What's That Operation?
Katie went to Disney World and spent $64.31 on snacks for her and her family. She paid with four $20 bills. How much change did Katie receive? *DO NOT SOLVE*
Michael spent 4 1/5 hours doing homework last week. He spent 5 2/7 hours doing homework this week. How many more hours did Michael spend doing homework this week than last week?
Michael spent 1 3/35 more hours doing homework this week than last week.
Alex has 5 3/8 meters of rope. He used 2 1/2 meters to tie up his boat. How much rope does he have left?
He has 2 7/8 meters of rope left.
Grayson buys a book for $14.25 and gets a coffee for free. If he pays with a $50 bill, how much change should the cashier give him?
Grayson will get $35.75 back in change.
Lebron James is 2.06 meters tall. If Steph Curry is (roughly) 0.9 times as tall as Lebron, how tall is Steph Curry in meters?
Steph Curry is 1.854 meters tall.
Mason spends 3/5 of an hour on his Chromebook every day. Ethan spends 2/3 times as many hours as Mason. How many hours do Mason and Ethan spend combined? *DO NOT SOLVE*
Multiplication and Addition
Below is the recipe for 1 ice cream cake. How much ice cream would be needed to make 3/4 of a cake?
3/4 cups of flour
7/8 sticks of butter
5 scoops of ice cream
4 eggs
3 3/4 scoops of ice cream would be needed to make 3/4 of a cake.
Jayden used 1 1/12 meters of yarn in total.
Last month, Chloe made $204 pet-sitting dogs. If Chloe was paid $8.50 per hour, how many hours did she work last month?
Chloe worked 24 hours last month.
A recipe calls for 3 cups of flour. Emma uses 1.25 times as much flour as the recipe. How many cups does Emma use?
Emma uses 3.75 cups of flour.
Last month, Chloe made $204 pet-sitting dogs. If Chloe was paid $8.50 per hour, how many hours did she work last month? *DO NOT SOLVE*
Division
The area of Ohio State's practice football field is 11/12 feet. The length of the field is 4/5 feet. What is the width of the field? (Width = Area/Length)
The width of Ohio State's practice football field is 11/15 feet.
Kyrie has a 1/3 of a lasagna leftover. He eats the same amount for dinner each night for 3 nights. How much lasagna did Kyrie eat each night?
Kyrie ate 1/9 of the lasagna each night.
Hannah and Ira went to Sprouts to buy some candy. Hannah bought 3.2 pounds of sour gummy bears from the bulk bins for $2.85 per pound. Ira bought 2.5 pounds of Swedish fish for $1.50 per pound. How much did Hannah and Ira spend combined?
Hannah and Ira spent $12.87 combined.
A rope 8.4 meters long is cut into pieces of 1.5 meters each. How many pieces can be cut?
5.6 pieces of rope can be cut.
Jackson has two bags of popcorn. James gives him three more bags. If a serving of popcorn is 1/4 of a bag, how many servings of popcorn does Jackson now have?
Addition and Multiplication
Emily baked a pie and cut it into 8 equal slices. On Monday, she ate 3/8 of the pie. On Tuesday, she ate another 2/8 of the pie. How much of the pie did Emily eat in total?
Emily ate 5/8 of the pie in total.
Gabriel is preparing cookie dough. For one batch, he needs 1/2 of a cup of sugar and 3/8 of a cup of butter. After combining these, he plans to multiply the total amount by 4 to make enough for all his friends. How many cups of ingredients will Gabriel use in total?
Gabriel will use 3 1/2 cups of ingredients in total.
Below shows the cost per item at Five Below. If Colin has $25, how much will he have left over if he buys one toy, three snacks, and two drinks?
$1.50 Toy
$3.25 Snack
$2.75 Drink
Colin will have $8.25 left over.
Below is the costs per item for candy bars at Publix. How much will Madison spend if she buys 20 Kitkats, 34 Hershey bars, and 45 Reese's?
$1.25 Kitkats
$1.05 Hershey bars
$0.75 Reese's
Madison will spend $94.45.
A company offers walking tours of New York City. Each tour covers 2 3/4 miles. One tour begins with 13 people, but four leave halfway through. How far did the people in this group walk altogether? *DO NOT SOLVE*
Multiplication and Addition
Noah filled a water bottle to 3/4 of its capacity. Later, he drank 1/2 of the water that was in the bottle. How much water from the entire bottle did Noah drink?
Noah drank 3/8 of the entire bottle.
Angela and Juliette are building a rectangular flower garden. The current garden has a length of 3 4/5 feet and a width of 2 1/2 feet. They plan a new garden with a length of 4 feet and a width of 5 feet. How much more space will the new garden have? (Area = Length × Width)
The new garden will have 10 1/2 more feet than the current garden.
Robbie and Faraz are neighbors and they’re super competitive! They want to know who has more area for their parallelogram lawn, and they want to know by how much larger. Robbie’s lawn has a length of 11.5ft and a height of 4.2ft. Faraz’s parallelogram lawn has a length of 9.7ft and a height of 6.1ft. Who wins the lawn of doom, and by how much? Show work! (Hint: the area of a parallelogram is length x height)
Faraz wins by 10.87 feet.
Below is how many hours each person took to complete their homework.
Charlie 3.53
Olive 5.67
Julia 0.98
Marleigh 0.96
What is the difference is the longest time and the shortest time?
The difference is 4.71 (Olive - Marleigh).