Word Problems
Jessica, Annie’s best friend, is hosting the party. She plans on making pizza for everyone. If she bought 15 pieces of pepperoni, 10 pieces of salami and 30 pieces of bacon as ingredients, how many pieces of meat did she buy in total?
55 pieces of meat
What is the verb in the sentence below?
The dog smelled the pizza from across the room
smelled
8,000 + 600 + 50 + 9
8,659
A taco costs $2.00 and soda costs $1.00. If David buys 3 tacos and 2 sodas, how much would it cost him?
$8.00
How many teeth does a human adult have?
32
Alvin is trying to build a small house in the forest so that he has a place to stay when he goes hiking. He started by gathering some wood. According to his blueprint, he will need 376 boards of wood. If his friend gave him 123 boards and his brother gave him 136 boards, how many more boards does he need to gather?
117 boards
What is the adjective in the sentence below?
That is the oldest building in Plymouth.
oldest
Round 849 to the nearest hundred.
800
A slice of pizza costs $3.00 and chocolate milk costs $1.00. If Sarah buys 3 slices of pizza and 2 chocolate milks, how much would she pay?
$11.00
Where does the President of the United States live while in office?
The White House
There are 46 birds perched on the branches of a tree. How many feet are there on the branches?
92 feet
What part of speech is the italicized word in the sentence below?
Sing as loudly as you can during the concert.
adverb
What is the value of the 7 in the number below?
17,865
7,000
$4.00
How many sides does an octagon have?
8
A garden has 52 rows and 15 columns of bean plants. How many plants are there in all?
780 plants
Find the pronoun in the sentence below.
Ken came by and picked up his soccer ball before supper.
his
What is the place value of the 8 in the number below?
85,453
ten thousands
$20.00
Raisins come from which fruit?
grapes
On a sunny afternoon, an ice cream parlour sold 547 scoops of vanilla ice-cream and 381 scoops of chocolate ice-cream. About how many scoops of ice cream did they sell altogether? Hint: round to the nearest 100.
900 scoops
What is the subject of the sentence below?
Lucy and her mother went to the concert on Sunday.
Lucy and her mother
86,326
86,000
A cheeseburger costs $3.00, fries cost $1.00 and soda costs $1.00. If Alice buys lunch for her and her sister and pays with $20, how much change will she get back?
$10.00
How many zeros are there in a million?
6