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
142factorial
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:
- Digging a pit
The pit has the shape of a regular quadrilateral truncated pyramid. The edges of the bases are 14 m and 10 m long. The sidewalls form an angle of 135° with a smaller base. Find how many m³ of soil were excavated when digging the pit. - Highway speed limit
The highway section is 25 km long, and the maximum permitted speed is 110 km/h. The driver covered this section in 12 minutes. Did he exceed the speed limit? - Balls
From the bag with numbered balls (numbers 1,2,3,. ..20), we pick one ball. What is the probability of choosing a number containing 1? - Machine product hours
The machine will produce 5,600 products in 7 hours. How many products will they make in 8 hours? - Last month
Last month, Lana sold 35 necklaces a week at $15 each. However, six customers returned their necklaces throughout the month for a full refund due to defective clasps. How much did Lana make selling necklaces last month? (Hint: Assume there were four weeks - On Monday
On Monday, Jason used 2/7 of his money to buy a book. On Tuesday, he used 1/2 of his money to buy a toy. If he has 6 dollars left, how much money he has in the beginning? What fraction of money is left? - Equation solving
Solve the equation: 3x-2 (x-1) = 1.5x + 0.5 (4-2x) - Prism height calculation
A regular triangular prism with a base edge of 35 cm has a volume of 22.28 l. Calculate its height. - Diggers
The excavation was carried out in 4 days, and five workers worked on it for 7 hours daily. Determine how long it would take to excavate if seven workers worked on it 8 hours a day. - The ball
Three friends go to buy a ball, and it costs 300 CZK. Everyone gives 100 CZK. Later, the seller finds out that the ball costs 250 CZK. He will send 50 CZK after the apprentice. The apprentice buys a snack for CZK 20. The shop will return 30 CZK to the boy - Michael 9
Michael purchased an old scooter for ₹12,000 and spent ₹2,840 on its overhaul. He then sold it to his friend for ₹13,860. What was his percentage gain or loss? - The mall
Pia spent 1 9/12 hours in her grandparents' house. This time was 8/12 of an hour more than the time she spent at the mall. How much time did she spend at the mall? - Multiply three ints
The product of the three numbers is 224. The first is 10, and the second is 50 times smaller than the first. Calculate the third number. - Combi-triangle
On each side of a square, 13 different points are marked (not at the vertices). How many triangles can be constructed from this set of points such that each vertex of the triangle lies on a different side of the square? - Drunk and alcohol
One drunk measured 2.7 ‰ of alcohol in the blood, another 1.75 ‰. How many grams of alcohol in the blood do they have if they had 6 kg of blood? - Two men
2 men or 3 women can do a piece of work in 45 days. Find, in how many days 6 men and 1 women be able to complete the same work. - Cake baking
The confectioner bakes four cakes for the whole shift. How many cakes do nine confectioners bake at the same time?
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