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!
1030surface area
758cuboid
559cube
552prism
483cylinder
262pyramid
246cone
231sphere
56frustum
4815equation
436divisibility
307sets
507probability
314variations
263permutations
730mean
38variance
2267multiplication
1927division
1627subtraction
1554addition
1384square root
598comparing
556rounding
205cube root
168third power
3263time
3262length
3151area
2627unit conversion
2517volume
2090money
1535mass
1263angle
1127velocity
604power
400density
308temperature
254acceleration
197energy
327sine
307tangent
294cosine
62arcsine
2999square
2608area of a shape
2502triangle
1720right triangle
1006perimeter
993circle
973rectangle
546diagonal
291trapezoid
226polygon
201rhombus
79chord
50annulus
48rhomboid
22parabola
themes, topics
846work
173map scale
107Ohm's law
575line
178line segment
127vector
2219percentages
2157reason
1644ratio
247functions
180maximum
139factorial
110minimum
101logarithm
89per mil
25modulo
10integral
3126fractions
1826natural numbers
343integers
162real numbers
41matrix
From our database of math word problems and examples, we offer the following:
- Tiffany
Tiffany ate 1/4 of a pizza. If there were 16 slices of pizza, to begin with, how many slices did Tiffany eat? - Geodesist
Triangle-shaped field (triangle ABC) has a side AB = 129 m. path XY is parallel to the side AB, which divides triangle ABC into two parts with the same area. What will be the length of path XY? Help, please, geodesist. - The cost 8
The cost of 7/2 meters of cloth is $231/4. What is the cost of one meter of cloth? - Lucky number
Philip multiplied the number 4 twice in a row by his lucky number. He added 4 to the result and got a result of 200. What is Filip's lucky number? - Isosceles right triangle
If I have a triangle with a right angle 24 inches long on each side of the right angle what is the length of the third side? - Car plank capacity
Will a car with a load capacity of 3.5 t carry 50 oak planks and dimensions of 30 cm, 4 m, and 30 mm at a time? - Berry Smoothie
Rory has 5/8 cups of milk. How much milk does she have left after she doubles the recipe for the smoothie? Berry Smoothie: 2 cups strawberries 1 cup blueberries 1/4 cup milk 1 tbsp (tablespoon) sugar 1/2 tsp (teaspoon) lemon juice 1/8 tsp (teaspoon) vanil - School plot modification
When modifying the school plot in the shape of a rectangle, the deviation was calculated if we increased the length and width of the plot by 1m and its area by 22 m². If we reduce the length of the plot by 2m and increase its width by 1m, its area will de - Bomber
Bomber flies 10 km at 850 km/h. At what horizontal distance from the target must the pilot drop the bomb to hit the target? Don't care about air resistance and consider the gravitational acceleration g=9.81 m/s². - Reciprocal value
How do I calculate a number x that is nine greater than its reciprocal (1/x)? - New movie
Nathan and his friends want to see the new movie, The Case of the Secret Doorway. It's a popular movie, so Nathan buys their tickets in advance. He spent $36.75 on all three tickets. How much does each friend need to pay him back? - Mass fraction 2
What fraction is 60kg of 150kg? - Lamp cone shell
The lamp shade should be formed by the shell of a cone with a base diameter of 48 cm and a side of 32 cm. Calculate how much material will be needed to make it, assuming 8% waste - The coil 2
The coil of a moving coil voltmeter is 40 mm long, 30 mm wide, and has 100 turns. The control spring exerts a torque of 240 x 10-6 N-m when the deflection is 100 divisions on a full scale if the flux density of the magnetic field in the air gap is 1.0 Wb/ - An isosceles triangle
An altitude is drawn from the vertex of an isosceles triangle, forming a right angle and two congruent triangles. As a result, the altitude cuts the base into two equal segments. The length of the altitude is 18 inches, and the length of the base is 15 in - Fruit sales
The seller sold 40% of the fruit on the first day, 2/3 of the rest on the second day, and the remaining 20 kg on the third day. How much fruit did he sell in those three days? - The hollow cylinder
The hollow cylinder has a height of 70 cm, an outer diameter of 180 cm, and an inner diameter of 120 cm. What is the body's surface, including the area inside the cavity?
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