Units - math word problems

  1. Milk bill
    milk_3 Mrs Tara buys 2 liters of milk daily. If 1 liter of milk cost $0.27. What will be her milk bill for 30 days.
  2. Bathroom 2
    tiles_5 A bathroom is 2.4 meters long and 1.8 meters wide. How many square tiles 1 dm on each side are to be used to cover it?
  3. Soda
    soda_water A pack of 12 sodas cost 5.04. What is the unit rate in dollars per soda?
  4. Rainfall
    cumulus How many liters of water did fell in a 32m long and 8m wide garden, if 8mm of rain fell?
  5. 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?
  6. Fence and scale
    ctverec_mo_4 The garden with 80 m of fencing is draw on plan as a square with a side length of 4 cm. At what scale is this plan made?
  7. Rhombus
    kosostvorec_1 The rhombus has diagonal lengths of 4.2cm and 3.4cm. Calculate the length of the sides of the rhombus and its height
  8. Energy
    energy In one region, the September energy consumption levels for single-family homes are found to be normally distributed with a mean of 1050 kWh and a standard deviation of of 218 kWh. Find the consumption level separating the bottom 45% from the top 55%.
  9. Suzan
    children2_3 Susan's age will be after 12 years four times as much as twelve years ago. How old is Susan now?
  10. Cubes into cuboid
    cubes_21 How many 12 centimeter cubes fit into the block (cuboid) with 6dm, 8,4dm and 4,8?
  11. Trapezium bases
    lichobeznik_7 Find the trapezium height if a = 8 cm and c = 4 cm if its content 21 square centimeters.
  12. Hours
    clock-night-schr_2 The lesson lasts 45 minutes. For the week, students have 18 lesson hours. How many are the actual hours?
  13. Hypotenuse - RT
    triangle_bac_1 A triangle has a hypotenuse of 55 and an altitude to the hypotenuse of 33. What is the area of the triangle?
  14. Paul earned
    workers_35 Paul earned 300 Kč in one hour, Václav 1/3 more than Paul. Václav worked 60 hours, which is 1/3 fewer hours than Paul worked. How many percents less earned Paul an hour than Václav? How many hours did Paul more than Václav? How much did Paul earn more t
  15. Gasoline canisters
    fuel_4 35 liters of gasoline is to be divided into 4 canisters so that in the third canister will have 5 liters less than in the first canister, the fourth canister 10 liters more than the third canister and the second canister half of that in the first canist
  16. Square area
    100-square Complete the table and then draw each square. Provide exact lengths. Describe any problems you have. Side Length Area .
  17. Warmer weather
    teplomer_1 This morning it was -6 °C. What temperature did the thermometer show yesterday if it was three times warmer?
  18. Road
    12perctent The angle of a straight road is approximately 12 degrees. Determine the percentage of this road.
  19. Percentages 5
    usd_1 $5.25 is 7 1/2% of what number?
  20. Inscribed sphere
    cubes2_7 How many percents of the cube volume takes the sphere inscribed into it?

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