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:
- On the windowsill
On the windowsill, 6 different flowers in flower pots are to be arranged next to each other. Four are flowering (one of them is a primrose), the rest are decorative with leaves (one of them is a fern). Determine: a) how many different arrangements can be - Flu cases
There were 36 new cases of influenza at the school during the study week, which was 40 percent less than in the previous week. How many new flu cases have been reported in the last week? - Rectangle Area Unit Conversion
Calculate the rectangle area measuring 0.9 m and 6 dm in cm square. - Money
Everyone complains about a lack of money. In reality, there is no shortage of money — only a relative scarcity of goods and services. By what percentage would the prices of all goods and services immediately rise if everyone suddenly had 9 times more mone - Square area calculation
The town square has the shape of a square measuring 510 meters. What is the size of this square? - Icing cookies
Miriam is making 3 1/2 dozen cookies. If 2/7 of the cookies have icing, how many dozen cookies have icing? - Pool model
The 1:500 scale pool model has internal dimensions of 15 cm, 10 cm, and 2.5 mm. Calculate how many hectoliters of water will be needed to fill a pool that will build according to this model. - Ball shot calculation
How many ball shots with diameters of 2 mm can be made of 1 kg of special metal alloy with a density of r = 7550 kg/m³? - A sculptor
A sculptor is duplicating a statue based on an original statue. If the scale factor of the replication is 3.2, will the new statue be larger or smaller than the original statue (enter 1 = larger, 0= smaller) - Barrel with water
The water barrel weighs 52 kg. When we pour a quarter of the water, the barrel’s weight is reduced to 40 kg. Determine the weight of the empty barrel. - Tile colors
The rectangle 1 m and 40 cm long and 1 m and 20 cm wide is paved with square tiles with a side of 1 dm. There is one row of brown tiles on all edges of the rectangle, white on the inside. How many brown and how many white tiles? - Fractions
Sort fractions z1 = (20)/(9); z2 = (10)/(21); z3 = (15)/(14) by their size. Write the result as three serial numbers 1,2,3. - Box of cereal
Ari and Bill share a 20-ounce box of cereal. By the end of the week, Ari had eaten 3/8 of the box, and Bill had eaten 1/4 of the box of cereal. How many ounces are left in the box? - Calories 2
Ben eats approximately 2400 calories per day. His wife Sarah eats 5/8 as much. How many calories does Sarah eat per day? - Three dice 2
What is the probability that exactly two of the three dice show the same odd number when three dice are rolled? - Ruben
Ruben owns a restaurant. He likes to keep track of everything customers are buying. His top 3 sellers are sandwiches, salads, and pizza. He knows that 1/3 of his customers buy a sandwich, 1/2 buy a salad, and 1/4 buy a pizza. What fraction of customers bu - Workers - earning
Twelve workers would earn € 800 in 10 days. How many euros would 14 workers earn in 8 days?
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