Practice Word Problems in Math

Use these practice problems to test your method after reviewing the concept explanation and worked examples.

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Word problems require translating a real-world scenario described in natural language into mathematical relationships, identifying the unknown quantity, setting up equations or expressions, and solving them to answer the question.

You are decoding a story into variables, equations, and constraints.

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Example 1

easy
A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. If 3 friends share it equally, how many slices does each get? Express any leftover as a remainder.

Example 2

medium
A store sells shirts for $15\$15 each. With a coupon, the total for some shirts is $60\$60. How many shirts were bought?

Example 3

easy
Maria had 45 stickers. She gave 12 to her friend and then bought 20 more. How many stickers does she have now?

Example 4

challenge
A tank is filled by a pipe in 6 hours and drained by another in 9 hours. With both open, how long to fill the empty tank?

Example 5

medium
A book has 320 pages. Sam reads 40 pages a day. How many days to finish?

Example 6

medium
A recipe needs 34\tfrac{3}{4} cup of sugar for one batch. How much sugar is needed for 5 batches?

Example 7

easy
A box contains 9 cookies. How many cookies are in 7 such boxes?

Example 8

medium
A bag of candy weighs 250250 g. How many bags total at least 22 kg?

Example 9

hard
Two pipes can fill a tank in 44 and 66 hours respectively. Working together, how long do they take?

Example 10

easy
A box holds 6 cans. How many cans are in 7 boxes?

Example 11

easy
A ribbon is 24 cm long and is cut into 4 equal pieces. How long is each piece?

Example 12

medium
A rectangular garden has a perimeter of 56 metres. If the length is 3 metres more than twice the width, find the dimensions.

Example 13

hard
A merchant marks up a phone by 30%30\%, then offers a 10%10\% discount on the marked price. If the original cost was $200\$200, what is the final selling price?

Example 14

medium
A swimming pool fills at 2424 liters/min. How long to fill a 14401440-liter pool?

Example 15

easy
A jog from home to the park is 0.80.8 km. If Mia jogs there and back, how far does she go?

Example 16

challenge
Adult tickets are $8\$8 and child tickets $5\$5. 12 tickets were sold for $81\$81 total. How many adult tickets?

Example 17

hard
A rectangle's length is 22 more than its width. Its perimeter is 2424 cm. Find its area.

Example 18

medium
A taxi charges $4\$4 plus $2\$2 per km. What is the fare for a 77-km ride?

Example 19

medium
A parking lot charges $3\$3 for the first hour and $2\$2 for each additional hour. What is the cost for 5 hours?

Example 20

easy
A pencil costs $2\$2. How much do 9 pencils cost?
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