Word Problems Easiest
Jane traveled on an airplane twice last year. In February, she traveled 343 miles. In June, she traveled 587 miles. How many miles did she fly?
930 miles
Black Rooster Bakery sold 489 pastries on Thursday and 604 on Friday. How many more pastries did they sell on Friday than on Thursday?
115 pastries
Ms. Abbey collected 8 sunflowers from a nearby field. If each sunflower has 12 petals, how many petals does Ms. Abbey's sunflowers have altogether?
96 petals
Rosa planted 28 herbs in her garden. If she divided them in rows of 7, how many rows did she plant?
4 rows
What does the key word "in all" tell you to do?
Add
Maria had $150 in her bank account. She put $234 in her account last week and $187 in her account this week. Maria has about how much money now?
$600
Roger has 932 cows in two fields. He has 498 cows in one field. About how many cows does he have in the other?
400 cows
The cafeteria uses 97 trays a day. How many trays will the cafeteria use after 8 days?
776 trays
Mrs. Kick has 32 books. If she puts them equally on 8 shelves, how many books will be on each shelf?
4 books
What does the key word "fewer" tell you to do?
Subtract
Ximena used small, medium, and large ice cream cones to serve ice cream. She used 257 small cones. She used 59 more medium cones than small. She used 42 more large cones than medium. How many large cones did Ximena use to serve ice cream?
358 cones
A company received 2,479 phone calls in January. The company received 3,712 calls in February. What is the difference between how many calls were received in January and February?
1,233 calls
Sofia started a collection of coins. She has 6 jars. If she can fit 35 coins in each jar, how many coins will she have?
210 coins
Ralph has 72 Pokemon cards. He puts them in 9 different stacks. How many cards are in each of the new stacks?
8 cards
What does the key word "doubled" tell you to do?
Multiply by 2
Lily B. Clayton has a lot of textbooks in the school. There are 412 math books, 347 reading books, 425 science books, 452 social studies books, and 396 health books. Approximately how many math, social studies, and health books does Lily B. Clayton have?
1,300 books
Jeff had $88 when he started his shopping trip. He spent $41 at Target and $39 at Lowe's. How much money did he have left at the end of his shopping trip?
$8
Mrs. Ballard has 24 students in her class. All the students are wearing tennis shoes. How many tennis shoes are in Mrs. Ballard's class?
48 shoes
Carlos has soccer practice for 24 hours every month. If he has 12 practices a month. How many hours does he practice each time?
2 hours
What does the key word "Quotient" tell you to do?
Divide
Hope read 104 pages of her book on Tuesday. On Wednesday, she read 97 pages. Thursday she read 113 pages. How many pages did she read over the three days?
314
There were 400 donuts at a donut shop. The shop sold 123 donuts by 8 AM. By 9 AM, they had sold 239. How much did they have left to sell for the rest of the day?
38
Mallory made friendship bracelets for her 7 friends. She used 10 strings for each bracelet. How many strings did she use?
70 strings
When they went on a field trip,100 fifth graders were divided equally among 10 groups. How many kids are in each group?
10 kids
What operations would you use to solve this story problem?
Jake collected 72 baseball cards. His friend gave him 19 more cards. Then, he lost 34 cards. How many baseball cards does Jake have now?
Step 1: Add the cards his friend gave him
→ 72 + 19 = 91
Step 2: Subtract the cards he lost → 91 - 34 = 57