Word Problems
Aiden has 50 porcupines. He sells 32 of them and gives 4 to his grandma. How many porcupines does Aiden have left?
50-32-4=14
Archer made $3.45 on Monday. On Tuesday he made $3.50. On which day did Archer make more money?
Tuesday
3.50 > 3.45
Whitley has 4 bracelets. Each bracelet has 9 charms on it. She also has another special bracelet with 7 charms on it. How many charms does Whitley have in all?
(4 x 9) + 7 = 43
Makoa is traveling to Thailand. 1 US dollar is 34 Thia Baht. If he exchanges $15 into Thia Baht, how much Thia Baht does he have?
15 x 34 = 510
Zion has 80 times as many baseball cards as JayCee. JayCee has 8 baseball cards. How many does Zion have?
640 baseball cards
80 x J = ___ if J is JayCee's cards
Ivonne made 15 cakes. She has 3 friends. She got ten more cakes made on Tuesday. How many cakes does Ivonne have now?
15 + 10 = 25
Tyler has 6/8 of a giant candy bar. Aspen has 3/4 of a giant candy bar. Who has more?
6/8 = 3/4
Carly has 45 cupcakes. She is putting them into boxes to sell. Carly puts 5 cupcakes into each box. Catherine buys 3 boxes. How many cupcakes did Catherine buy?
5 x 3 = 15
Jaxson's parents agreed to let him buy a new video game system if he paid for half of it. His parents gave him the $170 for their portion. If Sam has saved $109.85 so far, how much more does he need before heading to the store?
170 - 109.85 = $60.15
The US Dollar is equal to 4000 Cambodian Riel. If Knox trades $2.50 US Dollars for Cambodian Riel, how much Cambodian Riel will he have?
4,000 x 2.5 = 10,000
4,000 x 2 is 8,00 and half of 4,000 is 2,000, so when you add that together you get 10,000
Graham wants to give everyone in his class 3 donuts for his birthday. There are 29 students in his class. How many donuts does he need to buy so every student can have 3 donuts?
3 x 29 = 87
Amelia has 1/4 cup of sugar. Tarra has 5/8 cups of sugar and Imar has 3/6 cups of sugar. Which girl has the least amount of sugar.
Tarra
Amelia has less than 1/2, Imar has exactly 1/2 and Tarra has more than 1/2
Ethan danced for 25 minutes at 7 different parties this weekend. How many hours did he dance for in all?
2 hours and 55 minutes
25 x 7 = 175 -> 175 ÷ 60 = 2 R 55
Carson brought pizza for his birthday. There are 64 pieces of pizza. He gives his best friend Ava 5 pieces and keeps 4 pieces for himself. If he gives the remaining pizza to 11 other people. How many pieces will each of those 11 people get if they all get the same amount?
5 pieces a person
(64 - 5 - 4) ÷ 11 = 5
Matias drew 3 circles and 4 squares on his paper. He also drew 12 rectangles. How many straight lines did Matias draw?
64 Straight Lines
circles don't have straight lines and squares/rectangles both have 4 straight lines. So add the number of squares and rectangles and you get 16. 16x4=64
Hannah is raising a cow to show at the fair. The cow eats 24 pounds each day. If Hannah feeds the cow 4 times in one day, how much should she feed it each time?
24÷4=6
Evalani has $562.28. Her friend Alex has $526.82. Who has more?
Evalani
562.28 > 526.82
Adelei is doing her laundry. She has $7. If each load of laundry costs 1 quarter, how many loads of laundry can Adelei do?
7 x 4 = 28 loads of laundry
Levi has 457 burritos. He gave his little sister 21 of them and his friend Lyesa 32. He then split the remaining burritos with Elsie so they both had the same amount. How many burritos does Levi have left?
201 burritos
Jonathan drew 30 triangles on his paper. How many lines did he draw?
90 Lines
a triangle has 3 lines, so 3 x 30 = 90
Mike got 234,176 points on a Blooket game. He lost half of his points when Owen guessed his password. That left him with 117,088 points. Lincoln has 45,208 points. How many more points does Mike have than Lincoln?
117,088 - 45,208 = 71,880
Jordan ate 3.03 hotdogs at a hotdog eating contest. Hunter ate 3.209 hotdogs and Kera ate 3.06729 hotdogs. Who ate the most?
Hunter
Every major league baseball has exactly 108 stitches. If a game typically uses about 5 dozen baseballs, how many stitches in all would this be?
108 x (5 x 12) = 6,480
*A dozen is 12*
Elise got a score of 9/10 on her last test. She wants to know what percent out of 100 she got. What is it?
90%
9/10 = 90/100
Agustin scored 8/10 on his RISE test. What percent out of 100 did he score?
80%
8/10 = 80/100