Word Problems
Alejandro will sew ribbon around the perimeter of his quilt. The quilt is 8 feet long and 6 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Alejandro need?
28 feet
Mt. Arrain is 14,831 feet tall, whereas Mt. Brook is 18,940 feet tall. How much taller is Mt. Brook than Mt. Arrain?
4,109 feet
Joey and his family are taking a road trip. On Monday, they travel 68 miles. OnTuesday, they travel 25. On Wednesday, they travel 33 miles. What is the average number of miles they drove per day?
42
Mari and her mom are creating gardens for the front and back yards of a home.They are going to plant 625 lavender seeds, 2,200 grass seeds and 935 trumpet vine seeds in the front garden. If all the seeds sprout, how many sprouts will there be in all?
3,760
One of the items they bought was a package of gummy worms for the children to split. The package contained 14 gummy worms. If there were 2 gummy worms left after the movie and each sibling ate the same amount, how many did they each eat?
4 gummy worms
Brianna built a rectangular flower garden. The garden is 10 feet long and 8 feet wide. What is the area of Brianna’s flower garden?
80 square feet
California is the third-largest state in the U.S. by area. Its land area is 155,779 square miles. The area of water is 7,916 square miles. What is the total area of California?
163,695 square miles
Joey has three brothers:Jonathan,Jacob, and Jack.Jacob is older than Jonathan but younger than Joey. Jack is younger than Jonathan. List the four boys in order from oldest to youngest.
Joey, Jacob, Jonathan, Jack
Mari’s mom is going to plant 3,500 seeds in the back garden. If she plants 1,675 grass seeds and 835 nasturtium seeds, how many seeds will she have left to plant?
990
After Blake and his family got to their theater, Blake counted 10 rows of 12 seats. If a total of 89 people watched the movie, how many seats were left empty?
31 seats
Jamal bought 12 boxes of candles. Each box holds 15 candles. Use the area model method to find the total number of candles Jamal purchased.
180 candles
Farmer Leah brought 140 ears of corn to sell at the farmers’ market. She sold 95 ears of corn in the morning and 22 ears of corn in the afternoon. How many ears of corn does she have left?
Farmer Leah has 23 ears of corn left.
Joey wants to figure out how many minutes his family has spent on the road. On Monday, they traveled for 3 hours.They drove for 1 1/2 hours onTuesday and another 1 1/2 hours on Wednesday. How many minutes have they traveled in all?
360
Mari worked with her mom for 1 1/2 hours on Monday, 1 hour onTuesday, and 2 1/2 hours on Wednesday. For how many minutes did Mari work in all?
300 minutes
Molina is sewing a border of ribbon onto her rectangular picnic blanket. The long side of the blanket is 7 feet and the short side is 4 feet. How many feet of ribbon will she need?
She will need 22 feet of ribbon.
The pears from 1 tree at Olivia’s Orchard fill 14 baskets. If there are 12 pear trees in each row, and there are a total of 8 rows, how many baskets of pears will Olivia fill?
1,344 baskets
At the farmers’ market, a baker sold 16 muffins for $3 each. She also sold 10 loaves of bread for $12 each. How much money did she earn in all?
She earned $ 168.
Joey and his family plan to visit theGrand Canyon,Yellowstone National Park, and the Washington Monument.They will travel 1,323 miles to get to theGrand Canyon. From there, they’ll drive 846 miles to Yellowstone. Finally, they will travel 2,166 miles to get to the Washington Monument. How many miles will they travel altogether?
4,335
Blake’s parents bought movie tickets for the two of them and their three children. Tickets for children cost $11 each and tickets for adults cost $16 each. How much money did the family spend on tickets?
$65
Noja is going to make a triangular path in her garden. The sides will be 20 feet, 36 feet, and 18 feet. What is the total length of the path?
The total length of the path is 74 feet.
A crate of apples weighs 85 pounds. How much less do 13 crates of apples weigh than 15 crates of apples?
170 pounds less
Diego bought 3 jars of honey for $7 each and a bundle of flowers for $5. He paid with a $50 bill. How much change did Diego get back?
$24
Mari’s mom works as a landscape artist, creating and maintaining beautiful gardens.Today, Mari is helping her mom place stones in a new garden. During their first hour of work, they place 1,071 stones in the garden. During the second hour, they place 1,280. If there are 3,500 stones in all, how many do they still have to place?
1,149
Blake and his family bought food to enjoy during their movie. They spent $12 on drinks, $9 on candy, and $15 on popcorn. If the family came to the theater with $42 for snacks, how much money did they have left?
$6
Devon measured the perimeter of the window in his living room and found it to be 10 meters. If the length of the window is 3 meters, what is the width?
The width of the window is 2 meters.