  1. Surface area
    kvader11_6 Calculate the surface area of a four-sides 2-m high prism which base is a rectangle with sides 17 cm and 1.3 dm
  2. Water reservoir
    nadrz_9 The water tank has a cuboid with edges a= 1 m, b=2 m , c = 1 m. Calculate how many centimeters of water level falls, if we fill fifteen 12 liters cans.
  3. Tank
    tank The tank bottom has dimensions of 1.5 m and 3 2/6 m. The tank is 459.1 hl of water. How high is the water surface?
  4. Journey to grandma
    moto_1 Daniel traveled to grandma. He travel 100 km along. Halfway travel by train, one quarter by bus, one tenth by the bicycle and the rest travel by car. How many km travel km by car?
  5. Truncated cone
    komoly_kuzel A truncated cone has a bases radiuses 40 cm and 10 cm and a height of 25 cm. Calculate its surface area and volume.
  6. Ferris wheel
    ruske-kolo Ferris wheel reaches to 22 m tall and moves at the speed of 0.5m/s. During one drive wheel rotates three times. What is the total drive time?
  7. Building
    kocky Lenka has 22 cubes for the construction of building comprising three cubes in height, the width of two cubes, and the length of four cubes. Is she able to build an building with these cubes?
  8. Pupils at cinema
    tickets_1 Alena bought movie tickets for two groups of pupils. The first group purchased 7 tickets for 1st and 5 tickets for 2nd place and she pay 62Kč. For the second group bought 11 tickets for 1st and 4 tickets for 2nd place and pay 82Kč. How much was the ticket
  9. Dressmaker
    singer Dressmaker left a piece of canvas shorter than 5 meters. She is deciding whether it sew a skirt or dress. The canvas was exactly as much as they consumed had cut up her skirt to 120 cm, or 180 centimeters dress. What a piece of canvas left her?
  10. Force meter
    archimedes We put the statuette on the force meter. The force meter showed a value 25 N. Then we placed the statuette on the force meter completely immersed in the water. The force meter showed a value 17 N. What is the volume of the statuette?
  11. Acceleration 2
    car_14 if a car traveling at a velocity of 80 m/s/south accelerated to a velocity of 100 m/s east in 5 seconds, what is the cars acceleration? using Pythagorean theorem
  12. Isosceles right triangle
    IsoscelesRightTriangle Contents of an isosceles right triangle is 18 dm2. Calculate the length of its base.
  13. Wheel
    bicycle_1 Diameter of motocycle wheel is 52 cm. How many times rotates wheel on roand long 2 km?
  14. 3 years
    ekonomicky-rast The company has increased the number of employees. In year 2005 compared to 2004 13% more, in 2006 18% more against the previous year, in year 2007 20% more compared to 2006. How many % increase in the number of employees in 3 years?
  15. Runners circle
    runners Pepa circles the track in 36 seconds. Kamil in 42 seconds. They started together. How many seconds will meet again at the start?
  16. Pyramid 4sides
    pyramid_2 Calculate the volume and the surface of a regular quadrangular pyramid when the edge of the base is 4 cm long and the height of the pyramid is 7 cm.
  17. Friends
    country Five mates traveled and the journey they lasted 195 minutes. How long would travel only one of them?
  18. Monthly payments
    elektrina Novákovi pay for electricity and monthly pays at the end of the year still bill 34 USD. Total per year pay 618 USD. What were their monthly payments?
  19. Photo egative
    negativ Negative dimensions are 36mm and 28mm. What will be the photo size in the 21:4 ratio?
  20. Percent chaining
    meter_1 Calculate 20% from 70% from 80 km

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