What is Practice Problems Structured Data? #
- Schema markup to describe educational problems or exercises on your page.
- Helps Google understand and potentially show rich results related to quizzes, exercises, or problem sets in search.
When to Use It? #
- Your webpage offers a set of practice problems or exercises (math, science, coding, etc.).
- You want to enable rich results that can highlight problem titles, difficulty, topics, and so on.
Core Schema.org Types #
- PracticeProblem — the main type to mark each problem.
- Properties include:
- name: Problem title.
- text: Problem statement or question.
- difficultyLevel: How hard the problem is (easy, medium, hard).
- educationalAlignment: Aligns with a curriculum standard.
- about: Topic or subject related to the problem.
- suggestedAnswer: The answer or solution.
- creator: Who created the problem.
- name: Problem title.
Required Properties for Google Rich Results #
| Property | Description | Required/Recommended |
| @context | Schema.org context URL | Required |
| @type | “PracticeProblem” | Required |
| name | Problem name/title | Required |
| text | Problem statement/question | Required |
| suggestedAnswer | Proposed answer or solution | Recommended |
Example JSON-LD #
<script type=”application/ld+json”>
{
“@context”: “https://schema.org”,
“@type”: “PracticeProblem”,
“name”: “Calculate the area of a circle with radius 5cm”,
“text”: “What is the area of a circle with a radius of 5 centimeters? Use π = 3.14.”,
“difficultyLevel”: “easy”,
“educationalAlignment”: {
“@type”: “AlignmentObject”,
“alignmentType”: “teaches”,
“educationalFramework”: “CBSE”,
“educationalLevel”: “Class 7”
},
“about”: {
“@type”: “Thing”,
“name”: “Geometry”
},
“suggestedAnswer”: {
“@type”: “Answer”,
“text”: “Area = π × r² = 3.14 × 25 = 78.5 cm²”
},
“creator”: {
“@type”: “Person”,
“name”: “Pranav Veerani”
}
}
</script>
Best Practices #
- Provide clear problem statements and answers.
- Use difficulty levels like “easy”, “medium”, “hard”.
- Include curriculum alignment if possible.
- Test with Google’s Rich Results Test before publishing.
- Keep all problem content visible on the page (not hidden behind paywalls or login).