Word Problem Jeopardy

Addition

100

Jane traveled on an airplane twice last year. In February, she traveled 343 miles. In June, she traveled 587 miles. How many miles did she fly?

What is 930 miles?

200

Maria had $150 in her bank account. She put $234 in her account last week and $187 in her account this week. Maria has about how much money now?

**DOUBLE POINTS**

What is $600?

300

Ximena used small, medium, and large ice cream cones to serve ice cream. She used 257 small cones. She used 59 more medium cones than small. She used 42 more large cones than medium. How many large cones did Ximena use to serve ice cream?

What is 358 cones?

400

Lily B. Clayton has a lot of textbooks in the school. There are 412 math books, 347 reading books, 425 science books, 452 social studies books, and 396 health books. Approximately how many math, social studies, and health books does Lily B. Clayton have?

What is 1,300 books?

Subtraction

100

Black Rooster Bakery sold 489 pastries on Thursday and 604 on Friday. How many more pastries did they sell on Friday than on Thursday?

**DOUBLE POINTS**

What is 115 pastries?

200

Roger has 932 cows in two fields. He has 498 cows in one field. About how many cows does he have in the other?

What is about 400 cows?

300

A company received 2,479 phone calls in January. The company received 3,712 calls in February. What is the difference between how many calls were received in January and February?

What is 1,233 calls?

400

Jeff had $88 when he started his shopping trip. He spent $41 at Target and $39 at Lowe's. How much money did he have left at the end of his shopping trip?

**DOUBLE POINTS**

What is $8?

Multiplication

100

Ms. Abbey collected 8 sunflowers from a nearby field. If each sunflower has twelve petals, how many petals does Ms. Abbey's sunflowers have altogether?

What is 96 petals?

200

The cafeteria uses 97 trays a day. How many trays will the cafeteria use after 8 days?

What is 776 trays?

300

Sofia started a collection of coins. She has 6 jars. If she can fit 35 coins in each jar, how many coins will she have?

**DOUBLE POINTS**

What is 210 coins?

400

Mrs. Ballard has 2 dozen students in her class. All the students are wearing tennis shoes. How many tennis shoes are in Mrs. Ballard's class?

What is 48 shoes?

Division

100

Rosa planted 28 herbs in her garden. If she planted them in rows of 7, how many rows did she plant?

What is 4 rows?

200

Mrs. Kick has 132 books. If she puts them equally on 11 shelves, how many books will be on each shelf?

What is 12 books?

300

Ralph has 72 Pokemon cards. He puts them in 9 different stacks. Then decides to separate each of those stacks into two stacks. How many cards are in each of the new stacks?

What is 4 cards?

400

Carlos has soccer practice for 24 hours every month. If he has 12 practices a month. How many hours does he practice each time?

What is 2 hours?