Add/Subtraction Word Problems
A teacher has 52 red markers, 17 black markers, and 29 blue markers. What is the total number of markers?
98
There are 3 boxes with 5 packs of batteries per box. Each pack contains 4 batteries. What is the total number of batteries?
60
Yolanda’s backyard is 10 meters wide and 7 meters long. She just got a new puppy and wants to put a fence up around her yard. How much fencing will she need?
34 meters
A rectangle is divided into 8 rows of unit squares. There are 14 squares in each row. What is the area of the rectangle in square units?
112
The list shows three clues about a number.
-The number is less than 19,952.
-The number is greater than 19,788.
-The number has a digit greater than 6 in the hundreds place.
Which number cannot be the number described?
A. 19,951
B. 19,770
C. 19,857
D. 19,900
B. 19,770
Drake has set a goal to bike 40 miles this month. So far, he has biked 18 miles. How many more miles does he must bike to reach his goal?
22
Ellie has 6 wooden boards. She will cut each board into 6 pieces. Draw and array that Ellie can use to find the number of pieces she will have in all.
* * * * * *
* * * * * *
* * * * * *
* * * * * *
* * * * * *
* * * * * *
Jack was fencing in a play area for his dog. The width was 6 feet and the length was twice as much as the width. What was the perimeter of the dog’s play area?
36 feet
A rectangle is completely covered by unit squares. There are 24 rows of unit squares and 7 squares in each row. What is the area of the rectangle in square units?
168 square units
What is the sum of 8 ten thousands, 1 thousands, 2 hundreds, and 6 ones written in standard form?
A. 8,126
B. 81,206
C. 80,126
D. 81,026
B. 81,206
One morning, a zoo employee put out 225 maps at the ticket counter for visitors to take. At the end of the day, there were 43 maps left. Which equation cannot be used to find the number of maps that visitors took? A. 225 - ___ = 43
B. 43 + ___ = 225
C. __ = 225 - 43
D. __ = 225 + 43
D. __ = 225 + 43
There are 3 boxes of muffins on a store shelf, with 6 muffins per box. After the store is restocked, there are 3 times as many muffins. Which number sentence shows how to find the number of muffins after the store is restocked?
A. 3 + 6 + 3 = __
B. 3 + 6 x 3 = __
C. 3 x 6 x 3 = __
D. 3 x 6 / 3 = __
C. 3 x 6 x 3 = __
The living room is a big rectangle. The perimeter of the living room is 96 feet. 1 side of the living room is 28 feet. What are the lengths of the other 3 sides of the rectangle? How do you know?
28, 28, 20, 20
Gregg counts the square tiles on a rectangular floor. Each tile has an area of 1 square foot. Greg counts 7 rows of tiles with 9 tiles in each row. What is the area of the floor in square feet?
A. 63 square feet
B. 54 square feet
C. 48 square feet
D. 16 square units
A. 63 square feet
The numbers of books at different branches of public library are shown.
-Central Branch: 34,175 books
-Each Branch: 33,966 books
-West Branch: 34,085 books
Which comparison of these numbers is true?
A. 34,175 < 33,966
B. 34,085 > 34,175
C. 33,966 < 34,085
D. 33,966 > 34,175
C. 33,966 < 34,085
At the beginning of the school year, an art teacher had 675 jars of paint. Students used 508 jars during the year. At the end of the year, the teacher bought 125 more jars. How many jars of paint did the teacher have at the end of the year?
292 jars
Toni has 8 flowers boxes. In each box, she planted 3 rows of tulips. There were 4 tulips per row. How many tulips did Toni plant?
96
The perimeter of a rectangle is 24 feet. The width is 4 feet. What is the missing length? How do you know?
4, 4, 8, 8
Isabel counts the square tile on a hallway floor in an office building. The area of each tile is 1 square foot. The floor has 6 rows of tiles with 45 tiles in each row. What is the area of the floor in square feet?
270 square feet
Which statement is a correct comparison?
A. 2/10 > 3/10
B. 2/10 = 3/10
C. 3/10 > 2/10
D. 2/10 > 2/3
C. 3/10 > 2/10
Layla went on three business trips last year.
- In January, she traveled 316 miles.
- In May, she traveled 529 miles.
- In November, she traveled 671 miles.
How many more miles did Layla travel in January and May combined than she traveled in November?
174
-Each pizza was cut into 8 slices.
- There were 10 people at the party.
-Everyone at the party ate the same number of slices.
How many slices did each person eat?
4
The perimeter of a rectangular chalkboard is 50 feet. The top of the chalkboard is 17 feet. What are the lengths of the other 3 sides? How do you know?
17, 17, 8, 8
A rectangular ceiling is covered with square tiles. Each tile has an area of 1 square foot. On the ceiling there are 9 rows of tiles with 38 tiles in each row. What is the area of the ceiling in square feet?
342 square feet
Erik has one piece of ribbon to wrap 3 packages. He cuts the ribbon so that he uses the same length for each package. What fraction of the ribbon does Erik use for each package?
A. 1/6
B. 1/3
C. 3/6
D. 3/8
B. 1/3