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
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- SOŠ 2
The secondary vocational school keeps statistics on the number of students who applied. In 2014 and 2016 combined, a total of 1,435 students applied to the school. In 2015, 70 more students applied than in 2014, and in 2016, 1.5 times more students applie - Basketball team
The average height of the basketball team's starting five players is 196 cm. The tallest player is 216 cm tall. What is the average height of the remaining four players in centimetres? - Plant order completion
Race A can fulfill the order in 12 days, and race B can fulfill the same order in 18 days. If both plants work together, how many days will the order be fulfilled? - Race losses
20% of the people lost in the races, and the total number was 100 competitors. How many competitors lost? - Stove voltage drop
A stove with a current of 4.0 A is connected to the 220 V voltage. The current has been reduced to 2.4 A due to a fault in the network. How much has the voltage in the socket dropped? - Dance pair duration
Thirty-two boys and 34 girls came to the dance. How many different dance pairs can they make, given that each team is given: they can only dance for 1 minute and then take turns in 5 seconds? Calculate how long the dance evening would last for all the pai - Grandmother grandson age
The grandmother is 4 times as old than the grandson. In 7 years, it will be only 3 times. How old is grandma? - Difference of temperatures
The temperature on Saturday was –2 °C. The temperature on Sunday was 8 °C. Write down the difference between these two temperatures. - Length of the arc
What is the arc length of a circle k (S, r=68 mm), which belongs to a central angle of 78°? - Alexandra
Alexandra made a rectangular quilt that measured 3 1/4. 2 3/4 feet in width. What is the area of the quilt in square feet? Write an equation to solve. - Two airports
Two airports are 2690 km away. From the first airport, the airplane flies at a speed of 600 km/h, and from a second airplane at a speed of 780 km/h. When will they meet if they fly at 10:00? How far from the first airport? - Younger Carlos In 2005, Peter was three times as old as Carlos. In 2020, Carlos was half his age younger than Peter. In which year was Peter born and in which Carlos?
- One side 4
One side of a regular octagon is 12 inches. Find the apothem and its area. - Fruits
(I) bought three apples, two oranges, four pears, and five bananas, which in total cost £3.73. (i) I bought twenty-one apples, no oranges, eight pears, and fifteen bananas, which in total cost £7.57. (i) I bought one apple, eighteen oranges, fourteen pear - Cyclist Meeting Time
At 9 o'clock, the pedestrian climbed at an average speed of 5 km/h, and 3 hours later, a cyclist followed him at 12 km/h. Determine what time they will meet. - King
A king had four sons. The first inherited 1/2, the second 1/4, and the third 1/5 of the property. What fraction of the property was left for the youngest son? - Raindrops
The train runs at a speed of 14 m/s, and raindrops draw lines on the windows, forming an angle of 60 degrees with the horizontal. What speed do drops fall?
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