The problem of determining whether two different products are equal, or two sequences of operations are equivalent.
〔数〕字问题
Example sentencesExamples
This is a word problem whose solution includes solving a system of two linear equations.
Four alternative measures were examined in this study: a basic facts task and three forms of an estimation task that included both computation and word problem solving.
One word problem required calculating the fee for three students taking the same units at the same university.
Some groups of students respond differently to a word problem's context.
That same day, I raised my hand when my trigonometry teacher asked the class for a volunteer to go up to the board and explain a word problem that most of the class had difficulty understanding.
Definition of word problem in US English:
word problem
noun
Mathematics
A mathematics exercise presented in the form of a hypothetical situation that requires an equation to be solved; for example, “if George earns a salary of $18,500 and 28% of it is deducted in taxes, how much take-home pay remains?”.
Example sentencesExamples
This is a word problem whose solution includes solving a system of two linear equations.
That same day, I raised my hand when my trigonometry teacher asked the class for a volunteer to go up to the board and explain a word problem that most of the class had difficulty understanding.
One word problem required calculating the fee for three students taking the same units at the same university.
Some groups of students respond differently to a word problem's context.
Four alternative measures were examined in this study: a basic facts task and three forms of an estimation task that included both computation and word problem solving.