Word Problems
There are 18 toys in a sandbox. If 3 children want to share them equally, how many toys will each child get?
6
Round these two numbers to the nearest 10: 402 and 599
Now add them. What is the sum?
1,000
Is 1/5 greater than (>), less than (<) or equal to 2/4?
less than (<)
What time is 45 minutes after 7:30?
8:15
Lizzy and Jasera had a pie eating contest. Each pie has 6 pieces. All together Lizzy and Jasera ate 36 pieces of pie. How many pies did they eat in all?
6 pies
On Halloween, Shaina got 683 pieces of Starburst, LifeSavers, and Reeses. If she got 253 pieces of Starburst and 48 Reeses, how many LifeSavers did she get?
382 LifeSavers
Round these two numbers to the nearest 10:
439 and 321
Now subtract them. What is the difference?
120
2/5 +2/5 =
4/5
Tim has 42 liters of water that he wants to split evenly between 6 buckets. How many liters will be in each bucket?
7 liters
35 crayons go into 7 boxes. Each box hold an equal number of crayons. How many fit in each box?
5 crayons
Craig has a twenty dollar bill. He buys 6 squirt guns for $2 each. How much money did Craig have left?
$8 (8 dollars)
Round these two numbers to the nearest 100: 429 and 832
Now add them. What is the sum?
1,200
Place ½, 1/8, ¼ and 1/3 in order from greatest to least.
1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/8
What is 23 minutes before 4:30?
4:07
Karlee went to the donut shop with Kaylee. Karlee chose 3 boxes that each had 5 donuts. Kaylee chose a 2 boxes that each had 7 donuts. Who had more donuts?
Karlee had more donuts. She had 15 donuts and Kaylee had 14 donuts. Karlee had 1 more donut.
Marietta has 40 red goldfish, 63 green goldfish, and some yellow goldfish. If she has 204 goldfish all together, how many yellow goldfish does she have?
101 yellow goldfish
Round these two numbers to the nearest 100: 2,684 and 1,448
Now subtract them. What is the difference?
1,300
How many fourths are in 1 whole?
4 fourths
What is 2 hours and 30 minutes more than 3:15?
5:45
Pedro buys 4 books at the fair for $7 each. He hands the cashier 3 ten dollar bills. How much change will he receive?
$2 (2 dollars)
I had a jar of jelly beans that weighed 56 ounces. I added 16 more ounces of jelly beans to the jar. Then I divided the jelly beans evenly into bags that each weighed 8 ounces. How many bags of jellybeans did I make?
9 bags of jellybeans
Round these two numbers to the nearest 100:
3,402 and 5,589
Now add them. What is the sum?
9,000
Kaylen baked 2 pies for his family reunion. He cut each pie into 8 pieces. If 11 people at the reunion ate 1 piece of pie, what fraction of 1 whole pie remained.
5/8 of 1 whole pie
Tracy starts her walk at 4:45 and gets back home at 5:23. How long was her walk?
38 minutes
I had $88. Then I earned $29 walking dogs. After I spent some money for concert tickets, I have $74 left. How much did I spend on concert tickets?
$43 (43 dollars)