Units - math word problems

Fluid
We have vessels containing 7 liters, 5 liters and 2 liters. Largest container is filled with fluid the others empty. Can you only by pouring get 5 liters and two 1 liter of fluid? How many pouring is needed?
Three children
3 children eat 8 chocolates in 6 days. How many chocolates 6 children eat in 18 days?
Clotheslines
Mommy needs 6 clothesline 360 cm long. Clotheslines is sold in the length of eight meters. How many of these clotheslines must buy mom if any does not want to be connected? How much mommy pay for the clotheslines when 1 piece costs 24kč?
Three friends
Three friends divided the profit 104,650 CZK, so that for every 4 CZK, which got the first friend equals 5 crowns for second and for every 9 CZK, which got the second equals 16 CZK for third. Question: Who got the most and how much.
Runner 2
Marian run 12 meters in 8 seconds. How far would Marian run for 70 seconds, if still run at the same pace?
Money duo
Julius and Mark have together 45 euros. Mark has 50% more money than Julius. Determine the amount of money that have Mark and Julius.
Sales off
shoes cost x euros. First they are discounted by 50%, and then 25% of the new amount. Determine what percentage of the total cost is cheaper.
Price saleoff
Shoes standing y euros. At first they were discounted by 12% and then 50% of the new amount. After this double cheapening the cost was exactly 22 euros. Determine the original price of shoes.
Cablecar
Funicular on Petrin (Prague) was 408 meters long and overcomes the difference 106 meters in altitude. Calculate the angle of climb.
Volume and area
What is the volume of a cube which has area of 361 cm²?
Three friends
Danica, Lenka and Dalibor have altogether 96 kg. Lenka weighs 75% more than Dalibor and Danica weighs 6 kg more than Dalibor. Determine the weight of Danice, Lenka and Dalibor.
Tetrahedral prism - rhomboid base
Calculate the area and volume tetrahedral prism that has base rhomboid shape and its dimensions are: a = 12 cm, b = 70 mm, v_a = 6 cm, v_h = 1 dm.
Rectangle
Calculate area of the rectangle if its length is 12 cm longer than its width and length is equal to the square of its width.
Cargo
Car with cargo weight 7610 kg. Weight of car is 23% of the total weight of car and cargo. How heavy is cargo?
Money
Peter has 2x more money than Michael. But if Peter gave Michael € 16 Michael would have 3.5 times more money than Peter. Determine how much money was originally Peter and how much Michael.
Average speed
Michal went out of the house by car at speed 98 km/h. He came into the goal place for 270 minutes. Determine the distance between the two places.
Prism bases
Volume perpendicular quadrilateral prism is 360 cm³. The edges of the base and height of the prism are in the ratio 5:4:2 Determine the area of the base and walls of the prism.
Weightlifter
Weightlifter lifted 75% of its weight. Determine how much weight lifted when he weighs 132 kg.
Two rulers
We have two rulers. Scale interval on first rulers are a spaced 1 cm and on second spaced 15 mm. Rulers are attached to each other so that they match initial divider commas. What next dividers commas coincide? Find at least three cases.
The rectangle
Determine the area of the rectangle where the length and width are in the ratio 5:2 and its length is 7.5 cm longer than its width. Determine also its length and its width.

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