Latest word problems

  1. Aunt Rose
    eura Aunt Rose gave $2500 to Mani and Cindy. Mani received $500 more than Cindy. How mich did Cindy received?
  2. Year 2020
    eq222 The four-digit number divided by 2020 gives a result of 1, **. (Can not be in form 1,*0. ) Write all the options.
  3. Gutter pipe
    odkvap_zlab How many m² of sheet metal is required to produce a 12 m long and 18 cm wide gutter, if 7% bend is required?
  4. The cuboid
    nadrz The cuboid is filled to the brim with water. The external dimensions are 95 cm, 120 cm, and 60 cm. The thickness of all walls and the bottom is 5 cm. How many liters of water fit into the cuboid?
  5. Adding mixed 3
    mixed_fractions Why does 1 3/4 + 2 9/10 equal 4.65? How do you solve this?
  6. Sum of the digits
    numbers2 How many are two-digit natural numbers that have the sum of the digits 9?
  7. 3 phase load
    3phasesPower Two wattmeters are connected to measuring power in a 3 phase balanced load. Determine the total power and power factor if the two wattmeters read 1000 watts each (1) both positive and (2) second reading is negative
  8. Discount and prices
    sale After a 29% discount, the new product price was € 426. What was the original price of the product?
  9. Football field
    playground The soccer field may have a width of 45 meters. This is 45 meters less than the length of the course. What can be the length of the football field?
  10. Fruit candies
    cukriky_1 Zuzka and Janka ate fruit candies. Zuzka ate 10 and Janka ate 3 times more. How many sweets did both girls eat together?
  11. The sum 4
    clocks The sum of Robin's age is 45. Seven years ago, Robin was 16 years more than one half as old as Bruno then. How old is Bruno?
  12. Faces diagonals
    cuboid_1 If the diagonals of a cuboid are x, y, and z (wall diagonals or three faces) respectively than find the volume of a cuboid. Solve for x=1.2, y=1.7, z=1.45
  13. 45th birthday
    clock-night-schr_1 This year Mrs. Clever celebrated her 45th birthday. Her three children are now 7.11 and 15 years old. In how many years will Mrs. Clever's age be equal to the sum of her children's years?
  14. Sale off
    sale The TV went down 10% and then 10% off the original price again. Now it costs 300 €. What was its original price?
  15. Kilowatt-hours
    elektricky If the Lewis family used 648 kilowatt-hours of electricity in 12 days, how many kilowatts hours should they use in 24 days at the same rate of usage
  16. Voltmeter range
    predradnik We have a voltmeter which in the original set measures voltage to 10V. Calculate the size of the ballast resistor for this voltmeter, if we want to measure the voltage up to 50V. Voltmeter's internal resistance is 2 kiloohm/Volt.
  17. Math test
    numbers_1 In mathematics, there were 25 problems of three kinds: light 2 points, medium 3 points, heavy 5 points, the best score is 84 points. How many points did Jane have when she solved all the easy examples, half medium and one-third difficult?
  18. Car down
    car_1 Sarah buys a car costing $12,500. It depreciates in value by 8% in the first year, 10% the second year and 5% in the third year. Calculate the value of a car after the third year.
  19. In center
    number_line What number lies in the center between a quarter of a fifth and a half of a third on the number axis?
  20. The machine
    resistor The machine works 7 hours a day and produces 1 part in 5 minutes. How many parts will it produce in 1 hour? How many parts will it produce in 1 day?

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