Story Problems A
The teacher found 15 crayons. 9 of the crayons were purple. The rest were orange. How many orange crayons did she find?
6 Orange crayons
Mrs. B ate 32 donuts out of the box. There were 39 donuts in the box. How many donuts were in the box at the start?
39-32=
Answer: 7
A class has 90 minutes for reading. There read for 70 minutes. How many minutes are left?
90-70=20
The teacher collected 24 marbles. 13 were white. The rest were orange. How many marbles were orange/?
24-13= 11
What is the value of the 4? 3,476
400
The fisherman caught 36 red fish, 10 black fish, and some silver fish. The fisherman now has 91 fish. How many silver fish does the fisherman have?
36+10+ ____ = 91
Answer: 45 Silver Fish
In math we solved 36 math problems. There were 27 math problems left. How many problems were there in all?
36+27=63
Elie has 65 stickers. She gave away 25. How manyt stickers does she have now?
65-25=40
There are 52 students in two classes. 31 are boys. The rest are girls. How many girls are there?
52-31= 21
How many centimeters are in a meter?
100
The monkey found 274 bananas. 47 bananas were yellow. The rest of the bananas were green. How many green bananas did the monkey find?
274-47 = 227
A girl picked up 48 toys. There were still 38 toys on the floor. How many toys were there at the start?
48+ 38= 86
There are 71 cookies on a tray. 38 cookies were eaten. How many cookies are left?
71-38=33
The basket holds 72 apples. 38 are red. The rest are green. How many green apples are in the basket
72-38= 34
If it is 2:30, what time will it be in 2 hours?
4:30
19 + 43+ ____ = 100
Answer: 38 comic books
Our reading group read 256 pages. We still have 438 pages left to read. How many pages were in the book?
256+ 438 = 694
694 pages left
The bucket held 349 pennies. 275 pennies were taken out. How many pennies remain?
349-275=74
Our class read 47 books. 18 were fiction. The rest were nonfiction. How many nonfiction books did our class read?
47-18=29
How many vertices does a decagon have?
10
We went to the beach and found 147 white shells, 247 black shells, and some purple shells. Altogether we found 400 shells. How many purple shells did we find?
147 + 247 + ____ = 400
My work: 147+ 247= 394
400-394 =___ or 394+___= 400
ANSWER: 6
Mrs. B. picked up 347 crayons off of the the floor. There were 347 crayons still on the floor. How many crayons were there at the start?
347+347= 694
A boy has 312 dinosaurs. 51 were big dinosaurs. The rest of the dinosaurs were small. How many small dinosaurs does he have?
312-51=261
There are 227 first graders at North Elementary. 150 are boys. THe rest are girls. How many girls are there?
227-150=77
Two part question: You have to get both correct.
1. How many feet in a yard?
2. How many inches in a yard?
1. 3 feet
2. 36 inches