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:
- Brother age calculation
The two brothers are 41 years old. One is seven years older than the other. How old is your younger brother? - Car distance
The car will travel 28 km in one hour. How far will it travel in two and a half hours? - Cone hat paper
For his birthday, George made a cone-shaped hat out of paper. The side of this cone is 35 cm long, and the radius of its base is 20 cm. How much dm of paper did George use to make it? Thank you - Quadrangular pyramid
The regular quadrilateral pyramid has a base length of 6 cm and a side edge length of 9 centimeters. Calculate its volume and surface area. - Equation root coefficient
In the equation 2x² + bx-9 = 0 there is one root x1 = -3 / 2. Determine the second root and the coefficient b - Competition
Fifteen boys and ten girls are in the class. In the school competition, a six-member team composed of four boys and two girls is selected. How many ways can we choose students? - Seeds 2
How many seeds germinated from 1000 pcs when 23% had no emergence? - Line ratio enlargement
A line segment 8 cm long is enlarged in the ratio 7:4. How long in centimetres will the new segment be? - Segment symmetry
A segment AB is drawn in the rectangular coordinate system with endpoints A [1;6] and B [5;2]. The center symmetry is the origin of the coordinate system. Find the coordinates of the center of this segment in this symmetry projection. - Three in ratio 2
If 200 is divided into the ratio of 1:2:5, What is the middle quantity? - Mac worked
Mac worked for 8 hours and earned 897.6 pesos. How much will he earn if he works for 6.5 hours a day for a week? - Five pumps
Three same pumps fill the tank with 50400 liters of diesel in 7 hours. How many liters of diesel will it take in 4 hours if we add two more of the same pumps and pump them the same way? How much more (or less) will they get if we add 2 of the same pumps a - Tetrahedral pyramid
What is the surface of a regular tetrahedral (four-sided) pyramid if the base edge a=16 and height v=16? - Isosceles trapezoid area
Calculate the area of an isosceles trapezoid ABCD, whose longer base measures 48 cm, the shorter base measures 3/4 of the longest base, and the leg of the trapezoid measures 2/3 of the longer base. The result is rounded to the nearest hundredth. - Mrs. Zarka
Mrs. Zarka has three pies for a party. She calculates that if she splits the pies evenly among the guests, they will each receive 1/6 of a pie. How many guests are there? - Expression value
Determine the value of the expression 3a + 2b - a² - 4b² for the values of the variables: a) a = - 1, b = 3 b) a = 2, b = -1 c) a = -2, b = -3 d) a = 4, b = 2 e) a = -5, b = 0 - G Force, mass
A car with a weight of 20 kN travels at a speed of 54 km/h. What is its kinetic energy?
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