Word Problems
A Golfcrest Shop sells dresses for $10 each. In January, they sold 3,522 dresses. How much money did the Golfcrest Shop make in January from these sales?
$35,220.00
Jayden decorated the Science Lab and used blue, orange, and grey on the walls.
* He used 2 4/8 gallons of blue color
* He used 3 2/8 gallons of orange color
* He used 1 3/8 gallons of grey color
What is the difference between the amount of grey color and the combined amount of blue and orange color Jayden used?
a. 6 gallons
b. 5 6/8 gallons
c. 4 3/8 gallons
d. 7/8 gallons
What is 4 3/8 gallons??
Jayden's walking stick is 35.6 centimeters long. Which mixed number is equivalent to 35.6?
a. 35 1/6
b. 35 1/60
c. 35 6/10
d 35 6/100
What is 35 6/10?
The visitors to several cities in 2020 are listed below.
Houston - 250,266,379
New York - 258,389,246
Los Angeles - 250,265,215
Chicago - 250,265,299
Which city would be third on the list if they are listed from least to greatest?
What is Houston with 250,266,379?
Mr. Blanco wrote a number in expanded notation:
(2 x 1,000,000) + (8 x 10,000) + (7 x 100) + (4 x 1)
Ms. Vanega wrote a number in expanded notation:
(2 x 1,000,000) + (8 x 10,000) + (3 x 1,000) x (4 x 1)
Who wrote the larger number? Explain your thinking.
Who is Ms. Vanega because she has more in the thousands place value.
Using the table below which shows the number of bags of chips the cafeteria sold each week last month.
Week Number of Bags Sold
1 879
2 653
3 713
4 531
Which of these is the best estimate of the number of bags of chips the cafeteria sold last month?
Is 2,800 the number of bags of chips sold?
Micah bought a huge caramel pretzel. In 30 minutes, he ate 5/9 of the huge caramel pretzel. Which is closest to the fraction of the caramel pretzel he had left?
f. More than 3/4 of the pretzel was left.
g. More than 1/2 of the pretzel was left.
h. About 1/2 of the pretzel was left.
j. About 3/4 of the pretzel was left.
Is the fraction of the caramel pretzel Micah had left was about 1/2?
Which statement is true about the number 627,381.28 are true? Select all correct answers.
a. The value of the digit 2 is (2 x 1,000).
b. The value of the digit 8 is (8 x 0.1).
c. The value of the digit 6 is (6 x 10,000).
d. The value of the digit 2 is (2 x 0.10).
e. The value of the digit 7 is (7 x 1,000).
What is the digit 2 is (2 x 0.10) and the digit 7 is (7 x 1,000)?
Adriel and Anthony bought bags of chips for the entire third through fourth grade classes at Golfcrest.
Adriel bought 89 bags of chips.
Anthony bought 100 times as many bags of chips as Adriel.
How many bags of chips did Anthony buy for Golfcrest?
a. 8,900
b. 890
c. 89,000
d. 89.10
What is 8,900?
Raquel's family took a drive of 752 miles over four days on a trip to El Paso, Texas. The family drove over four days for the same distance each day.
How many miles did Raquel's family drive in one day?
What is 188 miles?
Alexis has 65 emoji cards in her collection. Jayden has five times as many emoji cards as Alexis. Jayden buys 50 more emoji cards.
What equation can be used to find c, the number of emoji cards Jayden has in his collection now?
a. 5 x 65 + 50 = c
b. 5 x 65 - 50 = c
c. 5 + 65 - 50 = c
d. 5 + 65 + 50 = c
Is the equation 5 x 65 + 50 = c
A stadium sold 44,400 tickets to a concert. What statement about the number is true?
a. The value of the digit in the tens place is 10 times the value of the digit in the hundreds place.
b. The value of the digit in the thousands place is 1/10 the value of the digit in the ten thousands place.
c. The value of the digit in the hundreds place is 10 times the value of the digit in the thousands place.
d. The value of the digit in the ten thousands place is 1/10 the value of the digit in the hundreds place.
Is the value of the digit in the thousands place is 1/10 the value of the digit in the ten thousands place?
What are the decimal points between 0 and 1 in this invisible number line counting by?
0 1
a. tens
b. tenths
c. hundreds
d hundredths
What are tenths?
Jorge described a number using these clues.
* the value of the digit 2 is (2 x 0.01).
* the value of the digit 3 is (3 x 1,000).
* the value of the digit 7 is (1 x10).
Which number could fit Jorge's description?
a. 3,175.02
b. 93, 075.01
c. 3,651.70
d. 9,372.01
What is 3,175.02?
