Word Problems
Your class is having a pizza party. You buy 5 pizzas. Each pizza has 4 slices. How many slices is that altogether?
5 x 4 = 20 There are 20 slices of pizza altogether
9 × 8
72
48 ÷ 8
6
983+447
1,430
419-12
407
The farmer had 127 apples. He gave 88 apples to his neighbor. How many apples does he have now?
127 – 88 = 39 He has 39 apples
8x11
88
18 ÷ 9
2
678+89
767
625-174
451
Caroline was making bracelets for her friends. She had a box of 160 beads. There were 50 pink beads, 40 red beads and 45 white beads. The rest of them were yellow. How many yellow beads were there?
160 – 50 – 40 – 45 = 25 There were 25 yellow beads.
7 × 12
84
54 ÷ 9
6
254+432
686
615-374
241
There is a swimming pool at the community center. The capacity of the swimming pool is 60.For safety reason, the lifeguard does not allow more than 60 swimmers in the pool at the same time.Every 15 swimmers in the pool will require one lifeguard on duty. What is the highest number of lifeguards on duty at the same time?
60 ÷ 15 = 4 The highest number of lifeguards on duty at the same time is 4.
8 × 12
96
72 ÷ 8
9
702+847
1,549
910-74
836
A candy store has 6 boxes of chocolates. Each box has 500 pieces. How many pieces are there altogether in the 6 boxes?
6 x 500 = 3,000 There are 3,000 pieces of chocolate altogether
9x9
81
81 ÷ 9
9
998+658
1,656
601-543
58