Money
Money Word Problems
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Clock
Clock Word Problems
100

The fraction for $0.25.

What is 25/100 or 1/4?

100

Tom went to the park and found a coin on the ground that is 1/10. What coin did he find?

What is a dime?

100

1/2 + 1/3. Solve and identify the strategy.

What is Clock fractions?

3/6 + 2/6= 5/6

100

1 minute on the clock. Model and write as a fraction.

What is 1/60?


100

Quinn has to do 20 minutes of homework after school. What fraction of a clock is 20 minutes? Solve and model.

1/3. Hold up model.

200

The fraction for two nickels out of a dollar.

What is 10/100 or 1/10?

200

Bellamy's grandfather gave him one dollar and 15 cents to buy a bottle of water. What is the fraction and decimal representation?

What is $1.15 and 1 15/100 or 1 3/20

200

1/10 + 3/4. Solve and Identify the strategy.

What is Money?

One dime and three quarters 85/100 = 17/20


200

1/3. Draw a representation of this fraction on a clock. How many minutes?

What is 20 minutes?


200

Sara spent 15 minutes playing the trumpet after school. She then spent 30 minutes playing the bells. How much time did she spend playing music in total? Represent as fractions and solve.

 What is 1/4+ 1/2 = 3/4 an hour? (45 minutes)

300

The decimal and the fraction representation for 5 pennies, and five nickels. 

What is $0.30 and 30/100 or 3/10?

300

Sally went to the self- serve car wash and it cost $2 for 5 minutes and the machine only took quarters. Sally wanted to wash her car for 10 minutes. How many quarters does she need for 10 minutes?

What is 16 quarters?

300

3/4- 1/6. Solve and Identify the strategy.

What is clock?

9/12-2/12= 8/12= 2/3

300

4/6 + 1/3. Solve and model.

What is 1 hour?

300

Marissa and her family drove to the museum today for a family outing. The drive there took 25 minutes. When they left there was traffic, so the drive home was 30 minutes. How long were they driving today in total? Represent as a fraction and solve.

What is 11/12 of an hour? (55 minutes)

25/60  or 5/12 + 30/60 or 6/12  = 55/60 or 11/12.

400

The decimal and the fraction for 6 pennies, a half dollar, and 1 quarter.

What is $0.81 and 81/100?

400

John needed $0.75 for a gum ball machine. He gives his mom one dollar and asks for change. She gives him four coins that make up a dollar. What coins did she give him? How many does he have left after getting his gum ball? Solve and represent as fractions.

What is quarters, 4/4-3/4=1/4 and 1 quarter?

400

1/20 + 8/10. Sole and identify the strategy.

What is money?

17/20

400

6/12 + 1/6. Solve and Model.

What is 8/12 (2/3)? Hold up model.

400

Charlie spent 1/2 an hour doing chores and her brother, Sam, spent 1/6 of an hour doing chores. How many more minutes of chores did Charlie do than Sam? Solve.

What is 25 minutes?

1/2 and hour = 30 minutes and 1/6 an hour = 10 minutes/ 35-10=25 minutes.

500

What is the decimal, fraction, and model for one dollar, 2 nickels, 5 pennies, 1 quarter, and 3 dimes?

What is $1.70 and 1 7/10? (Models may vary)

500

Emily broke open her piggy bank and was so excited. However, she was disappointed because out came only 10 quarters, 2 nickels, 3 pennies, and 1 dime. How much money does she have in total? Write as a fraction addition problem.

What is $2.73?

 4/4 +4/4 + 1/2 + 1/10 + 1/10 + 3/100 = 2 73/100

500

1/2

What is Clock or Money?

500

1/4+1/4+1/3. Solve and Model.

What is 10/12? Hold up model.

500

Gertrude had an hour until she had to leave school for a doctors appointment. She spent the first 1/3 hour in her reading class. How much time does she have left until she has to go home?

What is 2/3 of an hour? (40 minutes)

12/12- 4/12 =8/12= 2/3.

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