Sports and School
A teacher had 7 worksheets to grade. If she graded 2 but then had another 6 that were turned in, how many worksheets would she have left to grade?
11
Beth is very superstitious, so she tries to avoid black cats on Halloween. Unfortunately, there are 36 black cats in her city. There are also 23 brown cats and 11 grey cats. Are there more black cats or brown AND grey cats?
Black cats.
Sean Kingston had a box of 64 crayons. He lost 8 of them and his brother broke 3. How many crayons does Sean Kingston have left?
53
For a potluck lunch, Vanessa brought 9 bottles of soda. If someone else had already brought 3 sodas, how many were there total?
9
Ashton had 2 boxes of pencils with 14 pencils in each box. He gave 6 pencils to his brother. How many pencils did Ashton have left?
22
The people who live on Molly's street love to decorate their house for Halloween. Molly's dad put a 5-foot-tall spider in the big tree in their front yard. Their neighbor set up a giant pumpkin that was 4 times as tall as the spider. What is the height of the pumpkin in feet?
20 feet
Harry and Bess have 20 minutes to walk to school together. It takes them 6 minutes to get to the corner where the library is. It takes them another 7 minutes to get to the fire station. How much time do they have left to get to school?
7 minutes
Cody bought 7 boxes of chocolate candy and 3 boxes of caramel candy. If each box has 8 pieces inside, how much candy did he have in total?
80
Sam had to wash 40 short sleeve shirts and 23 long sleeve shirts before school. If he had only washed 29 of them by the time school started, how many were left dirty?
34
Mr. Sherwood didn't like to give candy to trick-or-treaters. Instead, he bought 83 ghost stickers and 149 mummy stickers to give to the kids. How many total stickers did he have to give out?
232 stickers
Demi Lovato runs 2 miles on Monday, 3 miles on Tuesday, and 6 miles on Thursday. How many total miles did Demi Lovato run?
11 miles
For the school bake sale, Katie made pastries. She baked 7 cupcakes and 5 cookies. After the sale, she had 8 to take back home. How many did she sell?
4
In fourth grade, there were 20 students at the start of the year. During the year, 9 students left and 14 new students came to school. How many students were in the fourth grade at the end?
25
The Uptown Movie Theater is showing a scary movie outdoors on Halloween night. The manager set up 11 rows of folding chairs in the parking lot. He put 8 chairs in each row. How many total chairs were in the theater?
88
Alejandra earned $12 on Saturday but she only managed to earn half that amount on Sunday. How much did she earn on Sunday?
$6
At Billy’s Restaurant, a group with 2 adults and 5 children came in to eat. If each meal cost $3 how much was the bill?
$21
Jonathan wants to practice goal kicks for soccer. He decides to have 12 kicks before going home from the park. He takes 5 kicks before taking a break to get a drink of water. He then takes another 4 kicks. Did he kick 12 times?
No
Logan and Laura want to roast pumpkin seeds when they carve their pumpkins. They had 6 large pumpkins, each having 23 seeds. How many total seeds did they have?
138
Felicia has 21 cookies that she wants to make into boxes of 3. How many cookies will go in each box?
7 cookies
Mike invited 13 friends to a birthday party, but 7 couldn’t come. How many DID come to the party?
6