Simple Word Problems
Samuel bought presents for 40 cents, 50 cents, 60 cents, and 70 cents. How much money did he spend in all?
220 cents or $2.20
Laura has $50. She bought 2 skirts that each cost $15 and a blouse that cost $10. How much money does she have now?
$10
7+4=
17+4=
27+4=
37+4=
11
21
31
41
Billy bought 3 packages of buttons. There are 5 buttons in each package. How many buttons did Billy buy?
15 buttons
Rule + 8
10, 18,______,________,42
26, 34
Jon, Dave and Kevin collected rocks at the beach. Each boy collected 25 rocks. How many rocks did the boys collect in all?
75 rocks
34 stickers
14-6=
24-6=
34-6=
44-6=
8
18
28
38
Joe got 4 packages of stickers as a gift. Each package holds 6 stickers. How many stickers did Joe get?
24 stickers
Rule_____
1, 2, _____, 8, 16,________
4, 32
The Torrey family was on vacation. One day, they spent $140 for a motel room, $130 for meals, and $200 at a park. How much money did they spend that day?
$470
Each basket in basketball is worth 2 points. Scott makes 8 baskets and scores 4 more points with free throws(1 point). How many points did he score in all?
20 points
9+6=
9+60=
9+600=
15
150
1500
5 cakes are each cut into 6 pieces. How many pieces of cake are there?
30 pieces of cake
Rule +5
_____,______,20, 25,_______
10, 15, 30
Jeremy had a gift card for $45. He spent $18 dollars on a new video game. How much money did Jeremy have left?
$27
Emmett reads 5 chapters. Each chapter has 11 pages. Then he reads 7 more pages. How many pages does Emmett read in all?
62 pages
4+___=12
4+____=120
4+____=1200
8
80
800
An egg carton holds 2 rows of 6 eggs. How many eggs does the carton hold?
12 eggs
Brian had 12 sweaters and he puts 3 in each drawer. How many drawers does Brian fill?
4 drawers
Maria bought a pair of jeans for $17. She gave the clerk a $20 bill. How much change did she receive?
$3
Milo had a sheet of stamps. A sheet has 6 rows. Each row has 3 stamps. Milo then removed 4 stamps from the sheet. How many stamps did Milo have?
14 stamps
16-9=
26-9=
36-9=
46-9=
7
17
27
37
Each bag of hair bows has 6 hair bows. You have 4 bags of hair bows. How many hair bows do you have?
24 hair bows
Jan buys 20 pencils and shares them equally with 4 friends. How many pencils does each friend get?
5 pencils