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Hioki Shrine (1911), Shinshu-shinmachi, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture (04)
Problem You purchased $400$ pieces of lumber for $40$ dollars. The pieces were high-quality at $0.16$ dollars each and low-quality at $0.08$ dollars each. How many pieces of high-quality lumber did you buy at this time? $$ $$ $$ $$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$…
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Hioki Shrine (1911), Shinshu-shinmachi, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture (03)
Problem There are three squares: large, medium, and small. The sum of the areas of the three squares is $133 \ in^2$. The medium square is $20 \ in^2$ larger than the small square, and the large square is $45 \ in^2$ larger than the medium one.Find the length of one side of the small…
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Aoki Hachiman Shrine (1854), Nishinoura, Tsurajima-cho, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture (01)
According to Yamakawa, the location of Aoki Hachiman Shrine is Aoki, Nishinoura, Tsurajima-cho, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, but this cannot be confirmed. Problem As shown in the figure, there are two large circles and one small circle with their centers on a line, and the small circle is between the square and the large circles.If…
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Hioki Shrine (1911), Shinshu-shinmachi, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture (02)
Problem You borrowed the principal of $15000\ yen$ with annual compound interest, and were able to pay off the loan by repaying $6000 \ yen$ after one year, $8400 \ yen$ after two years, and $7200 \ yen$ after three years. Find the annual interest rate in this case. $$ $$ $$ $$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$…
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Hioki Shrine (1911), Shinshu-shinmachi, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture (01)
Hioki Shrine is located $23 \ km$ west of JR Shinonoi Station. Problem As shown in the figure, a circle is inscribed in an equilateral triangle. If the square of one side of the equilateral triangle is $64 \ in^2$, find the diameter of the inscribed circle. $$ $$ $$ $$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$…
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Souzume Hachimangu Shrine (1861), Souzume, Northern Ward, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture (06)
Problem If you lend someone a dollar and get it back $5$ years later with a total of $2.0113571875$ dollars in principal and interest, what is the annual interest rate? $$ $$ $$ $$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$…
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Souzume Hachimangu Shrine (1861), Souzume, Northern Ward, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture (05)
Problem Find the length of one side of a cube that is $1881676371789154860897069 \ cubic \ inches$. $$ $$ $$ $$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ Solution When $1881676371789154860897069$ is decomposed into prime factors, $$3^6×3607^3×3803^3=(3^2×3607×3803)^3.…
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Souzume Hachimangu Shrine (1861), Souzume, Northern Ward, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture (04)
Problem What is the length of one side of a square inscribed in a triangle, of which the longest side is $21 \ inches$ and the perpendicular line from the vertex to the longest side is $8 \ inches$? $$ $$ $$ $$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$…
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Souzume Hachimangu Shrine (1861), Souzume, Northern Ward, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture (03)
Problem Find the diameter of a circle inscribed in a triangle, of which sides have lengths of $21, \ 17$ and $10 \ inches$. $$ $$ $$ $$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ Solution Let…
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Souzume Hachimangu Shrine (1861), Souzume, Northern Ward, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture (02)
Problem What is the side length of a square with an area of $85000 ft^2$ ? $$ $$ $$ $$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $\downarrow$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ Solution The prime factorization of $85000$ is:$$85000=2^3×5^4×17=2^2×5^4×(2×17),$$$$∴ \ \sqrt{85000}=2×5^2×\sqrt{2×17}≒291.547594742265.$$ …