Word Problems 1
There are 1,904 dancers at the recital. They dance in groups of 9 in the first round. How many dancers will be dancing in two of the groups?
424 dancers in two groups
Uncle Ben has 440 chickens on his farm. 39 are roosters and the rest are hens. 15 of his hens do not lay eggs. The rest lay eggs. How many egg-laying hens does Uncle Ben have on his farm?
386 egg-laying hens
Ashton had twelve boxes of pencils with fourteen pencils in each box. He gave three boxes to his brother. How many pencils did Ashton have left?
126 pencils
Nancy has 325 books. Sara has 6 times more books than Nancy. How many more books does Sara have than Nancy?
1,625 books
Kyle is a reporter for a magazine. He writes 65 articles that each have 9 paragraphs and 124 articles that each have 5 paragraphs. How many paragraphs does Kyle write?
(65 x 9) + (124 x 5)=1,205 paragraphs
Mr. Gravely drives 693 miles a day. How many miles will he drive in three days this week and four days next week?
4851 miles
Aunt May milks her Holstein cows twice a day. This morning she got 365 gallons of milk. This evening she got 380 gallons. She sold 612 gallons to the local ice cream factory. How many gallon of milk does she have left?
133 gallons of milk
There are 96 fourth graders at Small Tree Intermediate School. 43 on them are girls. On Friday, 5 fourth grade girls and 4 fourth grade boys were absent. How many fourth grade boys were at Small Tree Intermediate School on Friday?
49 boys
Lacy has three sets of building blocks. She has a total of 4,335 blocks. If each set has the same number of blocks, how many blocks are in two sets?
2,890 blocks
The teacher is planning a field trip and is taking 167 students. All the students will be riding in a van. 9 students can ride in each van. The teacher says she will need 18 vans to transport all the student son the trip. Is she correct? Justify your answer.
The teacher is not correct. When you divided 167 by 9 you get 18 remainder 5. That means that 18 vans are completely full but 5 students aren't on a bus. The teacher will need 19 vans.
Rylee has 49 Shopkins. She has 7 times as many as her sister Kaylynn. How many Shopkins do Kaylynn and Rylee have?
56 Shopkins
Mr. Parker has 982 pounds of grain. He feeds 240 pounds to his pigs and 460 to his cows. How much grain does he have left?
282 pounds of grain
McKenna has 126 stuffed animals. Kenley has three times as many as McKenna. How many stuffed animals do the two girls have in all?
504 stuffed animals
Larry buys 4,859 cakes for $8 each. He gave the cashier $40,000. How much money does Larry get back?
$1,128
Each student in 4th grade at Euharlee Elementary School uses 22 pencils in a year. There are 64 students in 4th grade at EHES. How many pencils do the students use in on half of the year?
704 pencils
Zack filled 581 one-liter bottles with apple cider. He distributed the bottles evenly to 4 stores. If he did this for every week for three weeks, how many one-liter bottles did each of the stores receive in all?
435 bottles in three weeks
Peter has 12 horses. Each one eats 4 pounds of oats, twice a day. How many pounds of oats does he need to feed his horses for 3 days?
144 pounds of oats
Quinton brought 40 cupcakes to school on his birthday. He gave a cupcake to each of the 18 students in Ms. Delmont's class. He also gave a cupcake to each of the 16 students in Mrs. Donnelly's class. He also gave a cupcake to Ms. Delmont, Mrs. Donnelly, the school nurse, and the school principal. How many cupcakes did he have left over?
2 cupcakes
The art teacher is making art boxes for the 4th and 5th grade classrooms. She has 188 bottles of paint that she is putting one at a time into 7 boxes. until she runs out. Each box will have the same number of bottles. How many bottles of paint will be in 4 boxes? How many bottles of paint will be left over?
104 bottles will be in four boxes and 6 bottles will be left over.
The Turner family uses 450 liters of water per day. The Hill family uses 3 times as much water per day. How much combined water is used by both families per day (make sure to include an equation)?
(450x 3) +450= 1,800 liters of water
Rebecca’s rug in her room is 83 inches by 99 inches. Her brother Brandon has the same rug in his room. What is the combined area of both rugs?
16,434 square inches
Frank has 67 cartons of eggs. Each carton has 12 eggs. He sells 32 cartons of eggs. How many eggs does Frank have left?
420 eggs
Bryant, Brenda, and Jack went bowling together. Bryant's score was 55. Jack's score was exactly double Bryant's. Brenda had 13 fewer points than Jack. What was Brenda's score?
97
Joe is learning to play the trumpet. Every Monday he practices from 6:30 until 7:05. Every Tuesday he practices from 3:55 until 4:15. How many minutes does he practice on Mondays and Tuesday for three weeks?
110 minutes
A long roller coaster car hold 4 people across each row of seats. The roller coaster car can seat 88 people. How many rows of seats does the roller coaster car have?
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