Units - math word problems

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  • Painting
    basen_7 To paint the pool with dimensions: 2 meters depth, 3m x 4m we bought paint to 50 meters square. How many "paint" will be a waste?
  • Two pumps
    pumps_4 Pump A takes twice as long to fill a tank than B . Together they take 2 hours to fill the tank. How long does each one take to fill the tank by itself?
  • Copper wire
    cu_wire_1 What is the weight of 1000 m copper wire with a diameter of 5 mm when metric density p = 8.8 g/cm3?
  • Internal angles
    triangle_5 Find the internal angles of the triangle ABC if the angle at the vertex C is twice the angle at the B and the angle at the vertex B is 4 degrees smaller than the angle at the vertex A.
  • VAT
    Tax John paid 1000 Euros in store for purchase. Calculate value added tax (VAT), which paid in purchase, if the VAT rate is 20%.
  • Circle and square
    square_axes An ABCD square with a side length of 100 mm is given. Calculate the radius of the circle that passes through the vertices B, C and the center of the side AD.
  • Pool
    bazen How many hl of water is in a cuboid pool (a = 25m, b = 8m) if the area of the wetted walls is 279.2 m2?
  • Height of the cylinder
    valec The cylinder volume is 150 dm cubic, the base diameter is 100 cm. What is the height of the cylinder?
  • Grandma
    zemiaky 6 kg of potatoes is enough for four at home for 15 days. For how many days will this amount be enough if a grandma will visit?
  • Average
    old_automobile What is the average speed of the car, where half of the distance covered passed at speed 66 km/h and the other half at 86 km/h.
  • Weighted harmonic average
    workers_3 Ten workers will do some work in 2 minutes, five workers in 10 minutes and three workers in 6 minutes. How many minutes per average worker per worker?
  • Volume of cone
    cone_church_1 Find the volume of a right circular cone-shaped building with a height of 9 cm and a radius base of 7 cm.
  • Gasoline
    fuel_pump2_1 How many liters of gas is in the tank if its weight 15.4kg. Specific density of gasoline is 770kg/m3.
  • Tape
    mg Video is 153% more expensive than tape recorder. How many percent is tape recorder less expensive than video?
  • Largest squares
    metals How many of the largest square sheets did the plumber cut the honeycomb from 16 dm and 96 dm?
  • 3 masons
    cnb_1 3 masons received 7,700 CZK. The second half received 1/2 more than the first and third twice more than the second mason. How much they each got crowns?
  • Stamps 2
    stamp_9 Dennis spent 34.15 on stamps. The number of .56 is 10 less than four times of stamps bought for .41. How many of each stamp did he buy?
  • Insulation
    zateplovanie-domu Two workers insulate the house in 5 days. After the first day of working together, only one worker continue to cover the house. In how many days will the house be insulated if every worker has the same tempo of work?
  • Hexagonal pyramid
    hexagonal-pyramid The base of the pyramid is a regular hexagon, which can be circumscribed in a circle with a radius of 1 meter. Calculate the volume of a pyramid 2.5 meters high.
  • Motor physics
    car_motor Car traveling at 130 km/h on the highway. Pulling power of the motor is 8 kN. Determine engine power in kW.

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