Word Problems
The key word in a word problem that indicates subtraction?
What is "difference"?
The amount of sugar required to bake 2 batches of cookies using this recipe:
Ingredients (makes one batch)
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 flour
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
What is 1 cup of sugar?
A number that can only be divided evenly by 1 and itself.
What is a prime number?
Question: 1.23 + 2.17 =
Answer = 3.40
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Sandwich with fries $12.00
Side of steamed broccoli $4.25
Dr. Pepper $3.72
What is $19.97?
The amount each person pays when 4 friends split a $48 dinner bill evenly.
What is $24?
The number of cookies you can bake when you double a recipe that makes 12 cookies.
What are 24 cookies?
What is 0?
Question: 5675 + 5646
Answer: 11321
The key word in a word problem that indicates division
What is "per" or "average"?
What is the amount of juice concentrate used in a recipe with a concentrate to water ratio of 5:1 and the total volume of 3 cups.
What is 1/2 cup of juice concentrate?
The number of planets in our solar system?
What are 8?
Three numbers, divisible by 25, that add up to 275.
Example: What are 200, 50 and 25?
The amount of money a person will pay if they go to the movies three times, and the movie ticket costs $15 each time.
What is $45?
The amount of flour required to bake 2 batches of cookies using this recipe:
Ingredients (makes one batch)
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 flour
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
What are 1 1/2 cups of flour?
The only number with the same number of letters in its name.
What is 4?
Question: 5.89 + 5.25 =
Answer: 11.14
The final price for a dress that is 20% off it's original price of $120.
What is $96?
The key word in a word problem that indicates multiplication.
What is "of"?
The total amount of dry ingredients in this recipe:
The amount of flour required to bake 2 batches of cookies using this recipe:
Ingredients (makes one batch)
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 flour
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
What are 1 1/4 cups of dry ingredients?
Riddle: I’m an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
What is Seven?
Five numbers, divisible by 4, that add up to 60.
What are 8, 4, 16, 12 and 20?