Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
Multiplication
Division
Fractions
Decimals
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I started the school day with 5 pencils, and I earned one more in Ms. Kirchoff's class for winning a spelling challenge. How many pencils do I have now?
6 pencils
100
6 x 4 =
24
100
What number is the dividend in this problem? 8 ÷ 2 = 4
8 (is where we begin)
100
There are 25 students in Iowa homeroom. 18 are boys, and 7 are girls. What fraction of students are boys?
18/25 students are boys.
100
Write this fraction as a decimal: 29/34
0.85
200
Jordan has 8 brothers and sisters, and his friend Marcus has 6 brothers and sisters. How many siblings do they have all together?
14 siblings
200
4 and 7 went fishing with bait...
...and caught the number 28.
200
32 ÷ 4 =
8
200
Ms. Kirchoff bought our class 2 pizzas. Each pizza had 8 pieces. After Fernell ate 3 pieces, what mixed number represents the number of pieces we had left?
1 5/8
200
Which decimal would be farthest LEFT on a number line? a. 0.125 b. 0.23 c. 1.02 d. 2.98
a. 0.125 because it is the smallest number
300
I had 12 candy corns on my desk. The student next to me took 5 of them when I wasn't looking. How many do I have now?
7 candy corns
300
Ms. Kirchoff likes to get 8 hours of sleep each night. If she does, how many hours does she sleep each week?
56 hours
300
Find the quotient and remainder: 16 ÷ 5 =
3 R 1
300
Ms. Lee ran 1 3/4 miles yesterday. Today she ran 3 1/2 miles. How many miles did she run in all?
She ran 5 1/4 miles in all. (or 21/4 miles)
300
Which decimal below is GREATER than 0.59? a. 1.30 b. 0.423 c. 0.201 d. 0.18
a. 1.30
400
Ms. Keller read 26 pages last night, and Ms. Kirchoff read 19 pages. How many more pages did Ms. Keller read than Ms. Kirchoff?
7 pages
400
The newest game system costs $199 at Wal-Mart. My aunt bought 6 of them to give to our cousins for Christmas! How much money did she spend (without tax)?
$1,194
400
Ms. Kirchoff has a deck of 52 cards. She deals the deck out evenly to her 4 students that day. How many cards did each student get?
Each student gets 13 cards.
400
Ms. Smith's car can hold 10 5/8 gallons of gas. She filled it up 12 times last year. How many gallons of gas did she use last year?
Ms. Smith used 127 1/2 gallons of gas. (1020/8 ->Simp 510/4 ->Simp 255/2)
400
Which inequality is TRUE? a. 1.2387 > 1.30 b. 0.89 > 0.9 c. 0.18945 < 0.25 d. 0.25 < 0.198
c. 0.18945 < 0.25
500
I started the day with an $80 paycheck. I got a +8 lagniappe for having a perfect testing day with Ms. Kirchoff. Later in the day, I got a -4 for talking at the wrong time. What is my paycheck now?
$84
500
Ryan knows that there are 24 hours in each day, but he wants to figure out how many hours are in the whole month of August. He knows there are 4 weeks in a month, and there are 31 days in August, so how many hours are there in the whole month of August?
744 hours
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Mr. Robbins had 22 cold drinks. He put the same amount in to 4 different coolers and had some left over. How many in each cooler? How many left over?
There are 5 in each cooler with 2 left over.
500
Which statement is FALSE? a. 1/2 > 3/8 b. 9/8 < 22/51 c. 1/3 < 4/5 d. 1/3 < 22/51
b. 9/8 < 22/51 (1.125 < 0.43) Bigger Smaller
500
Which set below would be in the correct order on a number line? a. 23/25, 12/18, 5/9, 2/5 b. 2/5, 5/9, 12/18, 23/25 c. 5/9, 2/5, 12/18, 23/25 d. 2/5, 23/25, 12/18, 5/9
b. 2/5, 5/9, 12/18, 23/25