Easy Word Problems
A pet store has 40 kittens. They put 5 kittens in each cage. How many cages do they need?
8 cages
A school cafeteria has 180 sandwiches. If each student gets 3 sandwiches, how many students can get sandwiches?
60 students
A stadium has 18 sections with 450 seats in each section. Tickets cost $12 each. If all seats are sold, how much money will the stadium make?
$97,200 the stadium made
What ocean is the largest on Earth?
Pacific Ocean
What is the largest animal in the world?
Blue Whale
Sarah has 15 bags of candy. Each bag has 8 pieces. How many pieces of candy does she have altogether?
120 pieces
A soccer team has 12 players. Each player drinks 2 bottles of water during practice. How many bottles of water are needed for the team?
24 bottles
A school orders 320 pencils for its students. Each student receives 8 pencils. If there are 28 students, how many pencils will be left over?
96 pencils left over
Who is the first man on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
What the 7th month of the year?
July
A library has 90 books. They are putting 10 books on each shelf. How many shelves will they need?
9 shelves
A teacher buys 48 crayons for 8 students. If each student gets the same number of crayons, how many does each student get?
6 crayons
A field trip has 35 students and 4 teachers. Bus rental costs $200, and tickets to the science museum cost $9 per student and $12 per teacher. What is the total cost for the trip?
$563 for the total cost of the trip
What organ in your body pumps blood?
The heart
What is the capital of New York?
Albany
There are 24 students in a class. Each student needs 3 pencils. How many pencils are needed in total?
72 pencils
A movie theater has 250 seats. Tickets cost $7 each. If all seats are sold, how much money will the theater make?
$1,750 the theater made
A factory produces 1,250 toy cars in a week. They pack 25 cars in each box. If each box sells for $50, how much money will the factory make from all the boxes?
$2,500 money made from the boxes
What planet is the Red Planet?
What instrument is used to measure temperature?
Thermometer
A baker made 48 cupcakes. She wants to put 6 cupcakes in each box. How many boxes can she fill?
8 boxes
A zoo has 36 monkeys. They are divided evenly into 6 enclosures. How many monkeys are in each enclosure?
6 monkeys
A bookstore has 120 novels. They want to make gift bundles of 6 novels each. If each bundle is sold for $18, how much money will the bookstore earn if all bundles are sold?
$360 earned for the bookstore
Who wrote the Harry Potter series?
J.K. Rowling
How many days are in a year?
365 days