Word Problems Mixed
Sarah has 38 dolls in her collection. Jenny has 57 dolls in her collection. How many dolls do Sarah and Jenny have altogether?
95 dolls altogether
Sarah has 38 dolls in her collection. Jenny has 57 dolls in her collection. How many more does Jenny have than Sarah?
19 more dolls
Sarah's box measures 8 inches long and 7 inches wide. What is the area of her box?
8 x 7 = 56 square inches
Carly ate 2/6 of a pizza. Draw a model to show the amount of pizza Carly ate.
6 equal parts, 2 parts shaded.
Brad put his Pokémon cards in 7 stacks with 30 cards in each stack. How many cards does he habe in all?
30 x 7= 210
Larry wants to find 72 divided by 8. What multiplication fact can help Larry to solve his problem?
8 x 9 = 72 or 9 x 8 = 72
Create a fact family using the number 12, 8, and 96
12 x 8 = 96, 8 x 12 = 96, 96 divided by 8 = 12, 96 divided by 12 = 8
Chris leaves for school at 6:30. It takes him 15 minutes to travel to school. What time does he arrive at school?
6:45
Robert ran 5/8 of a mile. Draw and label a number line to show the distance that Robert ran.
8 equal parts, dot on 5th part
Greg watched television for 25 minutes on Thursday. On Friday, he watched television for double the amount of time that he watched on Thursday.
25 x 2 = 50
25 + 25 = 50
Caroline went shopping at the game store. She spent $300 on a new PlayStation, $35 for an extra controller, and $50 for a game. How much money did Caroline spend altogether?
$385 altogether
Luke had been saving money to purchase a new game system that cost $400. So far, he has $126. How much more money does Luke need to save in order to buy the game?
$274 more dollars
John wants to build a fence to go around his dog pen. If he wants the length to be 12 feet and the width to be 5 feet. How much fence will he need?
12 + 12 + 5 + 5 = 34 feet
Megan ate 2/4 of a cake. Lily ate 3/6 of a cake. Who ate more cake? Drawamodel to prove your answer.
They ate the same amount, both are equal to 1/2
Hector ate 3/4 of a cake. His brother, Harold ate an equivalent amount of cake. What fraction of his cake could Harold have eaten?
3/4 = 6/8
Maggie has 7 bags of Starburst with 9 Starburst in each bag. She gives away 12 Starburst to her friends. How many Starburst does Maggie have left?
51 Starburst left
Doug has 55 marbles in his collection. Peter has 25 marbles in his collection. Doug and Peter combine their marbles and then put the marbles in bags of 8. How many bags did they use?
55 + 25 = 80
80 divided by 8 = 10
Fred builds a Lego house with a length of 10 feet and a width of 6 feet. Sam builds a Lego house with a length of 12 feet and a width of 5 feet. Who has a bigger area? Who has a bigger perimeter?
Fred‘s Area- 10 x 6 = 60 Fred’s Perimeter- 10+10+5+5=60
Sam’s Area- 12 x 5 = 60 Sam’s Perimeter- 12+12+6+6=36
Fred and Sam have the same area, but Sam has a bigger perimeter.
Adam ate 2/8 of a blueberry pie. Ashley ate 2/3 of an apple pie. Who ate more pie? Use a number line to prove you answer.
Ashley ate more pie because 2\3 > 2/8
Jessica got home crom school at 3:00. It took her 10 minutes to eat a snack, 25 minutes to do homework, and 20 minutes to do chores. Afterwards, she went outside. What time was Jessica able to go outside?
10 + 25 + 20 = 55 mins
3:00 + 55 mins = 3:55
Crossroads Elementary School is hosting a bake sale to raise money for a new playground. They raise a total of $891 throughout the week. If they raised $209 on Friday and $428 on Saturday, how much did they raise on Sunday?
$209 + $428 = $637
$891- $637 =$254
$254 on Sunday
Miss Billups has 35 third grades. She wants to give each students 2 slices of pizza. If a large pizza comes in slices of 8, how many pizzas will she have to order to have enough slices?
35 x 2 = 70 or 35 + 35 = 70
8 x 9 =72
She needs to order 9 pizzas.
Draw two rectangles that have the same area, but different perimeters
Example:
Area- 12 x 2 = 24 ; Perimeter- 12 +12+2+2= 28
Area- 8 x 3 = 24; Perimeter- 8 + 8 + 3 + 3 = 22
Eric completed 2/6 of his homework, Max completed 2/4 of his homework, and Sarah completed 2/8 of her homework. Who completes more of there homework? Who completed the least amount of homework?
Max completed the most
Sarah completed the least
Nick bought 4 games for $60 each. Mike spends the same amount as Nick, but only buys 3 games. How much was each of his games?
Nick - 4 x 60 = 240
Mike- 3 x a = 240 ; a = $80