Units - math word problems

  1. Is right-angled
    rt_sqrt_2 Can a triangle with the sides of sqrt 3, sqrt 5 and sqrt 8 (√3, √5 and √8) be a right triangle?
  2. Clouds
    uhly Approximately at what height is the cloud we see under an angle of 26°10' and see the Sun at an angle of 29°15' and the shade of the cloud is 92 meters away from us?
  3. A square
    rhombus3_3 A square with length of diagonals 12cm give: a) Calculate the area of a square b) rhombus with the same area as the square, has one diagonal with length of 16 cm. Calculate the length of the other diagonal.
  4. Water block
    cukr_8 A block with a 50 cm2 base is filled with water 5 cm under the edge. How many can sugar cubes with 2 cm edge be thrown into a container that overflow water?
  5. Diamond
    koso_4 The diamond has a circumference of 48cm. Calculate the length of its side in dm.
  6. Scale factor
    cuboid_7 A prism with a volume of 1458 mm3 is scaled down to a volume of 16mm3. What is the scale factor in fraction form?
  7. Unit rate
    question_1 Find unit rate: 6,840 customers in 45 days
  8. Train delay
    train_freight_4 The train should be in the station for 10 minutes. It still has 32 km left. What is the expected delay if the train travels in 2 minutes 3 km except for the last section where it is 2 km in 5 minutes.
  9. Garden
    map_6 The garden around the new majer is divided as follows: 35% vegetable, 30% fruit orchards, 10% flowers and the remaining 120 m2 are lawns. What is the total area of the garden?
  10. Diagonals at right angle
    image22 In the trapezoid ABCD this is given: AB=12cm CD=4cm And diagonals crossed under a right angle. What is the area of this trapezoid ABCD?
  11. Percentages
    money_14 What is 1/3 of $821.43?
  12. Shadow of tree
    stromcek_3 Miro stands under a tree and watching its shadow and shadow of the tree. Miro is 180 cm tall and its shade is 1.5 m long. The shadow of the tree is three times as long as Miro's shadow. How tall is the tree in meters?
  13. Display case
    vitrinka Place a glass shelf at the height of 1m from the bottom of the display case in the cabinet. How long platter will we place at this height? The display case is a rectangular triangle with 2 m and 2.5 m legs.
  14. Farmland
    polno Farmers seeded maize to 45 ha, which is 15% of their total farmland. How many hectares of fields they have?
  15. Thales
    tales Thales is 1 m from the hole. The eyes are 150 cm above the ground and look into the hole with a diameter of 120 cm as shown. Calculate the depth of the hole.
  16. Garden fence
    zahrada The garden has the shape of a rectangular triangle with an area of 96 square meters and a 16 m long one leg. How many meters of the fence need to be fenced?
  17. Two brothers
    mapa_ta3_3 The two brothers were to be divided according to the will of land at an area of 1ha 86a 30m2 in a ratio of 5:4. How many will everyone get?
  18. Five mechanics
    car_37 Five mechanics will make a car for some time. How many cars can 30 mechanics produce at the same time?
  19. Tea mixture
    tea_1 Of the two sort of tea at a price of 180 CZK/kg and 240 CZK/kg we make a mixture 12 kg that should be prepared at a price of 200 CZK / kg. How many kilos of each sort of tea will we need to be mixed?
  20. Triangular prism
    prism3s_1 Calculate the volume of a triangular prism 10 cm high, the base of which is an equilateral triangle with dimensions a = 5 cm and height va = 4,3 cm

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