How to Use word problem in a Sentence

word problem

noun

• This was not true for the word problem portion of our test.
  — Sian Beilock, Quartz, 19 Feb. 2020
• Could the Babylonians who lived in what is now Iraq more than 3,700 years ago solve a word problem like this?
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2017
• The Roxana School District, on the other hand, called the word problems examples of poor judgment.
  — Anne Branigin, The Root, 6 Feb. 2018
• In high school physics, every lab and every word problem is about something falling down.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 2 June 2010
• Sanders also added in a three-minute-long word problem and her best Mariah Carey impersonation.
  — Anne Branigin, The Root, 30 Oct. 2017
• Putting the building back to good use, though, is much more complicated than answering a word problem.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 20 May 2021
• Measuring the availability of iron in your diet is like the dreaded word problem in high school math, spun out by the teacher who never liked you.
  — Sharman Apt Russell, Scientific American, 20 May 2021
• Gone are the days of apples and oranges — the word problems on a recent middle school math test used cocaine, ammunition and tricks for arithmetic practice.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 2 June 2016
• In one experiment, students were each given a word problem.
  — Joseph T. Hallinan, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2014
• Giada, one of her twin 10-year-old daughters, has dyslexia and also struggles with math, especially the word problems.
  — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2023
• The math section is made up of multiple-choice word problems, as well as computational questions.
  — Tyler Blint-Welsh, New York Times, 21 June 2018
• Giada, one of her twin 10-year-old daughters, has dyslexia and also struggles with math, especially word problems.
  — By Ariel Gilreath Of The Hechinger Report and Jackie Valley Of The Christian Science Monitor, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
• Our children are being locked in small, overcrowded rooms for several hours each day, forced to solve complicated word problems of no practical value.
  — Alex Baia thatcher Jensen, The New Yorker, 7 June 2019
• Much of Unit 1 was dedicated to logistics in a crowded country, as students waded through word problems that involved seating large numbers of people on buses, trains, and boats.
  — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
• The research involved controlled experiments such as pairing a fun activity (playing a game) with a work task (completing math and word problems).
  — Demetria Gallegos, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2017
• What’s missing from Younie’s math lesson are the word problems and whiteboards that typically characterize math classes in Oregon elementary schools.
  — oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2023
• In a moment perhaps intended as both cheeky commentary and scene setting, a student gets frustrated with a math teacher because a word problem centers on cisgender characters.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 11 Mar. 2021
• Placement tests also aren’t perfect, because reading passages and word problems may reference subjects some students aren’t familiar with, while other students may underperform because of nerves, Zaback said.
  — Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2019
• In elementary school, students may have trouble with math functions like addition and subtraction, word problems, counting money, or remembering directions.
  — Jackie Mader, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 18 Aug 2024