Word Problems
Violet bakes 7 dozen cookies. She ate 2 cookies. She gave 2 dozen cookies to her brother. She gave 9 cookies to her mother. How many cookies did Violet have left?
49 cookies
Matthew has 8 pencils. Three of them do not have erasers on the end. What fraction of the pencils do not have erasers of the end?
3/8
32 x 8
256
357 + 208
565
28/2
14
Addison collects coins from the United States and Canada. She has 8 Canadian coins in her collection. She has four times as many U.S. coins. How many coins are in Addison’s collection?
40 coins
Mitchell has a small bag with 12 M&Ms in it. 5 of the M&Ms are yellow. 2 are green. 1 is orange. 4 are brown. What fraction of the M&Ms are brown?
4/12 or 1/3
53 x 6
318
299 + 234
533
154/7
22
Fred drove from Niagara Falls to Chicago, a distance of 556 miles. Then he drove from Chicago to St. Louis, a distance of 297 miles. After that, he drove to Phoenix, a distance of 1,458 miles. How many miles did Fred drive in all?
2,311 miles
Chelsea divided an apple into 8 equal pieces. She ate 5 pieces. She put the other 3 in the fridge. What fraction did Chelsea eat?
5/8
76 x 3
228
483 + 95
578
84/4
21
In a citrus grove, workers harvested 3,456 oranges and 12,092 lemons. How many more lemons than oranges did they harvest?
8, 636
Francis has 6 chocolate bars. He gives one to John and one to Chester. He keeps the rest for himself. What fraction of the chocolate bars did he give away?
2/6 or 1/3
17 x 9
153
250 + 590
840
288/9
32
Dennis made three dozen picnic tables. He painted 13 of them red, 15 blue, and the rest yellow. How many picnic tables did Dennis paint yellow?
8 picnic tables
there are ten cookies in the cookie jar. Three are Oreos. Two are peanut butter cookies. Four are chocolate chip cookies. One is a sugar cookie. What fraction of the cookies are peanut butter cookies?
2/10 or 1/5
64 x 5
320
774 + 526
1,300
648/8
81