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!
1036surface area
761cuboid
560cube
555prism
487cylinder
262pyramid
245cone
231sphere
56frustum
4829equation
438divisibility
310sets
511probability
314variations
263permutations
733mean
38variance
2277multiplication
1943division
1632subtraction
1558addition
1386square root
603third power
600comparing
562rounding
206cube root
3282time
3273length
3160area
2638unit conversion
2522volume
2098money
1542mass
1270angle
1130velocity
603power
402density
308temperature
256acceleration
197energy
327sine
312tangent
294cosine
62arcsine
3013square
2618area of a shape
2509triangle
2509right triangle
1012perimeter
995circle
978rectangle
548diagonal
292trapezoid
227polygon
201rhombus
80chord
50annulus
48rhomboid
22parabola
themes, topics
849work
173map scale
107Ohm's law
579line
177line segment
127vector
2224percentages
2168reason
1651ratio
248functions
179maximum
139factorial
119minimum
102logarithm
85per mil
25modulo
10integral
3135fractions
1834natural numbers
346integers
162real numbers
41matrix
From our database of math word problems and examples, we offer the following:
- Puzzle game
In a letter puzzle game, John can use each letter of the alphabet only once. He used only 8 letters to solve the puzzle. What fraction of the 26 letters in the alphabet did he use? Express your answer as a fraction in simplest form. - Vertex points
Suppose the following points of a triangle: P(-12,6), Q(4,0), R(-8,-6). Graph the triangle. Find the triangle area. - A farmer
A farmer produces apples and pears in a ratio of 7:6. If she harvests 42 tonnes of apples, how many tonnes of pears does he produce? - Finishing Tasks Earlier
Nine-year-old Lucia is preparing for testing. He solves a collection of 40 tasks per day. He will need 9 days to solve all the tasks. How many days earlier would she finish if she solved 60 tasks a day? - Horse pens
The cowboy has 25 horses in two pens. He transferred 5 from the first to the second, then sold 7 horses from the second. How many horses were originally in the first pen? In the first enclosure, there were just 2 times more horses than in the second enclo - Tank water remaining
They drained the water from the full tank through three holes. 1/6 of the tank volume flowed through the first hole, 2/5 of the volume through the second hole, and 1/4 of the volume through the third hole. The tank has the shape of a cuboid with dimension - Marks 3
Mark's temperature at 9:00 AM was 97.2 °F. At 4:00 PM, his temperature was 99 °F. By how many degrees did his temp rise? - Exam question probability During the exam, the student answers 4 questions out of 25. He is ready for 20 of them. Find the probability that he draws exactly one that he does not know.
- Carpet Uncovered Floor Area
In a square-shaped room with a side of 4 m, a rectangular rug with dimensions of 2.5 m and 3 m is laid on the floor. How much floor is not covered with carpet? - A string
A string 2 4/5 m long is cut into 6 pieces. How long is each piece? - A man 14
A man gave 1/3 of his wealth to his wife, 2/3 of the remaining to his daughter, and divided the remaining between his two sons equally. If the daughter received Rs 3000000 more than one of the sons, find the value of the father's property. - The price 6
The price of petrol is set to increase by 5% next month. If the current fuel price is R9,00 per liter, what will the new petrol price be next month? - Mr. Ali
Mr. Ali gave 26 liters of orange juice to his 3 kids equally. How much did each kid get? - Step length
Katy, whose step measures 50 cm, counted 294 steps from her house to her aunt's. If his step measures 70 cm, how many steps will Katy's father take to his aunt? - Tower room whitewash
The castle tower room has the shape of a cylinder with a diameter of 4.6 m and a height of 2.9 m. Calculate how much it will cost to whitewash the ceiling and walls of this room if €23 is paid for 1 square meter, while windows and doors account for 15℅ of - Work time
Josef would do the work himself in 5 hours. Josef and Michael would do the work together in 3.5 hours. Determine how long it would take Michael to do the job independently. - Interest rate
The interest for one year on the deposit of € 2,000 was € 18. What was the annual interest rate in percent?
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