Error Analysis
1 Step word problems
2 Step word problems with 2 different operations
Unknown Variables
Reasonableness of a word problem
100
Jessica is counting her Halloween candy. She has 64 Banana Saltwater Taffies , 75 Kit Kats ,54 M&M's packets , and 89 Nerds boxes. She wants to add all of the amounts of candy that she has together then divide that by 2.She says that if she where to add then divide that number by 2 had together she would get 280. Where did she go wrong? Did she get the right answer if not what is the right answer?
What she did wrong is that she subtracted 2 instead of dividing by two. If she would have divided by two she would have gotten as the 141 right answer.
100
Sabrina has 890 necklaces she wants to give half of them to her friend Gabrielle. How many necklaces does she have left?
Sabrina has 445 necklaces left.
100
Zoe has 129 charm bracelets. She goes to the store and buys 4 times as many charm bracelets than she originally had. Then she split them into 3 groups. How many charm bracelets are in each group?
There is 172 charm bracelets in each group. Because once you multiply 129 by 4 you get 516 and once you divide that by three you get 172
100
Austin has some toy skateboards. His friend gave him 264 skate boards. Now he has 473 skateboards. How many skate boards did he have before his friend gave him more?
He had 209 skateboards before his friend gave him more.
100
Paul is building the Jenga tower he has staked 8 levels already .If there is 10 pieces on each level how many pieces has he used.
He has used 80 pieces.
200
Dana is counting her headbands. She has 156 of them, she has 7 friends that each gave her the same number of head bands that she had already.She wants to multiply the number of headbands that she already had by seven to figure out how many headbands she has.She says that she has 1090 head bands? Where did she go wrong? What is the right answer?
She went wrong when she was multiplying 7 and 6 she got 40 instead of 42. If she would have multiplied right she would have gotten 1092 as her answer.
200
Milo has 8642 toys he doesn't want anymore so he splits them evenly between his 2 siblings . How many toys will each of his siblings get?
His two siblings would each get 4321 toys.
200
Brandy has a flower garden, there is 576 flowers in her garden. She wants her garden to be full of flowers. So she goes to the store and buys 2 times as many flowers as she already has. Then she decides that she wants to dedicate one half of her garden to fruits and vegetables. How many flowers will she have in her garden now?
Brandy will have 576 flowers in her garden.
200
Alex has a cheer competition that is a long way away. her next competition is 1530 miles away. She says that she went 2295 miles between the two trips. How many miles away was her first competition?
Her first competition is 765 miles away.
200
Jenna is having a party, she will have 15 guests. If each guest eats 3 pieces of pizza and one large pizza has 10 slices how many pizzas will Jenna have to buy?
She will buy 5 pizzas because if each guest eats 3 slices that is 45 pieces and 4 pizzas is only 40 pieces of pizza and that is not enough pieces of pizza for 15 to have 3 slices each so she will have to buy 5 pizzas.
300
Liza loves to play goalie in soccer. She let 78 goals go past her in the season. Her friend Madison let 6 times as many goals go past her as Liza. Liza says that Madison let 470 goals go past her. Where did Liza go wrong? What is the right answer?
Liza went wrong when she multiplied 8 and 6 instead of getting 48 she got 50 if she would have multiplied right she would have gotten 468 as her answer not 470.
300
Leo has 7296 pieces of colored paper he wants to split them evenly among his 6 friends. How many pieces of paper will each friend get?
Each friend will get 1216 pieces of Leo's colorful paper.
300
Richard has 836 books on computer programming. For his birthday he got 8 times as many books as he originally had. He splits the books up into 6 groups because he wanted to give them to six of his friends. How many books will each friend get?
Each friend will get 1114 books and Richard will have 4 books to keep to himself.
300
Roxy the dog has some toys. Her owner buys her 4 times as many toys as she originally had suddenly she has 368 toys. How many toys did she originally have?
Roxy had 92 toys before her owner bought her more.
300
Anna has a carpet that is 17 feet long and 10 feet wide.If her living room is 165 square feet will her new carpet fit in her living room?
No it wont because 17 times 10 is 170 square feet not 165 square feet.
400
Batman has 567 capes he wants to give his friends equal amounts of his capes. If he has 9 friends that he wants to give capes to how many capes will each friend get? Batman says that each friend will get 64 capes. Where did he go wrong? What is the correct answer?
The correct answer is 63 . Batman went wrong when he was dividing instead of putting three on top of the seven he put 4.
400
Sayge caught 83 fish while he was fishing. His friend Roy caught 9 times as many fish as Sayge. How many fish did Roy catch?
Roy caught 747 fish.
400
Rebecca has 908 cows. When half die she buys 5 times as many cows as she has now. How many cows does she have now?
She has 2,770 cows.
400
Nova has some bags of Catnip. If Blade her owner buys her six times as much Catnip she already had she would have 390 bags of Catnip. How many bags of Catnip did she have originally?
She had 65 original bags of Catnip.
400
Bella my dog loves to bury her bones. If she buries about 15 bones a day how many days will it take her to bury 225 bones?
It will take 15 days.
500
Robin has 123,456 masks he wants to distribute them evenly among his 6 friends. He says that each friend will get 25,076 masks each. Where did he go wrong?What is the correct answer?
The correct answer is 20576.Robin went wrong when he was dividing , he put the 5 above the three when he was supposed to put the 5 above the 4.
500
Lola has 875,854 beads that are for bracelets. If one bracelet can fit 14 beads on it how many bracelets can she make?
She can make 62,561 bracelets.
500
Walmart has new Chewbacca masks. They ran out so fast that they had to stock up on more so the didn't have to get more every day. If the first time they got the masks they ordered 1,789 and they sold out almost instantly than they had to get more in their second shipment. For their second shipment they bought nine times as many masks as the bought in the first shipment. When only one person bought one the knew they craze was over so they donated them to 8 charities. How many masks does each charity get?
Each charity will get 2125 because when you multiply 1789 by 9 you get 16,101 but you have to subtract one because one person bought one. Then you divide by 8 and you get 2125.
500
Kelly has some soccer balls. She goes to the mall and buys 8 times as many soccer balls as she already has. If she has 4,312 soccer balls how many soccer balls did she have to begin with?
Kelly had 539 soccer balls to begin with.
500
Susie goes to class 4 times a week.If she goes for 9 hours every day. If she did that for 41 weeks how many hours would she spend at school?
She would spend 1,476 hours at school.
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