Word Problems: Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide?

A

100

A recipe for a pan of brownies requires 1.5 cups of milk, 0.675 cups of sugar and 1.05 cups of oil. How many cups of ingredients will there be in the mixing bowl?

3.225 cups

200

Indicate whether the statement is additive or multiplicative. 

5 times as small

Multiplicative

300

Ricky needed to buy the ice cream for his party. He wants to buy enough ice cream so each of the 18 guests receive 3/4 of a pint. How many pints should he buy?

14 pints

(He needs 13 1/2 for his guests)

400

Corn in the garden is arranged in 24 equal rows. There are 840 cornstalks in the entire garden. How many stalks are in each row?

35 stalks

500

Write a word problem for the equation, using sugar.

7/9 x 4 = 3 1/9 

Example: I have 7/9 cups of sugar to make brownies. I need to make 4 batches of brownies to feed my students. I will need 3 1/9 cups of sugar.

B

100

Indicate whether the statement is additive or multiplicative.

$6.79 more than

Additive

200

A relay race lasts 12.72 miles. There are 4 runners on the relay team. If each runner runs the exact same distance, how many miles does each team member run during the race?

3.18 miles

300

Maddy has 4 gallons of paint to paint her bedroom. She uses 9/12 of that amount of paint to paint the bathroom. The amount of paint Maddy uses for the bathroom is greater than, less than or equal to the amount of paint she uses for the bedroom?

Less than

400

Myself and two friends ordered pizza last night. The total bill was $25.68. How much money did each of us pay if we split the bill evenly?

$8.56

500

My class needs a piece of rope that is 2.8 meters long for a science project. Our teacher is going to cut the rope into pieces that are 0.2 meters long to give to each group. How many pieces will of rope will our class have?

14 pieces

C

100

Indicate whether the statement is additive or multiplicative.

in 1/3 of the time

Multiplicative

200

Two girls are racing each other on roller skates. Jill skates 3 3/5 miles. Abby skates 6/9 as long as Jill. How long did Abby skate?

2 2/5 miles long

300

A package of cookies costs $2.80. My teacher bought three packages of cookies but said she'd sell 2 1/2 of the package to me. How much money will I owe her?

$7.00

400

Write a word problem for the equation, using pie.

1/6 of 5 = 1/30

Example: There is 1/6 of a blueberry pie on the counter. My four friends and I want to share that last piece. We will each get 1/30 of the entire pie.

500

Rebecca has 20 balls. 4/5 of the balls are bigger than a tennis ball. Of those balls, 1/2 are soccer balls. How many soccer balls does Rebecca have?

8 soccer balls

D

100

Indicate whether the statement is additive or multiplicative. 

84.7 fewer degrees

Additive

200

Susan operates a taco stand. She started with 6 3/8 bags of tortillas. On Friday she used 4 2/3 bags of tortillas. How many bags of tortillas did Susan have to start with on Saturday?

1 17/24 bags

300

Kim made 46 bracelets. Each bracelet costs her 68 cents to make. If she sells the bracelets for $2.50, how much profit will she make?

$83.72

400

My friend walked into a clothing store with a $100 bill. She bought a coat for $45.63 and a shirt for $22.89. How much money did my friend have when she left the store?

$31.48

500

Write a word problem for the equation, using string.

7 divided by 1/8 = 56

Example: Mrs. Bell has a piece of string that is 7 feet long. She is making a quilt and needs pieces of string that are 1/8 of a foot long. She will end up with 56 pieces of string.