Word Problems
A shirt originally costs $40 and is on sale for 25% off. This is the sale price of the shirt.
What is $30?
I am thinking of a number. If you double it and add 7, you get 23. This is my number.
What is 8?
This is the maximum number of substitutions allowed per team in a FIFA soccer match.
What is 5?
This animal sleeps standing up and only needs 2-3 hours of sleep per day.
What is a horse?
This is the smallest planet in our solar system.
What is Mercury?
A car travels 180 miles using 7.5 gallons of gas. This is the car's gas mileage in miles per gallon.
What is 24 miles per gallon?
I am thinking of a fraction. When you multiply me by 2/3, you get 1/2. This is what I am.
What is 3/4?
This is the sport where you might hear terms like "bump," "set," "spike," and "dig."
What is volleyball?
This Antarctic bird cannot fly but can swim up to 22 miles per hour.
What is a penguin?
This scientist developed the theory of relativity and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.
What is Albert Einstein?
Jake invests $500 at 6% simple interest per year. This is how much total money he will have after 3 years.
What is $590?
I cost $12 more than my friend. Together we cost $50. This is how much I cost.
What is $31?
This is the sport where athletes compete in events like the pommel horse, parallel bars, and floor exercise.
What is gymnastics?
This animal has the strongest bite force of any living creature, measuring over 3,700 pounds per square inch.
What is a saltwater crocodile?
This animated movie studio created films like "Toy Story," "Finding Nemo," and "The Incredibles."
What is Pixar?
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A scale drawing has a scale of 1 inch = 15 feet. If a room measures 2.4 inches on the drawing, this is the actual length of the room in feet.
I am a prime number between 10 and 20. When you reverse my digits, I become a different prime number. This is what I am.
What is 13?
In golf, this is what it's called when you score two strokes under par on a hole.
What is an eagle?
This animal's fingerprints are so similar to humans that they can contaminate crime scenes.
What is a koala?
This ancient wonder of the world was located in Egypt and guided ships to safety.
What is the Lighthouse of Alexandria?
A ladder is leaning against a wall. The bottom of the ladder is 9 feet from the base of the wall, and the top of the ladder reaches 12 feet up the wall. This is the length of the ladder in feet.
What is 15 feet?
I am the number of ways you can arrange the letters in the word "MATH" if no letter can be repeated. This is what I am.
What is 24?
This Winter Olympic sport involves athletes sliding down an icy track on a small sled while lying face-down.
What is skeleton?
This animal can survive without its head for several weeks because its brain is located in its body.
What is a cockroach?
This HBO series about dragons and medieval politics was based on books by George R.R. Martin.
What is Game of Thrones?