Word Problems 1
Mike had 32 oranges, 48 apples, and 81 bananas. How many fruit did he have in all?
161 fruit
Ben shops for clothes online. He buys 9 shirts for $4 each. How much money does he spend in all?
$36 in all
Tom builds a rectangular garden. The length of his garden is 7 feet and the width is 9 feet. What is the area of his garden?
63 square feet
Kasey left for school at 6:35 a.m. It took her 20 minutes to travel to school. What time did she arrive at school?
6:55 a.m.
Timmy went shopping at the mall. He bough 6 shirts for $3 each. He paid with a $20 bill. How much change will he recieve back?
$2.00
Darla had 176 marbles. She gave 85 of her marbles to her sister to play with. How many marbles does she have left?
91 marbles left
Doug has 42 chocolate chips. He wants to put an equal amount of chocolate chips on 6 cupcakes. How many chocolate chips will go on each cupcake?
7 chocolate chips
Greg wants to put a fence around his sand castle. The length of his sand castle is 9 feet and the width is 7 feet. How much fencing will he need to go around his sand castle?
32 feet
Sam went to football practice at 5:15 p.m. Practice lasted for 2 hours. What time was practice over?
7:15 p.m.
George bought 6 packs of candy with 10 pieces of candy in each pack. He wants to split the candy equally among his 12 friends. How many pieces will each friend receive?
6 x 10 = 60
60/ 12 = 5
5 pieces
Cathy walks 240 miles each month. Her brother, Mark, walks 435 miles each month. How many more miles does Mark walk than Cathy?
195 more miles
Megan buys 3 pairs of shoes for $80 each. How much money does she spend on shoes?
$240 in all
Claire wants to paint he bed room wall. The length of her wall is 12 feet. She needs enough paint to cover 96 square feet. What is the width of her wall?
8 feet
Dexter left school and made it to choir rehearsal at 4:30 p.m. It took him 25 minutes to get to rehearsal. What time did he leave school?
4:05
Nicole bakes 4 batches of cookies with 7 cookies in each batch. If she each 2 cookies a days, how many days will her cookies last?
4 x 7 = 28
28/ 2 = 14
14 days
Terri, Greg, and Adam go shopping for games. Terri spends $86, Greg spends $93, and Adam spends $102. How much money do the three friends spend altogether?
$281 altogether
It took Jesse 8 days to read 640 pages from a book. If he read the same number of pages each day, how many pages did he read each day?
80 pages each day
A square room has a length of 8 feet. What is the area and perimeter of the room?
Area= 64 square feet
Perimeter= 32 feet
James begins watching t.v. at 6:45 p.m. He goes to bed at 7:30. How long did he watch t.v?
45 minutes
A store sells bracelets in packs of 3. Kim buys 7 packs of bracelets and Jessica buys 9 packs. How many bracelets did they buy in all?
3 x 7 = 21
3 x 9 = 27
21 + 27 = 48 bracelets
Hector has collected 2,000 baseball cards. Fred has collected 863 baseball cards. How many more cards has Hector collected than Fred
1,137 more cards
Matthew puts his Legos in 20 groups. He puts 40 Legos in each group. How many Legos does he have in all?
800 Legos
Mary's bedroom measures 5 feet by 8 feet. Adam's room measures 10 feet by 4 feet. Who has a bigger area? Who has a bigger perimeter?
Mary's Area= 5 x 8 =40 sq. ft.
Adam's Area= 10 x 4 = 40 sq. ft.
Mary = Adam
Mary's Perimeter= 5 + 5 + 8 + 8 = 26 feet
Adam's Perimeter = 10 + 4 + 10 + 4 = 28 feet
Marvin arrived home from school at 3:00. His mom told him he could go outside after he finished his afternoon tasks. It took him 20 minutes to do homework, 10 minutes to eat a snack, and 25 minutes to clean his room. What time did Marvin go outside to play?
3:55
Chad read 138 pages on Monday. He read 40 fewer pages on Tuesday. How many pages did he read on Monday and Tuesday altogether?
236 pages altogether