Math
Melissa bought two boxes of
crayons. One box had 24 crayons
in it. The other box had 16
crayons. She then gave 12
crayons to her friend. How many
crayons did Melissa have left?
28 crayons
In football, a team scores 6
points for a touchdown and 1 point for an
extra point. Neil’s team scored 3
touchdowns and 3 extra points in this
week’s game. Last week, they scored
only one touchdown and missed the
extra point. How many points did Neil’s
team score in both games combined?
27 points
On Monday, there was no snow
on the ground in Duluth, Minnesota.
On Tuesday, four inches of snow fell.
On Wednesday, a half inch melted.
On Thursday, two and a half more
inches fell. On Friday, another inch
melted. How much snow was left on
the ground Friday night?
5 inches of snow
Gustov and Rob were playing
basketball against Andres and Phil.
Baskets were worth 2 points each.
Gustov and Rob’s team made 12
baskets. Andres and Phil’s team
made 15 baskets. How many more
points did Andres and Phil score than
Gustov and Rob?
6 points
Kathy bought a sketch book with
130 blank pages in it. She tears
out 8 blank pages for her friend
to draw on. Kathy draws pictures
on 75 pages. How many blank
pages does she have left?
47 blank pages
The bakers at the Sweet Treats
Bakery baked 180 doughnuts
on Thursday morning. They
sold 95 doughnuts in the
morning and 33 doughnuts in
the afternoon. How many
doughnuts did they have left?
52 doughnuts
Beth makes quilts. She can make
6 quilts out of 24 yards of fabric.
How many yards of fabric would
be needed to make 10 quilts?
40 yards of fabric
Lyndon went to Arnie’s Arcade. He
had 6 tickets he saved from the last
visit. This time he played a game 5
times and earned 8 tickets each
time he played. How many tickets
does he have now?
46 tickets
Matt’s Malt Shop used 3 ounces of
chocolate syrup in their shakes and
6 ounces of syrup on their cones.
If they sold 8 shakes and 2 cones,
how many ounces of chocolate
would they use total?
36 ounces of chocolate
Christopher went to rent a canoe.
Canoe rentals cost $12.50 for a
half hour. If Christopher rents a
canoe for one hour and forty-five
minutes, how much will it cost?
$43.75
Paula wants to buy a gift for her
father that costs $48.35 and a
gift for her sister that costs
$24.69. She has saved $30.25.
How much more does she need
to save in order to buy the gifts?
$42.79
Claire is baking cookies. She
bakes two dozen chocolate chip
cookies, two dozen peanut butter
cookies, and two dozen sugar
cookies. Claire gives away 26
chocolate chip, 12 peanut butter,
and 10 sugar cookies. How many
total cookies does she keep?
24 cookies
Will is reading a book that has 251
pages in it. He read 58 pages over
the weekend. Then he read 35
more pages on Monday night.
How many pages does he have left
to read to finish the book?
158 pages
Ken paints pictures and sells
them at art shows. He charges
$52.50 for a large painting. He
charges $27.85 for a small painting.
Last month he sold 2 large paintings
and 2 small paintings. How much
did he make in all?
$160.70
Andrew started his own
landscaping business. He mowed
lawns and pulled weeds for $10
an hour. In August, he worked
for 15 hours. How much money
did he earn in August?
$150
Patty has $60. She went to
the grocery store and bought two
gallons of ice cream for $6.25
each. Then she went to the
farmer’s market and bought 3
dozen ears of corn for $5/dozen.
How much money does Patty
have left?
$32.50
Charlie is stuffing envelopes.
He has 7 hours to complete the
task. There are 1200 envelopes.
The first hour, Charlie stuffs 150
envelopes. The second hour, he
stuffs 145 envelopes. How many
envelopes will Charlie need to stuff
in order to finish the job?
905 envelopes
Liz serves ice cream at a local
ice cream shop. She sells 15 ice
cream cones on Saturday, 24 ice
cream cones on Sunday, and 165
ice cream cones for the entire
week. How many ice cream cones
did Liz sell on the weekdays?
126 ice cream cones
On Wednesday, The Beefy Butcher
Market sold 185 pounds of ground
beef. On Thursday, they sold twice
that amount. On Friday, they only
sold 120 pounds. How much more
meat did they sell on Thursday than
Friday?
250 pounds of ground beef
Dr. Vossen had 300
toothbrushes to give away to
her patients. She gave away 52
toothbrushes in January. She gave
away 62 toothbrushes in February.
In March, she gave away 58
toothbrushes. How many
toothbrushes does she have left?
128 toothbrushes