Math Word Problems

Shopping

100

Jeffrey bought silly bands for $2.67. He gave the cashier $5. How much change did Jeffrey get back?

$2.33

200

Ms. Melton bought cookies from Adam for $15.98. If Ms. Melton gave Adam $20. How much change did Adam give back to her?

$4.02

300

Kaila wanted to buy 3 items: sunglasses for $29.18, lipgloss for $3.26 and earrings for $19.33. Kaila has $50 with her. Does she have enough money to buy all three items?

No

400

Ben's mother gave him $200. He wanted an iphone for $99, a cd for $19.99 and new videos games for $45. Does Ben have enough money to buy all three items?

Yes

500

Spring has $20. She wants three items: a notebook for $5.99, a pencil sharpener for $12.12 and erasers for $6.00. Can she buy all three items? (Show your work)

no

Population

100

The population of Erica’s hometown is 57,619. What is 57,619 rounded to the nearest thousand?

58,000

200

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Grant School has 1,248 students. Lincoln School has 2,104 students. Franklin School has 1,099 students. Which school has the greatest number of students? By how much?

Lincoln School

300

In December 2008, the population of Passaic was 38,401. In December 2010, the population was 37,014. How many people moved in those two years?

1,387 people

400

The average population of Wallington was 43,787.4 people in 2005. Now the average population is 43,688.4 people. Has Wallington gained or lost people in the past five years and how many people have moved in or out?

lost 99 people

500

Davidson has a population of 14,678 people. When the students attend Davidson College the population of Davidson College jumps up to 20,899 people. How may people attend Davidson College?

6,221 people

Sports

100

Summer walked 3,292 steps yesterday. Taylor walked 3,229 steps. Who walked the farthest?

Summer

200

Nicholas jumped rope for 3.2 seconds and Kedar jumped for 4.6 seconds. How long did both Nicholas and Kedar jump together?

7.8 seconds

300

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Kelly, Ashton and Sam ran a 100-yard dash. Kelly finished in 11.234 seconds, Ashton in 11.244 and Sam in 11.3 seconds. Who won the race?

Kelly

400

Brandon is training for the 200-meter dash. His best running time so far was 31.25 seconds. If Brandon wants to run the dash in 27 seconds, then about how much time must he cut in order to reach his goal?

4.25 seconds

500

List the batting averages from greatest to least. 0.345 0.336 0.6 0.554

0.6; 0.554; 0.345; 0.336

Skills

100

List the following from least to greatest. 98.2; 99.6; 89.8

89.8; 98.2; 99.6

200

Write two hundred sixty-three thousand, ninety-one in standard form.

263,091

300

Write the expanded form of 91,028

 90,000+1,000+20+8

400

Round 3,776.789 to the nearest tenth.

3,776.8

500

New Styles hair stylists charge $28 for each haircut. If they gave 72 haircuts, how much money did they collect, not including tips?

What is $2016.

Miscellaneous

100

What is the difference between 4 2/3 and 2 3/5?

2 1/15

200

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Juan decides to share his 5 candy bars with 8 friends.  If each person gets the same amount of a candy bar how much will each friend get?

5/8 of a candy bar each

300

Earth is about ninety-three million miles from the sun. Write the number in standard form.

93,000,000

400

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Mr. Morales orders 525 new books for next year and asks that we store them for him.  He needs to know how many shelves to order for the stock room.  He tells us each shelf holds a maximum of 45 books.  How many shelves do we tell Mr. Morales to order?

He has to order 12 shelves

500

Mr. Garcia is doing scheduling for next year.  Each 8th grade classroom can have a maximum of 23 students.  He has to place 110 students.  How many classrooms will he need to allocate for his 8th graders?

He will need 5 classrooms