Combining and Separating Word Problems
John had 150 stickers in his sticker collection. His uncle gave him 75 more. What is the total number of stickers that John has in his sticker collection?
Give an equation and solve.
What is
150 + 75 = n
n = 225 stickers
What is:
thousands
How many years were there from 1865 and 1915?
Give an equation and solve.
What is:
1915 - 1865 = n
50 years
What is a negative number? Where are they located on the number line?
What is:
Any number less than zero. They are located to the left of the zero on the number line.
In the auditorium there were 14 rows of chairs with 25 chairs in each group. How many total chairs were there in the auditorium?
Show an equation and solve.
What is:
14 x 25 = n
n = 350 chairs
Jordan took $37.00 to the music store. He bought headphones for $17.95. How much money did Jordan have when he left the store?
Give an equation and Solve.
What is:
$37.00 - $17.95 = n
n =$19.05
What digit is in the hundred millions in the number 587,632,801?
What is:
5
Volume 1 of a book has 1528 pages. Volume 2 of the same book has 1974 pages. How many more pages are in Volume 2?
Give an equation and solve.
What is:
1974 - 1528 = n
446 pages
What is a positive number? Where are positive numbers located on the number line?
What is:
Any number greater than zero. Positive numbers are located to the right of the zero on the number line.
In the store parking there were 18 parking spaces in each row, and there were 12 rows of parking spaces. Altogether, how many parking spaces were in the parking lot?
Write an equation and solve.
What is:
18 x 12 = n
n= 216
Juan ran 8 laps and rested. Then he ran some more laps. If Juan ran 21 laps in all, how many laps did he run after he rested?
Write an equation and solve.
What is:
8 + n = 21
n = 13 laps
Write six billion, two hundred eighty seven million, three hundred twenty thousand, three hundred fifteen.
What is:
6,287,327,315
There were 327 girls and 287 boys in the school. How many fewer boys than girls were there in the school?
Give an equation and solve.
What is:
327 - 287 = n
40 boys
What number is 7 less than 3?
What is:
-4
At George Washington Middle School there were 232 9th grade students in 8 classrooms. If there were the same number of students in each classroom, how many students would be in each 9th grade classroom at George Washington Middle School?
Write an equation and solve.
What is:
n x 8 = 232
n = 29
Taylor went to the store with $20.00 and returned home with $7.75. How much money did Taylor spend at the store?
Write an equation and solve.
What is:
$20.00 - m = $7.75
m= $12.25
What is the difference between the product of 7 and 8 and the sum of 10 and 12?
What is:
34
Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 and he died in 1865. How many years id he live?
Give an equation and solve.
What is:
1865 - 1809 = n
56 years
What number is 13 more than -24?
What is:
-11
Olivia collect $6.25 selling lemonade at $0.25 for each cup. How many cups of lemonade did Olivia sell? (Change $6.25 into 625 cents)
Write and equation and solve.
What is:
n x $O.25 = 650
n = 26 cups
Kayla counted 85 red tomatoes that needed picked in the garden. Her sister picked some of the tomatoes. When Kayla returned, she counted 30 tomatoes unpicked. How many tomatoes did her sister pick?
What is:
30 + n = 85
n = 55
What is the product between the sum of 9 and 14 and the difference of 22 and 13?
What is:
207
The population of Boston, Massachusetts is 26,290. The population of Atlanta, Georgia is 18,962. How many more people live in Boston than live in Atlanta?
Give an equation and solve.
What is:
26,290 - 18,962 = n
n= 7,328
Compare - 23 and -12 using <, >, =
What is: < (less than)
Drew has 27 pages of trading cards in a binder. Each page holds 8 trading cards. How many trading cards does Drew have in all?
Write an equation and solve.
What is:
27 x 8 = n
n = 216 trading cards