Word Problems
Multiplication
Area
Fractions
Mystery
100
There are 403 books in the library. The librarian donates 217 of these books to charity. How many books are left in the library after she donates them?
186 books
100
What number multiplied by 7 equals 49?
7
100
What is the area of this shape in square units?
24 square units
100
Write a fraction that is equivalent to 4
4/1 , 8/2, answers may vary
100
What is the total amount of water, to the nearest liter, in the container?
8 liters
200
There are 6 coins in each bag. Each coin has a mass of 8 grams. What is the total mass of all the coins?
48 grams
200
What is the product of
6 x 40=?
240
200
What is the area of the figure? Must include units
43 square feet
200
Is the following statement true or false? Explain how you know.
2/4 = 3/6
True because they are both equal to 1/2, half the total parts are shaded (Answers can vary)
200
What are the missing two numbers in the pattern below and what is the rule:
13, ______, 25, 31,_______
+ or - 6 , 19 and 31
300
Caroline has a total of 36 stickers. She has 4 pages in her scrapbook and wants each page to have the same number of stickers. Write and solve an equation that represents how many stickers Caroline will put on each page.
36 divided by 4 = 9 stickers
300
Write a multiplication equation that is represented by the number line.
5x3=15
3 jumps (groups) of 5
300
How many unit squares are needed to find the area of a rectangle that is 36 square units?
36
300
Write a fraction that is equivalent to 2/8
1/4 , answers can vary
300
Mrs. Lopez gets to work at 7:20am. It takes her 40 minutes to get to work from her house. What time did Mrs. Lopez leave her house?
6:40am
400
Last week, Owen ate 2 cookies each day for 5 days. This week he ate 2 cookies each day for 4 days. Write an equation that can be used to represent the total number of cookies Owen ate in these two weeks?
(2x5) + (2x4)
or
2 x (5+4)
400
What is the product of 4x28?
112
400
Write an addition AND multiplication expression that can be used to find the area of the shape.
5 x 7 and 7+7+7+7+7
Can also be the other way around
400
Which of the following figures is equivalent to 2/4?
Choice D
400
Write a number that rounds to 200 when rounded to the nearest ten.
Answers will vary
examples: 196, 202
500
A tennis coach buys 6 cans of tennis balls. There are 4 tennis balls in each can. All of the tennis balls will be shared equally among 8 players. How many tennis balls will each player get?
3 tennis balls
500
Ms. Wieland says that 4x9 can help solve 4x90 because you just add a zero to your answer and you get 360.
Do you agree with Ms. Wieland? Why or why not?
No because... (should mention about relationship between the place values getting 10x bigger)
500
What is the difference between the area of the blue bathroom and the area of the green bathroom?
8 square feet
500
Compare the following two fractions using < , >, or =
4/6 and 4/8
Explain how you know your answer to be true.
4/6 > 4/8 because there are less total parts therefore each piece is bigger! (Answers may vary)
500
Write the following number in BOTH expanded and word form:
2,425
2,000+400+20+5
two thousand four hundred twenty five