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
231sphere
57frustum
4997equation
450divisibility
329sets
536probability
342permutations
774mean
41variance
2314multiplication
1982division
1640subtraction
1573addition
1408square root
632comparing
610second power
610third power
574rounding
208cube root
3393time
3335length
3198area
2684unit conversion
2549volume
2143money
1568mass
1279angle
1167velocity
610power
407density
313temperature
268acceleration
207energy
328sine
314tangent
295cosine
62arcsine
3020square
2659area of a shape
2521triangle
2521right 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
1752reasoning
1669ratio
252functions
187maximum
140factorial
133minimum
86per mil
27modulo
10integral
3162fractions
1878natural numbers
348integers
165real numbers
42matrix
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- A number 2
A number decreased by the difference between four and the number. - A small
A small book took one-sixth of a ream of paper to make. The team said they could make nine books from 3 whole reams of paper. Are they correct? - Salary increase calculation
Salaries increased by 4:3. How much did wages increase? - Edwin
Edwin found that 18 out of 24 of her friends have a pet. How many percent of her friends have pets? - Car catching up
In the direction of Hradec Králové, a car left Prague at 8 hours at a 50 km/h speed. At 8 hours and 30 minutes, another car followed him at an average 70 km/h speed. How long will it take to catch up with the first car? - Poster rental
The poster area consists of a mantle with a diameter of 80 cm and a 1 m. The tenant pays CZK 20 per day for 1 square meter of space. How much does it cost to rent the whole area for July? - Painter
If one liter of paint covers an area of 5 m2, how much paint is needed to cover: a) rectangular swimming pool With dimensions of 4 m x 3 m x 2.5 m (the Inside walls and the floor only) b) the Inside walls and floor of a cylindrical reservoir wi - Card expression
Tomas received nine cards with the following numbers and math symbols for math olympiad results. 18, 19, 20, 20, +, -, x, (,) Note 4 numbers and operators plus, minus, times, left parenthesis, right parenthesis. He stored the cards so that there were neve - Room paint usage
How many kg of paint will we use to paint the walls and ceiling of a room with a length of 9 m, a width of 6 m, and a height of 3.2 m if 1 kg of paint is enough for approximately 6 m²? Subtract 6 square meters from the surface of the walls, which are the - A handkerchief
Find the area of a handkerchief with a length of 0.75 decimeters and a width of 0.60 decimeters. - Decoration collection discount
The collection of Christmas tree decorations costs € 12 before Christmas. After Christmas, we could buy it for three-fifths of the original amount. By how many euros did the collection become cheaper? - Caesar birth death
Gaius Julius Caesar was born in 100 BC. He was murdered when he was 56 years old. Calculate: a) in what year was he murdered? b) How many years ago was he born? c) How many years ago did he die? - Building a wall
If 12 men can build a wall 398 meters long in 48 days, how long would it take 33 men to build a wall 347 meters long? Answer to 3 decimal places. - The height 3
The height of a car is 46 1/4 inches. A toy model is 2 1/2 inches tall. How many times greater is the height of the car than the height of its model? - A toy
A toy store buys kites from a supplier for k dollars. The store owner decides to mark up the price of each kite by 30%. What is the retail price of a kite that the supplier sells for $60? - Isosceles right triangle
Calculate the area of an isosceles right triangle whose perimeter is 810 cm. - Round table tablecloth
The round table has an area of 50.24 dm². Calculate the circular tablecloth diameter if it extends beyond the table's edge by 30 cm.
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