Word Problems
Word Problems
Multiplying and Dividing
Perimeter, Area, Volume
Prime and Composite
100

A shop ordered 362 candles for $15 each. What was the total cost of the candles? 

5, 430

100

In a school auditorium there are 33 seats in each row of seats. How many rows are needed for 528 students to each have a seat?  

16

100

483 X 39

18, 837

100

A rectangular prism will be completely filled with unit cubes that each have a volume of 1 cubic inch. The length is 2 in, the width is 4 in, and the height is 2 in. What is the volume of the rectangular prism?

16 cubic inches 

100

Which of the following numbers are composite?
A. 29
B. 51
C. 37
D. 63

51 and 63 

B and D 

200

A student multiplied 538 by the sum of 42 and 6. What is the product?  

25, 824

200

Tickets for a school event were sold for $18 each. A total of $4,554 was collected from these ticket sales. How many tickets were sold for this event? 

253

200

1, 610 divided by 35

46

200

A rectangular playground has a fence that is 84 feet. The length of the playground is 26 feet.
What is the width of the playground?

The width is 16 feet 

200

A student sorts 33 as a prime number because it has only two digits.
Explain why this thinking is incorrect and correctly classify the number.

33 is a Composite number because it's factors are 1X33 and 3X11. It also follows by 3's divisibility rule. A prime number does not have 2 DIGITS it has only 2 FACTORS. They did not understand the vocabulary words. 

300

Aspen added 14 to the product of 224 and 16. What is the sum? 

3, 598

300

Shauna is reading a 528 page book. She reads 22 pages each day. How many days will it take Shauna to read the entire book? 

24 days 

300

928 X 21

19, 488

300

A rectangular prism is made by stacking 10 layers of blocks. Each layer was identical to the base layer. The base layer had a width of 2 cm and a length of 15 cm. What is the volume of the rectangular prism? 

300 cubic cm

300

Which statement is correct?
A. 1 is a prime number because it has one factor.
B. 2 is a prime number because it has exactly two factors.
C. 9 is a prime number because it is odd.
D. 15 is a prime number because it is not even.

B.  2 is a prime number because it has exactly two factors.

400

There are 127 rows of apple trees on a farm. There are 53 apples in each row. What is the total number of apple trees on this farm? 

6, 731

400

A farmer has 1,850 broccoli seeds that he will plant in rows. He will plant exactly 40 seeds in each row. What is the greatest number of complete rows of broccoli seeds the farmer can plant? 

Hint: (You will have a remainder. What does the remainder tell you?) 

46 COMPLETE rows 

400

3, 960 divided by 45

88

400

A cube will be completely filled with unit cubes that each have a volume of 1 cubic inch. It has a side length of 9.  What is the volume of the cube?

729 cubic inches 

400

A student claims that 43 is composite because it is odd. What is the correct response?
A. The student is correct because all odd numbers are composite.
B. The student is incorrect because 43 is divisible by 3.
C. The student is incorrect because 43 has only two factors: 1 and 43.
D. The student is correct because prime numbers must be even.

C. The student is incorrect because 43 has only two factors: 1 and 43.

500
Last month a flower shop employee ordered 48 cases of roses. There were 144 roses in each case. How many roses did the employee order? 

6, 912

500

Tara has a box of 908 beads for making bracelets. She wants to put 15 beads on each bracelet she makes. What is the greatest number of bracelets Tara can make with those beads? 

60 bracelets

500

294 x 93

27, 342

500

A family is trying to paint their wall. The rectangular wall has an area of 96 square meters. The width of the garden is 8 meters.

What is the length of the wall?

The length is 12 meters. 

500

Which pair of numbers are both composite?
A. 13 and 17
B. 25 and 27
C. 19 and 23
D. 11 and 29

B. 25 and 27 

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