Word Problems
Finn has 89 goldfish. 32 of the goldfish escaped! How many goldfish are left?
89-32 =57 goldfish
Round to the nearest ten
57
60
What is it skip counting by? What number goes in the blank?
140, 150, ____ , 170, ____, ____, 200
skip counting by 10
160, 180, 190
I am a 3 digit number.
My hundreds digit is even.
My tens digit is 5
My ones digit is 3 more than my ones.
What am I?
258, 458, 658, 858
Show your work.
356 + 454 = ____
810
There are 40 boys and some girls on the playground. There are 117 children altogether. How many girls are on the playground?
117-40 = 77 girls
Round to the nearest 10
88
90
What is it skip counting by? What number goes in the blank?
5, 8, ___, ___, 17, 20, . . .
skip counting by 3
11, 14
I am a 3 digit number.
My hundreds digit is 6 less than my ones.
My tens digit is an odd number.
My ones digit is 9.
What am I?
319, 339, 359, 379, 399
Show your work.
738 + 415 = ____
1,153
Cindy’s mom baked 41 cookies. Paul’s dad baked 38 cookies. Cindy and Paul ate 6 cookies each and then brought them to school for a party. How many cookies did they bring to school altogether?
41 + 38 - 6 - 6 = 67 cookies
Round to the nearest hundred
648
600
What is it skip counting by? What number goes in the blank?
67, 72, 77, ___, ___, ___
skip counting by 5
82, 87, 92
I am a 3 digit number.
My hundreds place is double the tens digit.
My tens digit is 4 less than my ones.
My ones digit is 5.
What am I?
215
Show your work.
924 + _____ = 1,475
551
Jane has 28 brown sheets of drawing paper, 27 yellow sheets of drawing paper, 14 sheets of white drawing paper and a box with 36 pencil crayons. How many pieces of drawing paper does she have?
28 + 27 + 14 = 69 pencils
Round to the nearest hundred
317
320
What is it skip counting by? What number goes in the blank?
125, 122, 119, ____, ____, ____, 107
counting down by 3
116, 113, 110
I am a 4 digit number.
My thousands digit is double of the ones digit.
My hundreds digit is a 8.
My tens digit is half of the hundreds.
My ones digit is half of the tens.
4,842
Show your work.
249 + 357 + 598 = ____
1,204
There were 58 geese, 16 frogs, 7 snakes and 37 ducks in the marsh. How many birds were in the marsh?
58 + 37 = 95 birds
Round to the nearest thousand
8,296
8,000
What is it skip counting by? What number goes in the blank?
90, 84, ___ , ___ , 66, ___
counting down by 6
78, 72, 60
I am a 4 digit number.
My thousands digit is triple my ones digit.
The hundreds is an even number.
My tens digit is a number greater than 5.
My ones digit is a 3.
What am I?
6,263
6,473
6,683
6,893
Show your work.
610 + 428 + ____ = 1,238
200