文ぶん章しょう題だい

noun

word problem; story problem

A problem (especially in mathematics) where the question is presented as a short narrative or description, requiring the solver to extract the relevant information and set up an equation or solution. The two senses are essentially the same concept; the second sense is explicitly marked as a mathematics term.

• 算さん数すうの文ぶん章しょう題だいが苦にが手てな子こどもは多おおい。

  Many children struggle with arithmetic word problems.

• この文ぶん章しょう題だいを式しきに直なおしてください。

  Please turn this word problem into an equation.