There are 1,421 seats at the Golfcrest Movie Theater. The theater has 7 sections. Each section has the same number of seats.
How many seats are in each section?
What is 203?
A factory produces 650 computers every day. The factory makes 250 more computers than tablets per day.
Which equation can be used to find x, the total number of computers and tablets the factory makes in one day?
Is the equation x = 650 + 650 - 250?
Cameron's pen is 13.7 centimeters long. Which mixed number is equivalent to 13.7?
a. 13 1/7
b 13 1/70
c 13 7/10
d 13 7/100
Is 13 7/10 equivalent to 13.7?
What is the invisible number line counting by in decimal points between 0 and 0.1 with 9 tick marks on the line between 0 and 0.1?
0 0.1
a. hundreds
b. tens
c. hundredths
d. tenths
What are hundredths?
Which statement about the number 726,483.19 is true?
f. The digit 9 has a value of (9 x 100).
g. The digit 4 has a value of (4 x 100).
h. The digit 8 has a value of (8 x 0.1).
j. The digit 2 has a value of (2 x 10).
What is the digit 4 has a value of (4 x 100)?
A bag of snack mix weighs 8 9/100 ounces. What decimal is equivalent to 8 9/100?
What is 8.09?
Jorge wants to buy pants for $19.29 and a backpack for $11.48. He will pay for both items with a $50 bill.
How much change should Jorge receive from his $50 bill??
Is $19.23 the amount Jorge should receive back from his $50 bill?
The thickness of Alexis' cell phone is 3/8 inch. The thickness of Adriel's cell phone is less than Alexis'.
Which measurements could be the thickness of Adriel's cell phone? Select all correct answers.
a. 2/5 inch
b. 4/7 inch
c. 1/3 inch
d 5/6 inch
e. 2/6 inch
f. 4/12 inch
What is 1/3 and 4/12 inch?
Given the number 52.43; what is the value of the 4 if it's 10 times greater than the value of the 4 in 52.43, but in a random set of numbers?
a. 56.43
b. 54.33
c. 42.56
d. 52.34
What is 54.33?
Leonardo is 57.92 inches tall. Anthony's height in inches also includes the digit 9. For Anthony's height, the value of the 9 is 10 times greater than the value of the 9 in 57.92.
Which could be Anthony's height in inches?
a. 69.72
b. 59.75
c. 67.95
d. 73.25
What is the 59.75?
An office had three baskets of letters ready to be mailed. The first basket was 2/10 full, the second basket was 3/6 full, and the third basket was 1/5 full. Which comparison is true?
a. 1/5 > 3/6
b. 2/10 = 1/5
c. 3/6 < 2/10
d. 1/5 > 2/10
What is 2/10 = 1/5?
The list shows the numbers of plants William planted in four weeks.
* He planted 117 plants in the first week
* He planted 362 plants in the second week
* He planted 254 plants in the third week
Williams wants to plant a total of 1,000 plants.
How many more plants does William need to plant?
Record your answer in a place value chart with bubbles you create.
What is 267 more?
Which statement about the fractions 3/9 and 6/18 is true?
a. These fractions are equivalent, because their denominators are one-third their numerators.
b. These fractions are equivalent, because their denominators are triple their numerators.
c. These fractions are both equal to 1, because their denominators are greater than their numberators.
d. These fractions are both greater than 1, because their denominator are greater than their numerators.
What is b, these fractions are equivalent, because their denominators are triple their numerators.
The distance from San Francisco, California to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is 2, 875.1 miles. How is this number written in expanded notation?
a. (2 x 1,000) + (8 x 100) + (7 x 1) + (5 x 10) + (1 x 0.01).
b. (2 x 1,000) + (8 x 100) + (7 x 10) + (5 x 1) + (1 x 0.1)
c. (2 x 100) + (8 x 10) + (7 x 1) + (5 x 0.01) + (1 x 0.1)
d. (2 x 1,000) + (8 x 10,000) + (7 x 10) + (5 x 1) + (1 x 0.1)
What is b (2 x 1,000) + (8 x 100) + (7 x 10) + (5 x 1) + (1 x 0.1).
Genesis sold 3,227 lollipops. Alicyn sold 8 times as many lollipops as Genesis. How many lollipops did Alicyn sell?
Record your answer in a place value chart that you create.
What is 25,816?
Raquel needs 14/5 feet of yellow tape and 2 4/5 feet of purple tape to create an area rug for her friend. Which comparison is true?
a. 14/5 > 2 4/5
b. 14/5 = 2 4/5
c. 14/5 < 2 4/5
d. None of these
What is 14/5 = 2 4/5?