Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

word problem

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.03 in modern English

Syllables
word prob-lem
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mathematics question that states verbally what is usually expressed with symbols or diagrams.

noun

A question of whether an element of a certain group (or monoid or the like) is the identity, given an obscure representation of that element.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

word problems (plural)

Questions

What does word problem mean?
A mathematics question that states verbally what is usually expressed with symbols or diagrams.

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