word problem

noun

: a mathematical problem expressed entirely in words typically used as an educational tool

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There are also word problems, which Lily was not expecting. —

Allegra Goodman, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2024 Consider a middle-school word problem: A store is selling 6 bags of marbles for $18. —

Shalinee Sharma, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024 Language models have learned to do surprising things that even those who trained them did not anticipate, including unscrambling words, performing eight-digit arithmetic, and solving mathematical word problems. —

Josh A. Goldstein, Foreign Affairs, 7 Apr. 2023 For example, customers can use Circle to Search on Android to highlight a math or physics word problem, and LearnLM will help solve the question. —

Emilia David, The Verge, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for word problem