Math word problems
Mathematical word problems allow you to practice your mathematics knowledge in everyday tasks. Word problems train to understand, translate into the mathematical language (e.g., equations), solve, and check the accuracy and solution discussion.
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758cuboid
556cube
550prism
481cylinder
262pyramid
245cone
230sphere
56frustum
4794equation
434divisibility
304sets
502probability
313variations
260permutations
727mean
36variance
2249multiplication
1913division
1615subtraction
1536addition
1348square root
596comparing
551rounding
204cube root
168third power
3242length
3235time
3135area
2606unit conversion
2509volume
2072money
1524mass
1257angle
1119velocity
603power
399density
305temperature
254acceleration
196energy
326sine
307tangent
292cosine
62arcsine
2971square
2574area of a shape
2496triangle
1716right triangle
1004perimeter
990circle
969rectangle
543diagonal
288trapezoid
225polygon
199rhombus
79chord
50annulus
48rhomboid
22parabola
themes, topics
843work
172map scale
107Ohm's law
571line
178line segment
126vector
2206percentages
2149reason
1629ratio
246functions
179maximum
138factorial
107minimum
89per mil
25modulo
10integral
3163fractions
1816natural numbers
341integers
161real numbers
41matrix
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- A construction
A construction worker is trying to find the height of a skyrise building. He is standing some distance away from the base with an elevation angle of 65 degrees. The worker moves 50 feet closer and measures the angle of elevation to be 75 degrees. Find the - A surveyor
A surveyor estimated the distance across a river to be 300 m. The actual distance across the river was 286.4 m. Find the absolute error and the percent error of the surveyor's estimate. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth. - Percentage 6695
By what percentage is the volume of the first container larger than the volume of the second when the first container has 70 liters and the second 36 liters? - Calculate
Calculate the height of an isosceles triangle with a base 37.8 mm long and an arm 23.1 mm long. - Football league
The 3. football league plays each of the 16 participants with each opponent twice. Every victory gets 3 points, 1 point for a draw, a defeat, or none. After the competition, the team had 47 points and 9 defeats at 8. place. How many times has the team won - Decimetres 6341
We cut identical cubes with an edge length of 2 cm from two corners from a wooden cube with an edge of 0.6 decimetres. How many cubes with an edge length of 2 cm can still be cut from a wooden cube? - Cookies 7
One batch of cookies requires 2 2/3 cups of sugar. How much sugar does Angela need if she wants to make 1 1/2 batches? - Tributaries 40641
We would fill the water tank with one inflow in 3 hours and the other inflow in 2 hours. How long will it take for both tributaries to open? - Wenceslaus 78084
Before retiring, King Wenceslaus decided to divide the country between his three sons. He gave the eldest a third of the kingdom; the other two sons were twins, so he gave each of them a quarter of the kingdom. He kept the rest for himself to have somewhe - Kilometers 8362
The cyclist left place A at 8:00 a.m. at a constant speed of 25 km/h. At 8:30, a passenger car leaves A at a speed of 75 km/h along the same route. How many kilometers does the cyclist travel before the car catches up with him? - Filament of bulb
The bulb's filament has a 1-ohm resistivity and is connected to a voltage of 220 V. How much electric charge will pass through the fiber when the electric current passes for 10 seconds? - Bulletin board
Tripp and Paul are using yellow craft paper to cover a bulletin board. The board is 11 feet wide and 7 feet tall. The craft paper comes in a roll that is 1 yard wide. They can roll it out and cut it to any length, but the paper will always be 1 yard wide. - Prepare
From two types of tea priced at 1500,-Sk and 2100,- Sk per kg, 29 kg of a mixture is to be prepared for 1650 per 1 kg. How many kilograms of each type of tea should be mixed? - Lemonade
How many are 1/4 cup servings in 2 and 1/3 cups of lemonade? - The 738
The area of a rectangular garden is 2400 sq m. Find the width of the garden if its length is 40m. - Apartment building
Two hundred eight people live in the apartment building. There are as many women as there are men, but there are 22 more children than women. How many adults live in an apartment building? - Custom-made 81913
On October 1, 2022, the customer ordered a custom-made kitchen from a carpentry company. Delivery time is 1 month. Four carpenters should work on the order in the workshop for 21 working days. Will they be able to deliver the kitchen on time if one of the
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