Whole # Word Problems
Joey wanted to create a mixture. He poured 12oz of sand and 32oz of dirt into a jar. As he went to put it up he accidentally spilled 8oz. How much was left in the jar?
12 + 32 - 8 = 36oz
Bill reads 1/8 of a book on Monday. He reads 2/3 of the book on Tuesday. If he finishes reading the book on Wednesday, what fraction of the book did he read on Wednesday?
2/15
Patrick bought lunch at the school fair. He bought 3 hotdogs for $4.50 each and 2 hamburgers for $5.60 each. He also used a coupon for $2 off the price of lunch. How much money did he spend on lunch altogether?
$22.70
A carton of eggs costs $2.90 and a package of bacon costs $3.10. How much does it cost to buy 2 cartons of eggs and 1 package of bacon?
2 x $2.90 = $5.80 for the eggs $5.80 + $3.10 = $8.90 It would cost a total of $8.90 for the eggs and bacon.
The record high January temperature in Austin, Texas is 90o F. The record low temperature is -2o F. Find the difference between the high and low temperatures.
92o F
Sammy is helping set up for her sister's graduation party. There are 7 tables and her Mom wants an equal number of plates on each table. If there are 61 plates, how many will each table have?
What is 8 plates
Kiarah has 14 4/5 pounds of birdseed to fill bird feeders. Each feeder holds 2 7/8 pounds of birdseed. About how many bird feeders can she fill?
14 4/5 divided by 2 7/8 =
since it says about, she can fill 5 bird feeders with some left over
You buy 3.25 pounds of pink shrimp at 17.95 per pound. You pay with three$20 bills. How much change do you receive?
1.66
Lauren needs to buy 3 boxes of cereal. A regular box of cereal costs $3.18 at the store. A 3-pack cost $8.99. How much cheaper is buying a 3-pack than 3 individual boxes?
(3.18 x 3) - 8.99 = $0.55
A seal is swimming in the ocean 5 feet below sea level. It dives down 12 feet to catch some fish. Then, the seal swims 8 feet toward the surface with its catch. What is the seal's final elevation relative to sea level?
-9 feet or 9 feet below sea level
Brooklynn makes 5 tik toks and posts on instagram 2 times each day. How many posts total will she make in 30 days?
150 tik toks and 60 instagram posts.
210 posts all together
Julie ate 5 2/3 pancakes today and 3 1/5 pancakes yesterday. She eats that amount every week for 3 weeks. How many pancakes will she eat in all?
26 3/5
Morgan had 2.76 pounds of candy from trick-or-treating. She saved 0.84 pounds of candy for herself and then split the rest evenly to give each of her 3 friends. How much candy, in pounds, did Morgan give to each of her friends?
2.67 - 0.84 = 1.92 pounds to split
1.92 divided by 3
She gave 0.64 lbs of candy to each of her friends.
Jan calls her cousin Tom every week. It costs $0.47 for the first minute and $0.27 for each additional minute. How much does Jan pay for a 9 minute call?
What is $2.63
This morning, it was -21 ºC. In the afternoon, the temperature increased by 10 degrees, but by nighttime, it dropped by 15 degrees. What was the temperature at night?
-26 ºC
On Monday the ice cream shop sold 42 ice cream cones. On Tuesday they sold 3 times that amount of ice cream cones. On Wednesday they only sold 38 ice cream cones. How many more ice cream cones did they sell on Tuesday than on Wednesday?
88 ice cream cones
Justice has 3 video games. He plays each one for 4 1/2 hours, every day, for 3 days. How many hours does he play in all?
40 1/2
Mrs. Sprinkle is making cookies for the EW teachers that are working from school. Each batch of cookies needs 0.4 cups of sugar, and each batch can make 16 cookies. If Mrs. Sprinkle is making 64 cookies, how much sugar does she need?
1.4 cups
Autumn is ordering cookies for a party. She wants to order 12 chocolate chip cookies for $1.25 each and 6 frosted cookies for $1.40 each. How much will she spend on cookies?
(12 x 1.25) + (6 x 1.40) = $23.40
The elevator starts at level 0. It rises 6 floors. Then rises 4 more. Then goes down 3 floors. Then down 11 floors. Finally, it goes up 6 floors. Where does the elevator stop?
2nd floor
Libby had 346 beads to use for friendship bracelets. She used 25 beads for her own bracelet, and then split the remaining beads equally among her 3 friends. How many beads did each of the friends get?
107 beads
Kareem swam 37 laps in the pool on Saturday. He swam 4/5 that amount on Sunday. How any laps did he swim on Sunday. Jordan swam 15 1/10 laps less than Kareem did on Sunday. How many did laps did Jordan swim?
14 1/2
Hazel is going to the movies with her friends. She mixed 4.9 ounces of kettle corn, 6.42 ounces of caramel corn, and 5.83 ounces of cheddar popcorn. If she splits the popcorn mix evenly into three containers, how many ounces of the mix will be in each container?
6.42 + 5.83 + 4.90 = 17.15
17.15 divided by 3 = 5.716 ounces in each container.
A music store is having a Black Friday sale. The stole will give $5 off for the second item a customer purchases. Emma wants to buy a pair of headphones for $25 and a CD for $18.50. How much does she need to pay in total? Show your work.
Emma will pay $38.50 in total
Jim and Carla are scuba diving.
Jim started out 10 feet below the surface. He descended 18 feet, rose 5 feet, and descended 10 more. Then he rested.
Carla started out 5 feet below the surface, then she descended 20 feet, rose 5 feet, and descended another 18 feet. Then she rested.
Which person rested at the deepest elevation?
Carla