Word Problems
A shop manager orders 32 boxes of scented candles. Each box contains 48 candles. How many candles does the shop manager orders in all?
What is 32 × 48 = 1,536
8,410/9
What is 934 R 4
81x7
What is 567
A worker at the art store puts 280 paint brushes in 8 bins. Each bin has the same number of brushes. How many paint brushes are in each bin?
What is 35 paint brushes
Cedar has 149 balloons to put in party bags. She puts 3 balloons in each bag. How many bags does Cedar need, and how many balloons will be left over?
What is 49 bags; 2 balloons left over
7,225/8
What is 903 R 1
18x63
What is 1,134
There are 8 stickers in each package. If there are a total of 944 stickers, how many packages of stickers are there?
What is 118 packages of stickers
Four friends bought a tent for $244 and sleeping bags for $276. If they share the cost equally, how much will each friend pay?
What is $244 + $276 = $520; $520 ÷ 4 = $130 $130
6,618/6
What is 1,103
45x91
What is 4,095
Elizabeth pulls 52 loads of sand on her wagon to make a play area. She pulls 21 pounds of sand on each load. How many pounds of sand does Elizabeth use to make a play area?
What is 52x21=1,092 pounds of sand
A game store manager receives 520 computer games. The manager puts 28 games in a rack at the front of the store. He arranges the rest equally on 6 shelves. How many games are on each shelf?
What is 520 - 28 = 492; 492 ÷ 6 = 82 82 games
3,649/5
What is 729 R 4
239x52
What is 12,428
There are 98 boxes of pencils at the store. There are 29 more boxes of chalk than pencils. There are 6 times as many boxes of crayons as chalk. How many boxes of crayons are there?
What is 98 + 29 = 127; 6 × 127 = 762; 762 boxes of crayons
Tristan has 86 blue marbles and 45 orange marbles. He shares the marbles equally among himself and 2 friends. He keeps the leftover marbles for himself. How many marbles does Tristan have?
What is 86 + 45 = 131; 131 ÷ 3 is 43 R2 45 marbles
7,534/5
What is 1,506 R 4
536x92
What is 49,312
Boone and Jackson combined made 48 hockey goals in one game. How many goals did each boy have if Boone had twice as many goals as Jackson?
Boone + Jackson = 48 2n + n = 48
Boone = 32 Jackson = 16
7,7433/7
What is 1,061 R 6