In mathematics I am used to read and understand the problem in 70-90 seconds,but in programming i have to spend 4-5 minutes reading the stupid story(Because it does not relate to any application of software engineering), especially UVA and Hackrrank problem statements. Can't they be simple like maths statement?

Mathematical notations are not that hard to get used to.For someone it may be interesting, for me this is annoying.Sometimes after reading a long problem i just found that this a simple problem.

Life will be lot easier for people like us who don't want to read some stupid story , if problems statement are clear and short.