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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714cuboid
526cube
515prism
449cylinder
248pyramid
229cone
218sphere
52frustum
4195equation
406divisibility
271sets
460probability
280variations
228permutations
628mean
34variance
2024multiplication
1779division
1511subtraction
1421addition
879square root
544comparing
451rounding
185cube root
163third power
3018length
2836area
2827time
2323volume
2215unit conversion
1816money
1374mass
1142angle
984velocity
565power
364density
289temperature
207acceleration
176energy
290sine
270tangent
264cosine
45arcsine
2478square
2311triangle
2101area of a shape
1613right triangle
948perimeter
938circle
920rectangle
511diagonal
267trapezoid
207polygon
178rhombus
71chord
46annulus
39rhomboid
21parabola
themes, topics
771work
163map scale
102Ohm's law
531line
164line segment
116vector
5851functions
1962percentages
1961reason
1460ratio
164maximum
120factorial
102minimum
76per mil
24modulo
3456fractions
1637natural numbers
320integers
157real numbers
41matrix
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- Ray
Light ray loses 1/14 of brightness passing through a glass plate. What is the brightness of the ray after passing through 10 identical plates? - A man 13
A man traveled 7/10 th of his journey by train, half of the remaining by bus, and the remaining 30km by car. Calculate the length of the whole journey. - Empty and full
An empty can has a mass of 1/6 lb. When it is filled with sand, it has a mass of 7/12 lb. Find the mass of the sand in the can. - Cindy
Cindy bought four slices of pizza for Php 95.60. The whole pizza has six slices. How much does each slice cost? - Paper rolls
The cost, c, of paper towels, based on the number of rolls, r, is given by this equation: c=1.29r What is the unit rate of the cost of the paper towels in dollars per roll? - Harvested 81719
Eight hop pickers harvest in 24 days. How many more pickers must be hired if the hops need to be harvested in 16 days? - Shaving
The mathematical problem from Sunday evening. If the beard is growing at 0.52 mm per day and my length is 16.8 mm, how long do I not shave? - Sweaters 14
A store buys 14 sweaters for 84$ and sells them for 504$. How much profit does the store make per sweater? - Contain 5173
Write the number of units that contain a unit matrix with rows 3. - Car's mileage
A car owner has her tank filled and notices that the odometer reads 14, 368.7 kilometers. After a trip in the country, it takes 34.5 liters to fill the tank, and the odometer reads 14,651.6. How many kilometers per liter is this car getting? - Tmp workers
Three temporary workers cleaned 60 m of the walkway in 5 hours. How many meters of the walkway were cleared by seven volunteers for eight hours? - Length-to-width 3175
We want to enclose a rectangular garden whose length-to-width ratio is 2:1 and whose half of the perimeter borders the road. The fencing path along the road costs 7 euros per meter, and the other fencing costs only 3 euros per meter. How many acres does a - Brother age
One brother talks about his younger brother: "2 years ago, I was three times my brother's age. In 3 years, I will be twice as old as my brother." How old is each brother now? - It rained
It rained 2 7/15 inches in June and 3 2/15 inches in July. How many more inches did it rain in July than in June? - Kilometer 8263
A train travels from station A to station B at a speed of 90 km/h. Another train travels from station B to station A at a speed of 45 km/h. The distance between the stations is 60 km. They leave at the same time. How long will they meet and at which kilom - Sam's
Sam's age is x. His sister Jo is 2 years more than 1.1 times his age. Question: What is Jo's age in terms of x? Write an equation to find x if the sum of Sam's and Jo's ages is 44. - The bicycle
The bicycle runs 30 mph for 20 minutes. How far it goes?
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