PEMDAS
Word Problems
Word Problems
There are 24 students in Ms. Lyndsay's class. Each student will get 4 goldfish. They will each eat two immediately. Then they will each get two gummy worms. How many things are on their desks?
144
9 x (4+6) / 2
15
What animal does Ms. Lyndsay most identify with?
A koala
Write divide 21 by 7 as an expression.
21/7
Pattern X starts with 2 and adds 4
Pattern Y starts with 1 and adds 3
Write 3 pairs
(2, 1) (6,4) (10,7)
Ms. Shannon went to Harry Potter Land. She bought three wands for $36 each. She cast nine spells with each wand. She then went back in time and cast half as many spells.
162
5 x (7+2) - 13
32
What would be the best weapon in a zombie apocalypse?
flamethrower
There are 2 groups with three desks, 3 groups with 2 desks and 1 group with 4 desks. There is one teacher desk. How many desks are in the room?
(2 x 3) + (3 x 2) + (1 x 4) + 1 = 17
Pattern A starts with 5 and doubles
Pattern B starts with 2 and adds 5.
Write 5 ordered pairs
(5,2) (10,7) (20,12) (40,17) (80,22)
Mr. Tommy went with Mr. Phil to get ice cream for their Instagram. The chart shows the prices of their ice cream:
One scoop: $3.00 // Two scoops: $3.50 //Three scoops $4.00
Each topping is $.75 each
Mr. Tommy ordered two scoops and one topping. Mr. Phil ordered three scoops and five toppings. How much did they spend altogether?
$12
(12 - 4) x 6 =
12 - (4 x 6) =
(12 - 4) x 6 = 48
12 - (4 x 6) = 12
Ms. Lyndsay does not get grossed out easily unless it's about...
Teeth
Ms. Lyndsay made $60 tutoring. She then spent $10 on a juice. She told Kevin she'd save half of the money she had left. Write an expression to show how much money Ms. Lyndsay is going to save.
(60 - 10) / 2 = $25
Ms. Nousha was counting. Her first number was 20. She subtracted 2 every time. What was her fifth number?
12
Ms. Emily went to Trader Joes. She bought 3 pounds of zucchini for $1.25 a pound, a gallon of almond milk for $3.59 and 4 bags of honey mustard pretzels for $1.79 each. How much money did she spend?
$14.50
Write an expression that is 5 times as large as 14,385 + 732.
Many answers
Rank the following in order of favorite to less favorite of Ms. Lyndsay's favorite things to eat:
fried chicken sandwiches, sushi, pizza, cheesy grits, pad see ew
sushi, fried chicken sandwiches, cheesy grits, pad see ew, pizza
Write an equation that means the following:
Nine less than the quotient of 45 and 5.
45 / 5 - 9
Look at the Following Table. Write an equation to explain how to get B. (B = ???)
A B
5 1
10 6
15 11
20 16
B = A - 4
On Sunday, Ms. Lyndsay and Kevin went shopping. She bought a record for 32.98 and a record for 19.23. Then, they bought 2 coffees for $4. Kevin gave her $20 to cover his record. How much did Ms. Lyndsay spend?
$40.21
(6 x .15) + (4 x .25) + 1.35 + (2 x .70) + .65
$5.30
Ms. Lyndsay is not completely convinced __________ are real.
Dinosaurs
Write an expression for the following word problem:
Mr. Michael went hiking over the weekend. He saw 76 birds. He'd already seen 56 of those birds before. His friend is newer to bird watching than Mr. Michael saw twice the amount of new birds.
(76 - 52) x 2 = 48
Mr. Michael and Mr. Francisco both thought of 5 numbers. Mr. Michael's first number was 3 and Mr. Francisco's first number was 10. Mr. Michael multiplied 5 each time. Mr. Francisco subtracted 1 each time. What was their fifth number they thought of? Write it as an ordered pair.
(Remember, 3 and 10 count as their FIRST numbers)
(1,875, 6)