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
5001equation
450divisibility
329sets
536probability
342permutations
774mean
41variance
2315multiplication
1983division
1641subtraction
1574addition
1452square root
632comparing
609second power
609third power
579rounding
214cube root
3410time
3335length
3206area
2692unit conversion
2549volume
2143money
1571mass
1279angle
1167velocity
609power
407density
313temperature
268acceleration
207energy
329sine
314tangent
295cosine
62arcsine
3052square
2697area of a shape
2520triangle
2520right triangle
1030perimeter
1002circle
997rectangle
553diagonal
294trapezoid
229polygon
205rhombus
80chord
50annulus
48rhomboid
22parabola
themes, topics
1009motion problems
173map scale
110Ohm's law
40proofs
600line
180line segment
133vector
2276percentages
1754reasoning
1670ratio
252functions
186maximum
141factorial
133minimum
86per mil
27modulo
10integral
3167fractions
1877natural numbers
348integers
165real numbers
42matrix
From our database of math word problems and examples, we offer the following:
- Messenger chase
One messenger went 7 miles every day. When he had gone 64 miles, his master sent another messenger after him, who went 9 miles daily. How many days did the second messenger catch up with the first messenger? - Division by zero
Fraction 5 by 2. if three is added to the numerator and two is subtracted from the denominator, then the new fraction is: - Compare three fractions
Which of the three rational numbers is the largest? 1/7, 6/17, 4/17 - The three
The three boys, Adam, Boris, and Cyril, will be taken on a two-seater ski lift. How many different removal options are there? What would it be like if four boys or five were to be taken away? - Gear turn calculation
Two gears – one smaller and one larger rotate so that the teeth of both wheels mesh together. The first wheel has 18 teeth, the second 27. How many times does each wheel turn before returning to its starting position? - One-third 2
One-third of the people in a barangay petitioned the council to allow them to plant in vacant lots, and another 1/5 of the people petitioned to have regular garbage collection. What FRACTION of the barangay population made the petition? - Equation of the line
Find the equation of the line through (1, 2) with slope 3. - Interior angles
You know the size of the two interior angles of the triangle alpha = 40° and beta = 60°. Calculate the size of the third interior angle. - Pyramid-shaped roof
A block-shaped shed is covered with a quadrilateral pyramid-shaped roof with a base with sides of 6 m and 3 m and a height of 2.5 m. How many m² (square meters) must be purchased if an extra 40% is calculated for roofing and waste? - Fruits 6
Ten mangoes, six guavas, and eight chicos are in a basket. What part of the total number of fruits are guavas? - Holidays
Of the 35 students in the class, seven were on holiday in Germany and just as many in Italy. Five students visited Austria. There were 21 students in none of these countries. One student visited all three. There were two students in Italy and Austria and - A car acceleration
A car increased its speed from 21.6 km/h to 108 km/h over a 54-metre-long track. Determine its acceleration, assuming that the motion is uniformly accelerated. - Body temperature
Susan's temperature is 2.5 degrees Celsius above normal. What is her temperature? - On Friday 2
On Friday, a bowling alley made $842.72 from lane rentals and $412.38 from the concession stand. On Saturday, their lane rentals were down by 1/8, but the concessions increased by One-half. What is the total amount that the bowling alley earned in lane re - Tractor overtaking time
I am passing a tractor whose speed is 20 km/h. The length of the tractor with the siding is 10 m. My speed is 50 km/h. How long will I overtake the tractor? - Bricks II
3/4 bricks weigh 6 kg and 2/3 bricks. How weighs one whole brick? - Segments
Which of the pairs of numbers on the number line encloses the longest segment: ...
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