word problems
A school library has 248 fiction books and 376 nonfiction books.
How many books are there in the library altogether?
624 books
A school collected 2,475 cans of food on Monday and 3,689 cans on Tuesday.
How many cans were collected in all?
addition
489+215=
704
12 x 12
144
A teacher bought 500 stickers for her class. After handing some out, she has 187 stickers left.
How many stickers did she give away?
313 stickers
A runner planned to run 12,000 meters in a week. By Thursday, she had already run 8,645 meters.
How many meters does she still need to run?
subtraction
801-349=
452
121/11
11
There are 24 students in a class. Each student brings 6 pencils for a supply drive.
How many pencils are collected in total?
144 pencils
A bookstore has 36 shelves, and each shelf holds 28 books.
How many books are on the shelves altogether?
multiplication
1,849+249=
2,098
25 x 49
1,225
A baker made 180 cookies and packed them equally into 12 boxes.
How many cookies are in each box?
15 boxes
A teacher has 1,296 crayons and wants to divide them equally among 24 classrooms.
How many crayons will each classroom receive?
division
2,413-497=
1,916
175/7
25
A field trip costs $8 per student. There are 45 students going on the trip. The school already collected $120 in donations.
How much more money is needed to pay for the trip?
240 dollars
A school ordered 48 boxes of pencils, with 36 pencils in each box.
They gave 425 pencils to students on the first day. How many pencils are left?
multiplication AND subtraction
649+458-109=
998
624/4
156