Fractions
Ned collected forty-two cans to recycle on Monday and forty-four more on Tuesday. How many cans did Ned collect all together?
What is 86 cans.
Calvin paints pictures and sells them at art shows. He charges $56 for a large painting. He charges $25 for a small painting. Last month he sold six large paintings and three small paintings. How much did he make in all? Show your work and label your answer.
Calvin made $411.
If you are charged $9.92 for 4 gallons of gas, what is the price of gasoline per gallon?
What is $2.48
2+(5×4)-7+2=
What is 17.
Ned bought 131 pieces of candy to give to 9 of his friends. If he wants to give each friend the same amount, how many pieces would he have left over?
Ned has 5 pieces left over.
Carly makes $8.35 per hour. Carly worked 16 hours in one week. Carly wants to purchase a bike that costs $70.00. How much money will Carly have after she purchases the bike?
Carly will have $5.15 left over.
Ms. McGarity went to the grocery store to buy some groceries. She bought 1 loaf of bread for $1.39, 4 boxes of cookies at $3.45 per box, and 1 gallon of milk at $3.99. How much money did Ms. McGarity spend?
What is $19.18
On Thursday the Meat King Market sold 210 pounds of ground beef. On Friday they sold twice that amount. On Saturday they only sold 130 pounds. How much more meat did they sell on Friday than Saturday?
What is 290 pounds.
16 meters.
Paige was building a LEGO tower. She built it with 802 stories and with 13 blocks on each story. About how many LEGO blocks would she have used?
About 8,000 LEGO blocks.
Marcus had $600. He spent $419 on a new Playstation. He then spent $53 of the remaining money on a jacket. How much money does Marcus have left?
Marcus has $28 left over.
A gallon of water weighs 8 pounds. How many gallons of water are in 96.8 pounds?
What is 12.1 gallons.
John's building a sandbox for his son. It is 7.5 feet long, 6.2 wide, and 2 feet tall. What is the volume of the sandbox?
What is 93 cubic feet.
Tom's sugar cookie recipe calls for 3/4 of a cup of sugar. How much sugar would Tom use to make 2 batches of cookies?
1 1/2 cups of sugar.
A golf course driving range goes through 73 golf balls a day. How many golf balls would they go through in 97 days?
The golf course goes through 7,081 golf balls in 97 days.
Amy operates an orange juice stand. On Monday she used 2/5 bags of oranges. On Tuesday she used 3 times as many oranges as on Monday. How many bags of oranges did Amy use altogether?
She used 1 3/5 bags of oranges total. (2/5 on Monday+ 6/5 on Tuesday= 1 3/5 total)
Billie runs daily as part of an exercise plan. On Sunday she ran 8.3 miles, on Monday 5.1 miles, on Tuesday 5.75 miles, on Wednesday 5.6 miles, on Thursday 4.25 miles, and rested on Saturday. How many miles did she run this week?
What is 29 miles.
5th grade students are going on a field trip. There are 113 fifth graders going and 8 adults. Each bus holds 25 students. How many buses are needed for the field trip?
What is 5 buses.
Isabel had 5 1⁄5 cups of flour. If she used 3 1⁄2 cups baking, how much flour did she have left?
What is 1 7/10 flour.
Billy has a hamster cage that is 12 inches long, 8 inches high, and 4 inches wide. What is the volume of the cage?
What is 384 cubic inches.
Sara is making a dance outfit. She needs 2 1/2 yard of fabric for the shawl. She needs 1 3/4 yards of fabric for the dress. If she has 3 yards of fabric, how much more does she need?
What is 1 1/4 yards more.
Mr. Adams drives a school bus twice a day for 5 days a week. Each trip averages 35.8 miles. In one week Mr. Adams drives how many miles?
What is 358 miles. (2*5=10. 35.8*10=358)
You start a trip when your odometer reads 22,738 miles, and you have a full tank of gas. After driving a few hours, you fill up your tank and your odometer reads 23,007 miles. How many miles did you drive?
You drove 269 miles.