Units - math word problems

  1. Cuboid - ratios
    kvader11 The sizes of the edges of the cuboid are in the ratio 2: 3: 5. The smallest wall have area 54 cm2. Calculate the surface area and volume of this cuboid.
  2. CuZn
    brass Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. The 10 centimeter brass cube has a weight of 8.6 kg. Copper density is 8930 kg/m3, the zinc density is 7130 kg/m3. Calculate how many kg of copper and zinc a cube contains.
  3. Blades
    ruler2_1 1st blade 2,5 m, 2nd blade. .1.75 m. How many same long pieces of this two blades can be do the biggest? How long is one piece?
  4. Conversion of units
    meter_2 Complete the following length data
  5. Savings and retirement
    babky_1 The older sibling has saved 44% more euros than the youngest, which represents 22 euros. How many euros older brother has saved ?
  6. Pumps 5
    pump_1 5 pump pumped in 3 hours 1800 hl of water. How many hectoliters of water pumped 4 equally powerful pumps in 6 hours?
  7. Joshka
    money-false Joshka had € 15. Mama took him 15%. How many had left?
  8. Fuel economy
    car1_4 How many kilometers is sufficient petrol in the cylinder fuel tank with a diameter 40 cm and the base of tank length 1 m, when it is filled to 60% and if the car consume 15 liters per 100 km?
  9. Disc
    vysek.JPG Circumference of the disk is 78.5 cm. What is the circumference of the circular arc of 32° on the disc?
  10. Bath salts
    salt_1 Bath salt A weighs 900 grams and costs 36,40 CZK. Bath Salts B weighs 1000 grams, but costs 85 CZK. How much is a bath salt A cheaper than B one?
  11. Pharmacy
    roztoky_3 The pharmacy add to 3 liters of 95-percent alcohol 5 liters of 38.04 percent alcohol. How many percent pharmacy got?
  12. Charles Bridge
    k_most Charles Bridge was 15 times older than Frantův bridge from 1900 in 1931. How old is the Charles Bridge?
  13. Wood lumber
    hranol_7 Wooden lumber is 4 m long and has a cross section square with side 15 cm. Calculate: a) the volume of lumber b) the weight of the lumber if 1 m3 weighs 790 kg
  14. Tank
    nadrz_5 To cuboid tank whose bottom has dimensions of 9 m and 15 m were flow 1080 hectoliters of water. This was filled 40% of the tank volume. Calculate the depth of the tank.
  15. Straight lines
    kruh.JPG Draw two lines c, d so that c || d. On line c mark points A, B, from point A start perpendicular to line c, from point B perpendicular to line c.
  16. Rotatable tower
    veza Rotatable tower situated in the city center has ground shape of a regular polygon. If the tower is rotated by 14.4° around its centerpiece it looks from the side same. Your task is to calculate at least how many vertices can have a ground plan view of the.
  17. Blueberries 2
    boruvky_2 Lenka and Martin collected eight liters of blueberries in two hours. How long will take to collect blueberries by Lenka itself, if we know that she collect all 2.5 hours less than Martin?
  18. Cylinder surface area
    cylinder_2 Volume of a cylinder whose height is equal to the radius of the base is 678.5 dm3. Calculate its surface area.
  19. Common cylinder
    valec_2 I've quite common example of a rotary cylinder. Known: S1 = 1 m2, r = 0.1 m Calculate : v =? V =? You can verify the results?
  20. The shop
    lahev The shop has 3 hectoliters of water. How many liter bottles is it?

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