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:
- Landlord
The landlord had 49 ducats more than George. How many ducats did George steal from the landlord if George now has five more ducats than the landlord? - Wrench force calculation
We used a force of 85 N to loosen the nut when using a 20 cm long wrench. How much force do we use to loosen the nut when using a 10 cm long wrench? - Square2
The side of the square is a = 5.6 cm. How long is its diagonal? - Propeller
The aircraft propeller rotates at an angular speed of 200 rad/s. A) What is the speed at the tip of the propeller if its distance from the axis of rotation is 1.5 m? B) What path does the aircraft travel during one propeller revolution at a speed of 540 k - The average 11
The average of a set of 7 numbers is 20. The average of a second set of 13 numbers is 40. What is the mean of all 20? - Children and horses
There are some children and horses in a field. Together they have 39 heads and 122 feet. How many children are in the field, and how many horses are in the field? - A diesel car
A diesel car costs $2599 more than an unleaded petrol car and travels an average of 25,000 km per year. Diesel petrol has a consumption rate of 7.4 L per 100 km and costs $1.39 per liter. Unleaded gasoline has a consumption rate of 8.5 L per 100 km and co - Play video game
Tyson plays video games about 2 1/2 times more than the average kid. His mother thinks that he should cut down on his playing time by 1/4 of the time. How will Tyson's gaming compare to the average kid's if he makes this change? - Ice skates
The price of ice skates was raised twice, first by 25% and then by 10%. After the second price increase, their cost was 82.5 euros. What was the original price of the skates? - Adam
Adam has half more money in his right pocket than in his left pocket. If he transferred 40 crowns from the left pocket to the right, he would have the same in both pockets. Calculate how many crowns Adam has in his left pocket more than in his right. How - Square division
The area of 90000 m² is divided into 36 identical squares. Find the length of the side of one square (in meters). - CoG center
Find the position of the center of gravity of a system of four mass points having masses, m1, m2 = 2 m1, m3 = 3 m1, and m4 = 4 m1, if they lie at the vertices of an isosceles tetrahedron. (in all case - Box of chocolates
In a box of chocolates were 16 candies. Christopher and Luke were distributed: a) Christopher had about four candies over Luke, b) Christopher had about six candies less than Luke, c) Christopher had three times more sweets than Luke. How many had each bo - Edges or sides
Calculate the cube volume if the sum of the lengths of all sides is 276 cm. - Class children count
How many children are in a class where one-eighth is three children? - One dice
Calculate the probability of one dice roll with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 on the walls. Write the results in a notebook in the shape of a fraction in the basic form: 2/3. a, The number 1 falls on the cube. b, The number 5 falls on the cube. c, An e - Three coins
In a game of chance where three coins are tossed, a player wins if two heads and a tail come up. What are the chances of this occurring?
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