diff --git a/algorithms/CPlusPlus/Arrays/sparse_matrix.cpp b/algorithms/CPlusPlus/Arrays/sparse_matrix.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..786c5a76
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+++ b/algorithms/CPlusPlus/Arrays/sparse_matrix.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*Description :c++ solution to check if a given matrix is sparse matrix.
+If the count of zeroes present in the mmatrix is more than half the elements of the matrix, 
+it is flagged as a sparse matrix.
+Also the tuple form of the matrix(if the said matrix is sparse) is displayed.*/
+
+
+#include<iostream>
+using namespace std;
+
+int compactMatrix(int sparseMatrix[4][5])
+{
+	int size = 0;
+	for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+		for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++)
+			if (sparseMatrix[i][j] != 0)
+				size++;
+
+	/* number of columns in compactMatrix (size) must be
+	   equal to number of non - zero elements in sparseMatrix */
+	int compactMatrix[size][3];
+
+	// Making of new matrix
+	int k = 0;
+	for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+		for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++)
+			if (sparseMatrix[i][j] != 0)
+			{
+				compactMatrix[k][0] = i;
+				compactMatrix[k][1] = j;
+				compactMatrix[k][2] = sparseMatrix[i][j];
+				k++;
+			}
+  cout<<"The tuple form is:"<<endl;
+	for (int i=0; i<size; i++)
+	{
+		for (int j=0; j<3; j++)
+			cout <<" "<< compactMatrix[i][j];
+
+		cout <<"\n";
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int main () {
+   int sparseMatrix[4][5] =
+	{
+		{0 , 0 , 3 , 0 , 4 },
+		{0 , 0 , 5 , 7 , 0 },
+		{0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 },
+		{0 , 2 , 6 , 0 , 0 }
+	};
+   int i, j, count = 0;
+   int row = 4, col = 5;
+   for (i = 0; i < row; ++i) {
+      for (j = 0; j < col; ++j){
+         if (sparseMatrix[i][j] == 0)
+         count++;
+      }
+   }
+   cout<<"The matrix is:"<<endl;
+   for (i = 0; i < row; ++i) {
+      for (j = 0; j < col; ++j) {
+         cout<<sparseMatrix[i][j]<<" ";
+      }
+      cout<<endl;
+   }
+   cout<<"The number of zeros in the matrix are "<< count <<endl;
+   if (count > ((row * col)/ 2))
+      {
+         cout<<"This is a sparse matrix"<<endl;
+         compactMatrix(sparseMatrix);
+      }
+   else
+   cout<<"This is not a sparse matrix"<<endl;
+   return 0;
+}
+
+
+
+
+/*output
+The matrix is:
+0 0 3 0 4 
+0 0 5 7 0 
+0 0 0 0 0 
+0 2 6 0 0 
+The number of zeros in the matrix are 14
+This is a sparse matrix
+The tuple form is:
+ 0 2 3
+ 0 4 4
+ 1 2 5
+ 1 3 7
+ 3 1 2
+ 3 2 6
+*/
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diff --git a/algorithms/CPlusPlus/README.md b/algorithms/CPlusPlus/README.md
index 1dd328c6..c99a4d3e 100644
--- a/algorithms/CPlusPlus/README.md
+++ b/algorithms/CPlusPlus/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 - [All unique triplet that sum up to given value](Arrays/three-sum.cpp)
 - [Next permutation](Arrays/next-permutation.cpp)
 - [Maximum Minimum Average of numbers](Arrays/max-min-avg.cpp)
+- [Sparse Matrix](Arrays/sparse_matrix.cpp)
+
 
 ## Dynamic-Programming