Math word problems
Put your math skills to work! Word problems connect classroom concepts to real-life scenarios—from splitting restaurant bills to calculating travel times. Each problem challenges you to read carefully, set up the right equation, solve it step-by-step, and check your answer.
Pick a topic below and start practicing!
Pick a topic below and start practicing!
1047surface area
774cuboid
566cube
565prism
491cylinder
267pyramid
248cone
230sphere
57frustum
5002equation
450divisibility
329sets
536probability
342permutations
774mean
41variance
2315multiplication
1984division
1641subtraction
1574addition
1451square root
632comparing
609second power
609third power
579rounding
214cube root
3410time
3336length
3206area
2692unit conversion
2549volume
2144money
1571mass
1279angle
1167velocity
609power
407density
313temperature
268acceleration
207energy
330sine
314tangent
295cosine
63arcsine
3051square
2697area of a shape
2520triangle
2520right triangle
1031perimeter
1002circle
998rectangle
553diagonal
294trapezoid
229polygon
205rhombus
80chord
50annulus
48rhomboid
22parabola
themes, topics
1009motion problems
173map scale
110Ohm's law
40proofs
600line
180line segment
133vector
2277percentages
1755reasoning
1670ratio
252functions
186maximum
141factorial
133minimum
86per mil
27modulo
10integral
3169fractions
1877natural numbers
348integers
165real numbers
42matrix
From our database of math word problems and examples, we offer the following:
- Prism
Calculate the height of a prism with a total surface area of 448.88 dm² and a square base with a side of 6.2 dm. What is its volume in hectolitres? - Circle Area from Diagonal
Calculate in cm² the area of a circle whose diameter is equal to the length of the diagonal of a square ABCD with a side of 4 cm. - Jane ordered
Jane ordered four pairs of shoes online. She paid 64.99 for each pair and an additional $12.50 for shipping. How much was her total at check out? - Finite arithmetic sequence
How many numbers should be inserted between the numbers 1 and 25 so that all numbers create a finite arithmetic sequence and that the sum of all members of this group is 117? - Cyclist
Cyclist drives 5 km in half an hour. How long will you drive in 3 hours? - Big school kitchen
Suppose 250 learners can be fed by 75 kg. How many kg can 600 learners be fed? - Land area
The land area of Asia and Africa are in a 3:2 ratio, and the European and African are 1:3. What are the proportions of Asia, Africa, and Europe? - Cake fractions
Thomas ate 1/3 of the cake, and Bobby ate 2/5 of the rest of the cake. What fraction of cake is left over for others? - Bike distance
Places A and B are 30 km apart. From A, Peter will ride a bike at a speed of 18 km/h. Milo is also a bike from B but at 24 km/h speed. How far apart will they be after 20 minutes? - Gon functions
Decide which numbers (values of trigonometric functions) are positive or negative (or zero). Positive mark +1 and negative -1. - Profit per kilo
The trader sells apples at a profit of 20% per kilogram. Today, he decided to reduce the price of apples by 10%. How much profit does the trader have today? - Name tags
A secretary was making name tags, each cut from 1/4 of an index card. How many name tags can she make from two index cards? - Tea Left in Kindergarten
The children in the kindergarten drank 20% of the prepared tea in the morning. They drank another 10% of the left tea afternoon. After the whole day, there were still 9 liters of tea left. How many liters of tea was prepared in the kindergarten in the mor - Cube volume calculation
Calculate the cube's volume if its edge length is 5 cm. - An electrician 3
In setting up a wiring job, an electrician ran the following lengths of wire: 340 m, 203 m, 74 m, and 99 m. Find the total length of wire used. - Suppose 5
Suppose z5=2+3i and z6=6+9i are complex numbers and 3 z5 + 7 z6= m+in. What is the value of m and n? - Juana
Juana had 15 ½ of cloth for her table. She shared ¾ of this with her siblings. How many meters did she share?
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