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  • Simplify:
    expr_1 Simplify: 8(−9 − 5x) + 4b use x = 9 and b = −9
  • Gym center
    sale 80% of all visitors to the gym center enjoy a discount. 3/4 of all visitors go to practice regularly. All visitors who go to the gym regularly benefit from a discount. What percentage of all visitors do not go to the gym regularly but still use the discou
  • Tower
    pyramid2 Charles built a tower of cubes with an edge 2 cm long. In the lowest layer there were 6 cubes (in one row) in six rows, in each subsequent layer always 1 cube and one row less. What volume in cm3 did the whole tower have?
  • 3 shirts
    klobouk 3 shirts for $35 2 hats and a shirt for $20 which system of equations can be used to find s, the cost of one and h, the cost of one hat?
  • Minute hand
    clocks_3 What is the distance the minute hand of the clock travels in 12 minutes, if the diameter of the clock is 30 cm and the hand extends to a distance of 2 cm from the edge of the clock?
  • Perimeter of rhombus
    kosodlznik_1 The area of the rhombus is 32 cm2. One side of it measures 10 cm. The height on the other side measures 5 cm. What is the circumference of this rhombus?
  • A fraction
    fractions_2 I think of a fraction, if we increase its numerator and denominator by one, the value of the fraction increases by one tenth, what fraction do I think?
  • One fourth
    pie One fourth of an apple pie is left for 2 family members to share equally. What fraction of the original pie will each member​ get?
  • Regular square prism
    cuboid_3colors_1 The volume of a regular square prism is 192 cm3. The size of its base edge and body height are 1: 3. Calculate the surface of the prism.
  • Birthday party
    pizza_3 Jay brought 2 pizzas for his birthday party. At the birthday party, they eye 1 4/7 pizzas . What’s the fraction of pizzas they have left?
  • The carpenters
    wood_2 The carpenters cut the beam. Half of the cut pieces were 1 meter long, a quarter of the pieces were two meters long and the remaining 8 meters of the beam were cut into two equal parts. - What was the length of the original beam? - What part of the origin
  • Calculate
    RR_TR_13-13-24 Calculate the height to the base of the isosceles triangle ABC if the length of the base is c = 24cm and the arms have a length b = 13cm.
  • Mr Duma
    garden_1 Mr Duma recently inherited a rectangular plot, part of the estate left by his late father. The plot with the following dimensions: Length=2x+1;Width=x-1. Determine the formula, in terms of x, that best describes the area of the rectangular plot. He has pl
  • A large 2
    cinema2 A large popcorn bag holds four times as much as a small popcorn bag at the end of the party 3 1/3 small bags and 2 1/4 large bags left. How many small bags with the leftover popcorn fill?
  • Deadline
    murar Five equally skilled masons built half the wall in 14 days. In order to meet the planned deadline, the remaining part must be built in 6 days. How many more masons need to be allocated for construction?
  • An architect 2
    room An architect is designing a house. He wants the bedroom to have the dimensions of 8 ft by 4 ft by 7 ft. The architect doubles all three dimensions to create the den. Does that mean the den will have double the volume of the bedroom? First, find the volume
  • The volleyball ball
    volejball The volleyball ball can have a circumference after inflation of at least 650 max 750 mm. What volume of air can this ball hold, if its circumference is the average of the minimum and maximum inflation of the ball.
  • Living room
    textiles_3 Marina's new living room is a rectangle with a length of 8 meters and a width of 5 meters. She wants to buy a carpet to cover half of the living room and each square meter of the carpet has a cost of $4. How much will be the total cost for Marina?
  • A bag
    balls2 A bag contains 9 blue marbles and 1 green marble. What is the probability of drawing a blue marble followed by a green marble, without replacing the first marble before drawing the second marble.
  • The solar
    valec2_3 The solar heating tank has the shape of a rotating cylinder. When the tank is in a horizontal position, the water in the tank wets 4/5 each tank bases. If we place the tank in a vertical position, the water in the tank will reach up to 1.2 m. Calculate th

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