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:
- Joint-stock company
In a joint-stock company workers were employed, divided into two categories according to the degree of automation of the production processes. In the workshop with a low degree of automation of production processes worked 25% of all workers, and in this d - Opposite sum difference
The opposite sum of numbers 12 + 13 adds the opposite number of their difference. Which of the following is correct? - The sides
The sides of a right triangle form an arithmetic sequence. The hypotenuse is 24 cm long. Determine the remaining sides of the triangle. - A man 2
A man divides $10,000 into two investments, one at 10% and one at 30%. Find the amount invested at each rate so that the two investments produce the same income annually. - Bread
Five of the same breads have the same weight as three pieces and 4 kg of fruit. What weight is one piece of bread? - Unknown 3rd side
Peter remembered that the sizes of all sides of the triangle, measured in meters, were whole numbers smaller than 10. Two sides were 3 m and 5 m long. However, he needed to remember the size of the third side. Can you help him? What was the size of the th - The tallest
The tallest building in the world used to be Taipei 101 in Taiwan. Its height is 0.509 km. The tallest building in North America was Sears Towers in Chicago, USA. Its height is 0.442 km. What is the difference in the heights of the buildings? - Test
The teacher prepared a test with ten questions. The student can choose one correct answer from the four (A, B, C, D). The student did not get a written exam at all. What is the probability that: a) He answers half correctly. b) He answers all correctly. c - Diver hydrostatic pressure
The Czech Martin Štěpánek became the world record holder in May 2003, diving in the open sea in Cyprus with only fins to a depth of 93 m for 3 min and 34 s. Calculate the hydrostatic pressure acting on it at this depth. - Divide
Divide 72 by 7:2, calculate the ratio of the numbers found in this order, and write it down as a decimal. - System of equations
Solve a system of equations: x + y = -1 x + 5y = 3 - Mr Covido
Mr. Covido shared 4 000.00 PHP, which is 1/5 of his monthly salary, for buying face masks and bottled alcohol due to this pandemic situation. How much was his monthly salary? - Number ratio enlargement
Enlarges the number 148 in a ratio of 13:4 - Line ratio comparison
Compare line lengths by ratio and proportion. a) AB = 2 cm, | KL | = 8 cm (b) | EF | = 28 cm, | MN | = 21 cm - Prism surface volume
Calculate the surface and volume of a vertical prism if its height h = 18 cm and if the base is an equilateral triangle with side length a = 7.5 cm. - Three simple equations xzy
X-2y + 2z = -1 2x + y-z = 3 3x + 2y + z = 2 - Digits sum
A two-digit number is 3 times the sum of its digits. If 45 is added to the number, its digits are interchanged. Find the sum of the digits of the number.
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