Word Problems
Lisa puts 3 ice cubes in each cup of lemonade. She uses a total of 12 ice cubes. How many cups of lemonade does Lisa make?
36 cups
Fill in the blank:
15 x 5 = (10 x 5 ) + (__ x 5)
15 x 5 = 50 + 25
15 x 5 = 75
5
12 / 2 = ?
12 / 2 = 6
10 x 3 = ?
10 x 3 = 30
How many quarters do I need to make $2.00 if I have $0.50?
6 quarters
Zachary puts 25 pieces of candy into 5 bags. How many pieces of candy are in each bag?
5 pieces of candy
Place parenthesis around the second equation to make them balanced:
8 x 5 = 4 x 2 x 5
8 x 5 = (4 x 2) x 5 OR
8 x 5 = 4 x (2 x 5)
54 / 6 = ?
54 / 6 = 9
7 x 6 = ?
7 x 6 = 42
13 cents + ____ cents = $1.00
87 cents
Charlie picked 2 apples from his apple tree everyday for 8 days. How many apples did Charlie pick altogether?
16 Apples
9 x 3
9 x 3 ones = 27 ones OR
9 ones x 3= 27 ones
Tom has 30 dog treats. He gives 3 treats to each of his dogs. How many dogs does Tom have?
10 dogs
6 x 8 = ?
6 x 8 = 48
How many nickels are on a dollar?
20 nickles
Mrs. Smith plants 16 carrots in her garden. She plants 4 rows. Fill in the blanks below to say a true division sentence.
____ /_____=_____
16/4=4
Ali had 54 bracelets. She gave away 14 of them and then sold the rest for $5 a piece. How much money did she make?
$200
Kathy equally divides 28 pieces of chocolate between her four children. How many pieces of chocolate will each child receive?
7 pieces of chocolate
Steven places 6 rows of 4 water bottles on his kitchen table. How many water bottles were there total?
24 water bottles
What is a half dollar worth?
$0.50
Mr. Jones plants 10 tomato plants in his garden. He plants 5 rows. He then adds 2 more identical rows of carrots to his 5 original rows. How many tomatoes does he have altogether?
10/5=2
2 tomatoes per row
2+2=4
10+4=14
John and his three friends each bought a slice of pizza. Each slice costed $3. How much money did they spend altogether?
$12
100 / 10 = ?
100 / 10 = 10
There are 22 players on the field during a football game. They form 2 equal teams. How many players are on each team?
11 players
If I added four quarters, three dimes, one nickel, and five pennies together, how much money would I have?
$1.40