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
From our database of math word problems and examples, we offer the following:
- Prize ratio sharing
The four boys shared the prize of 680 € in a ratio of 2:4:1:3. How many euros did the boy whose share in the prize was the biggest get? - Segment symmetry
A segment AB is drawn in the rectangular coordinate system with endpoints A [1;6] and B [5;2]. The center symmetry is the origin of the coordinate system. Find the coordinates of the center of this segment in this symmetry projection. - Laths
There are two laths in the garage opposite one another: one 2 meters long and the other 3 meters long. They fall against each other and lean against the opposite walls of the garage. Both laths touch at 70 cm above the garage floor. How wide is the garage - Parallelogram - angle alfa
In the parallelogram ABCD the length of sides are AB = 8, BC = 5, BD = 7. Calculate the magnitude of the angle α = ∠DAB (in degrees). - Boy cap shirt
There were 40 boys in the school. They were branded with caps and t-shirts. Twenty-five boys had blue caps. Twenty boys had a blue cap and a yellow T-shirt. a) How many boys had a yellow shirt? b) How many boys did not have a blue cap? c) How many boys on - Temperature Forecast Maximum
The television tree frog announced such a forecast the following day. At six o'clock in the morning, we expect a temperature of -3 °C, but during the day, it will warm up to 11 °C. Determine what maximum temperature we can expect the next day according to - Turtle Daughter Age Difference
Turtle Dorota is 158 years old, and her daughter Dorotka is 71 years old. How many years ago was Dorota 30 times older than her daughter? - Self-counting machine
The self-counting machine works exactly like a calculator. The innkeeper wanted to add several three-digit natural numbers on his own. On the first attempt, he got the result in 2224. To check, he added these numbers again, and he got 2198. Therefore, he - One half of percent
How is 1/2% expressed as a decimal fraction? - Observation angle
At what angle of view does an object 70 m long appear to the observer, 50 m away from one end and 80 m from the other end? - Juice cost
We paid a total of 290 CZK for 5 liters of orange juice and 6 liters of multivitamin juice. A liter of multivitamin juice is CZK 8 more expensive than a liter of orange juice. How much do we pay for 2 liters of orange and 3 liters of multivitamin juice? - Theater performance attendance
A theatre performance was attended by 258 students who paid €129 in total. How many students would need to attend for the ticket revenue to reach €150? - Square height
The volume of the square is 56l. The length is 10 dm, and the width is 2 dm. What is its height? - Tangents to ellipse
Find the magnitude of the angle at which the ellipse x² + 5 y² = 5 is visible from the point P[5, 1]. - Strawberry harvest calculation
On the farm, twelve part-timers planned to harvest a crop of strawberries in 5 days. On the fifth day in the weather forecast, they reported rain. How many part-timers will they need to harvest the strawberries in four days? - A bicycle
Martin sold a bicycle at a profit of 10%. Had it been sold for $75 more, the profit would have been 16%. Find the cost price of the bicycle. - Eighth ninth graders
The number of eighth graders in primary school is 80 percent of the number of ninth graders. There are 54 eighths and ninths. How many ninth-graders go to this school?
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