Word Problems
The owner of a restaurant borrowed $6,000 from a bank in order to buy a new oven. A year later he paid $6,550 back to the bank. Why did the owner of the restaurant pay the bank $550 more than he borrowed?
A. the $550 was a gift to the bank
B. the $550 was the sales tax he had to pay on the oven
C. the $550 was the interest he had to pay for the loan
D. the owner must have forgotten that he only borrowed $6,000
Mr. Bell loaded 32 tons of rock into trucks. He put 8 tons of rock into each truck. How many trucks did Mr. Bell load with rock?
4
12 x 6
72
278-72
206
78 + 23
101
Yuki has 42 pebbles. She wants to put the pebbles in the pockets of her jacket. She wants an equal number in each pocket. If her jacket has 6 pockets, how many pebbles should she put in each pocket?
A. 36 because 42- 6 =36
B. 48 because 6 + 42= 48
C. 252 because 6 x 42 = 252
D. 7 because 6 x 7 = 42
An art teacher bought 6 boxes of brushes. Each box contained 27 brushes. How many brushes did the art teacher buy?
162
35 x 5
175
525-97
428
376 + 98
474
Vitus has two books. The first book has 274 pages and the second book has 168 pages. How many pages do the two books have ?
442
There were 205 cookies in a package. Oscar ate some of the cookies. If there were 78 cookies left in the package, how many cookies did Oscar eat?
127
146 x 8
1,168
786-167
619
838 + 344
1,182
Hanan bakes 2 batches of papadums. There are 16 papadums in each batch. Then Hanan places an equal number of papadums in 4 bags. Which expression can be used to find the number of papadums in each bag?
A. 2 x 16 x 4
B. 2 + 16 / 4
C. 2 + 16 - 4
D. 2 x 16 / 4
Simon found 69 white shells and 33 gray shells on the beach. Which is the best estimate of the total number of shells Simon found?
100
242 x 9
2,178
6,873-239
6,634
7,232 + 78
7, 310
The number shown here is written in expanded form
40,000 + 700 + 5
How is this number written in standard form?
40,705
Four students split up 56 colored pencils. Each student took the same number of pencils. How many pencils did each student take?
14
342 x 26
8, 892
5,268-761
4,507
9,908 +1,213
11,121