http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/novak/cgi/physdemo.cgi
It's no Wolfram|Alpha, but it solves word problems fairly well.
What is the area of a circle with radius "2x"
area of a circle with radius (2x)
Evaluated area = pi * radius^2 giving AREA = 3.1415926535897931 * 2x^2
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/novak/cgi/physdemo.cgi
It's no Wolfram|Alpha, but it solves word problems fairly well.