Word Problems 1
The Mummy Mart has a goal of selling 2,407 bags of candy corn. They have already sold 1,879 bags. How many more bags do they need to sell to meet their goal?
What is 2,407 - 1,879 = 528 bags?
Jack's pumpkin carving team is preparing for a regional competition. His team practices for 14 hours a week for 16 weeks. How many total hours does his team meet to practice before the competition?
What is 14 x 16 = 224 hours?
Frank has a goal of saving $162. He will save the same amount each week for 18 weeks. How much will Frank need to save each week in order to meet his goal?
What is $162 ÷ 18 = $8?
Shirley spent $4 on snacks every day for 2 weeks. What is the amount of money Denise spent on these snacks?
What is $4 x 2 x 7 = $56?
Beth’s school collected 3,760 cans of food to pack in boxes for the local food bank. Each box holds 48 cans. Which is the closest estimate of the number of boxes Beth’s school needs to hold all of the cans?
What is 3,760 ÷ 48 ~ 80 boxes?
The Spooktacular Studio had a new art exhibit.
On Thursday 876 people visited the studio.
On Friday 1,532 people visited the studio.
3,917 people went to the studio on Saturday.
How many more people attended the studio on Saturday than on Thursday and Friday combined?
What is 3,917 - (876 + 1,532)= 1,509 people?
On Thursday the Mummy Mart sold 210 bags of lollipops. On Friday they sold twice that amount. On Saturday they only sold 130 bags. How many more lollipops did they sell on Friday than Saturday?
What is 210 x 2 - 130 = 290 bags?
Tara has a box of 1,098 beads for making bracelets. She wants to put 15 beads on each bracelet she makes. What is the greatest number of bracelets Tara can make with these beads?
What is 1,098 ÷ 15 = 73 bracelets?
Mr. Márquez was purchasing donuts for his company meeting. There are 189 total employees that work at his company. If each box of donuts holds 12 donuts, how many boxes will he need to buy so that everyone can have a donut?
What is 189 ÷ 12 = 16 boxes?
Martin has 58 sports cards. He wants to put them in a collectors book. If each page can hold 6 cards, about how many pages will he need?
What is about 58 ÷ 6 ~ 10 pages?
The Eerie Elementary met their goal of reading a certain number of hours during the Fall and earned a school-sponsored field trip. If each field trip ticket costs $28 and there are 186 students, how much does the school need to pay for the tickets?
What is $28 x 186 = $2408?
Harvey wants to buy a gift for his father that costs $37 and a gift for his sister that costs $48. He has saved $13. About how much more does he need to save in order to buy the gifts?
What is about $37 + $48 - $13 = $80?
Doris had $100. She went to the grocery store and bought three gallons of ice cream for $6 each. Then she went to the farmer's market and bought two dozen ears of corn for $5 per dozen. How much money did Faith have left?
What is $100 - (3 x $6 + 2 x 5) = $72?
Grace started her own landscaping business. She charges $6 an hour for mowing lawns and $11 for pulling weeds. In September she mowed lawns for 63 hours and pulled weeds for 9 hours. How much money did she earn in September?
What is ($6 x 63) + ($11 x 9) = $477
William had a lemonade stand last weekend to save money. Friday, he made $18 in lemonade sales. Saturday, he made $34 in lemonade sales. Sunday, he made $26 in lemonade sales. How much total money did William make last weekend?
What is $18 + $34 + $26 = $78?
Marge Monster bought her sister Molli Monster 3 gifts costing $24 each, and her other sister Mary Monster 5 gifts at $18 each. How much money did she spend on Molli and Mary?
What is 3 x $24 + 5 x $18 = $162?
Brayden and Gavin were playing touch football against Cole and Freddy. Touchdowns were worth 7 points. Brayden and Gavin scored 7 touchdowns. Cole and Freddy's team scored 9 touchdowns. How many more points did Cole and Freddy have than Brayden and Gavin?
What is 9 x 7 - 7 x 7 = 14 points?
6 of the classes at school are going to the pumpkin patch. 125 students need to get on buses and each bus holds 48 students. How many buses will the school need?
What is 125 ÷ 48 = 3 buses?
Last week, 5 boxes of books and 4 shelves were delivered to the school library. There were 12 books in each box. The librarian put an equal number of books on each of the shelves. How many books were put on each shelf?
What is 5 x 12 ÷ 4 = 15 books?
Last month Jim drove his car 2,718 miles. That brought the car’s total mileage to 87,416 miles. What was the car’s total mileage before last month?
What is 87,416 - 2,718 = 84,698 miles?
Jennie makes costumes. She can make 7 costumes with 21 yards of material. How many yards of material would be required to make 12 costumes?
What is 21 ÷ 7 x 12 = 36 yards?
Mr. Anderson had 185 books. He sold 25 books to his neighbor and stacked the rest of the books into piles around his house. Each pile of books contained 40 books. How many books did Mr. Anderson make?
What is (185 - 25) ÷ 40 = 4 piles?
Mildred has 458 beads to make jewelry. She made 4 bracelets using 45 beads for each bracelet. Then she made a necklace using 105 beads. How many beads does she have left to make the rest of her jewelry?
What is 458 - (4 x 45 + 105) = 173 beads?
Ms. Stewart bought cookies for the class party. She bought 4 packages with 12 cookies in each package. If she has 20 students, how many cookies will each student get? Will she have any cookies left over?
What is 4 x 12 ÷ 20 = 2 cookies? (Yes, she'll have 8 cookies left over)
Mrs. Lutz had one of her fourth and fifth grade classes create clay sculptures. In the fourth grade class, there were 18 students who each made 3 sculptures. In her fifth grade class, there were 19 students who each made 4 sculptures. How many total sculptures did the two classes make?
What is 18 x 3 + 19 x 4 = 130 sculptures?