Word Problems
A school orders 63 cases of workbooks with 8 books in each case. How many workbooks are there in all?
504 workbooks
4 x 500
2000
Find the sum of
63,468 + 47,930
111,398
There are 3 checkerboards. Each board has 24 checkers. How many checkers are there in all?
72 checkers
2 x 70
140
The veterinarian tells your friend to feed his dog 36 ounces of dog food each day. He buys a bag with 160 ounces of dog food. Does your friend have enough to feed his dog for 4 days? Explain.
Yes he has enough for 4 days because he has 144 ounces and his bag of food is more than 144 ounces.
5821 x 9
52,389
Find the difference of:
5,179 - 2,931
2,248
There are 178 apple juice boxes for a school picnic. Each juice box holds 8 ounces of juice. How many ounces of juice are there in all?
1424 ounces
Compare.
266,042 299,042
266,042 < 299,042, less than
There are 14 teams playing in a volleyball tournament. There are 6 students on each team. How many students are playing volleyball?
84 students
3 x 154
462
Estimate the product.
2,341 x 72
140000
Newton collects 197 cans to recycle. Descartes collects 15 less than 3 times as many as Newton. How many cans does Descartes collect?
576 cans
Estimate.
317 x 5
1500
An art teacher orders 72 markers. She orders 3 times as many colored pencils. How many more colored pencils does she order?
144 colored pencils
19x12
228
Find the product.
8 x 406
3248
A photo album has 56 pages. Each page holds 8 photos. You put some photos in the album and have room for 135 more photos. How many photos did you put in the album?
313 photos
50 x 9 x 2
900
The length of the Amazon River is 295 miles less than 2 times the length of the Mississippi River. The length of the Mississippi River is 2,320 miles. What is the length of the Amazon River?
4,345 miles
263 x 23
6049
Find the product.
582 x 42
24,444
A scout troop with 7 members earns $1245 on a camping trip for 4 nights. They buy $112 of camping gear for each person and $43 of food for each person. How much money does the scout troop have left?
$160
Find the sum.
68,013 + 64,691
132,704