Units - math word problems

  1. Wine
    vino_1 A bottle of wine costs 21 euros; and wine is 20 times more expensive than a bottle. How much a bottle cost?
  2. Pond
    rybnik2_1 A pond with two open floodgates will emptied in 20 days. A larger floodgate will emptied whole pond in 30 days. For how long would he be emptied with a smaller floodgate.
  3. Pumping
    pumps_1 The tank is filled with a larger pump in 12 hours and with scond pump in 15 hours. For how long does the tank fill when both pumps are switched on at the same time?
  4. Two boats
    ship_2 The sightseeing boat sail at 25 km / h. The cruise take 6 hours. How long the another boat sails at 60 km/h?
  5. Three granaries
    vaha_3 Three granaries hold 7,800 metric cent (q) of grain. In the first, 70 tonnes of grain was more than the second and in the third it was 120 tonnes less than in the second. How many grain were in each granary?
  6. Tree shadow 3
    tree3_1 A 2-meter rod casts a shadow 3.2 m long. How high is a tree with a shadow of 14.4 m ?
  7. Saving 9
    penize_40 An amount if $ 2000 is invested at an interest of 5% per month. if $ 200 is added at the beginning of each successive month but no withdrawals. Give an expression for the value accumulated after n months. After how many months will the amount have accumul
  8. Regular n-gon
    10gon_polygon In a regular n-angle polygon the internal angle is 144 degrees. Find the number n indicating the number of sides of this polygon.
  9. Trench
    lichobeznik_4 The trench is a four-sided prism. The cross section has a trapezoidal shape with basements of 4m and 6m, the length of the trench is 30m. What is the depth of the trench if we dig 60,000 l of soil.
  10. Truncated cone 3
    rotacnikomolykuzel The surface of the truncated rotating cone S = 7697 meters square, the substructure diameter is 56m and 42m, determine the height of the tang.
  11. Bean bag
    bag A student tossed a bean bag. It landed 216 inches away. How many yards are equal to 216 inches?
  12. Inner angles
    triangle_1111 The inner angles of the triangle are 30°, 45° and 105° and its longest side is 10 cm. Calculate the length of the shortest side, write the result in cm up to two decimal places.
  13. Cuboid
    cuboid_12 Cuboid has a surface of 516 cm2. Side a = 6 cm and b = 12 cm. How long is the side c =?
  14. Photocopier
    picture A photocopier enlarges a picture in the ratio 7:4. How many times will a picture of size 6cm by 4cm be enlarged to fit on a 30cm by 20 cm page?
  15. Water channel
    trapezium_prism_2 The cross section of the water channel is a trapezoid. The width of the bottom is 19.7 m, the water surface width is 28.5 m, the side walls have a slope of 67°30' and 61°15'. Calculate how much water flows through the channel in 5 minutes if the water flo
  16. Surface of cuboid
    kvader11_9 Find the surface of the cuboid if its volume is 52.8 cm3 and the length of its two edges is 2 cm and 6 cm.
  17. Volume of cube
    cubes2_1 Solve the volume of a cube with width 26cm .
  18. Type of triangle
    237_triangle How do I find the triangle type if the angle ratio is 2:3:7 ?
  19. Inter city bus
    bus27_7 The inter city bus leaves Suva at 10.00am and reaches Nadi at 1.00pm covering a distance of 219km. How long did it take to reach the bus Nadi?
  20. Trapezoid - RR
    right_trapezium Find the area of the right angled trapezoid ABCD with the right angle at the A vertex; a = 3 dm b = 5 dm c = 6 dm d = 4 dm

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