The easiest word problems

  1. Three cats
    three_cats If three cats eat three mice in three minutes, after which time 260 cats eat 260 mice?
  2. Chocolate
    cokolada Leslie bought 8 same chocolates for 16 Eur. How many euros will he pay for 25 chocolates?
  3. Divisibility
    divisibility Is the number 761082 exactly divisible by 9? (the result is the integer and/or remainder is zero)
  4. Inflation
    dollar What is better for people (employees)? ?
  5. Brick weight
    brick The brick weighs 2 kg and a half bricks. How much does one brick weigh?
  6. One half
    one_half One half of ? is: ?
  7. Family
    bigfamily A man and a woman have 6 daughters together (or - "with each-other" so that step-children are excluded). Each daughter has one brother. How many members are in the immediate family?
  8. Cyclist
    cyclist_2 A cyclist passes 88 km in 4 hours. How many kilometers he pass in 8 hours?
  9. Orchard
    orchard 10 trees in 5 lines grows in the orchard. How many trees are in the orchard?
  10. Balls
    balls I have 19 balls and my friend has 27. About how many has my friend more balls?
  11. Ton's teeth
    teeth Calculate at what age homeless Anton will toothless. At age 29 has 26 teeth and each year next one tooth broke.
  12. Holidays
    holidays Calculate how many hours take holidays, if take 5 weeks.
  13. Vans
    shuttlevan In how many ways can 9 shuttle vans line up at the airport?
  14. 7 heroes
    7statocnych 9 heroes galloping on 9 horses behind. How many ways can sort them behind?
  15. Proof PT
    pytagoras Can you easy prove Pythagoras theorem using Euclidean theorems? If so, do it.
  16. Reverse Pythagorean theorem
    pytagors Given are lengths of the sides of the triangles. Decide which one is rectangular: Δ ABC: 77 dm, 85 dm, 36 dm ? Δ DEF: 55 dm, 82 dm, 61 dm ? Δ GHI: 24 mm, 25 mm, 7 mm ? Δ JKL: 32 dm, 51 dm, 82 dm ? Δ MNO: 51 dm, 45 dm, 24 dm ?
  17. Piggy
    pig A man bought a pig for € 60 then sold it for € 75. Then again bought for € 90 and sold it for € 100. How many € earned?
  18. Root
    root_quadrat The root of the equation ? is: ?
  19. Weeks
    calendar 38 weeks is equal to how many days?
  20. Chickens
    chickens 2 chickens give 2 eggs in 2 days. How many eggs can give 8 chickens for 8 days?

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