Wacky Word Problems
Decimal Spells
Potion Algebra
Spooky Multiplication and Division
Creepy Prime or Composite?
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One spooky night, 5 little monsters go to scare up some fun. The little monsters wants to go to 27 houses. It takes them 3 minutes at each house. How long will it take them to go trick-or-treating in hours?
What is 81 minutes, or 1 hr and 21 minutes
100
In my trick or treat back I had 8.02 lbs of delicious candy. My little sister snuck in and ate 0. 64 lbs of my candy. :( How much do I have left?
What is 7.38 lbs.
100
To make a potion I need: 2 batwings 3 eyeballs 4 cat tails __ rat whiskers I have a total of 22 items. How many rat whiskers do I need?
What is 13 rat whiskers.
100
I had 33 starbursts in the jumbo pack. 14 really nice families gave me each a jumbo pack. How many delicious treats do I have in total?
What is 462 in total
100
The wicked witch of the west stated, "the number 9 prime." Is she true or false? Give evidence.
What is 9 is composite. The factors of 9 are 1 x 9, 3 x 3
200
In the haunted house there is a large closet. 10 ghosts go in, 2 go out. 12 more go in, 3 come out. 5 more go in, 7 go out. 10 more go in, 1 comes out. 4 go in, 8 come out. How many ghosts are left in the closet?
What is 20 ghosts.
200
A blood sucking bat weighed 0.29 lbs. His evil brother weighed 0.92 lbs. How much did they weigh together?
What is 1.21 lbs.
200
c + c + c =33 c=candycorn I have three bags of candy corn which totals to 33. How much candy corn do I have in each bag?
What is 11 candycorn.
200
There once were 84 goblins which each had 51 teeth. How many teeth were there in total?
What is 420 teeth in total.
200
Casper the friendly ghost asked, Is the number 2 prime or composite? Give evidence.
What is 2 is prime. The factors of 2 are 1 x 2
300
An adult skeleton has 206 bones. There are 27 bones in each hand and 26 bones in each foot. How many bones are not in the hands and feet?
What is 140 bones
300
A pumpkin weighed 568.38 lbs. The children carved out 134.21 lbs. How much did he weight after he was carved?
What is 434.17 lbs.
300
w12=36 w=werewolves How many werewolves are there?
What is 3 werewolves?
300
There were 867 candy corn in one bag and 309 bags at Costco. How many candycorn was there in total?
What is 267,903 total.
300
The black cat asked, Is the number 31 prime or composite? Explain your answer using full sentences.
What is the number 31 is prime because its only factors are one and itself.
400
Stumpy the skeleton goes for a bike ride in the cemetery every night. He biked 1/2 around the cemetery and stopped. He then biked 3/4 of the way around. How far did he go?
What is 5/4 or 1 and 1/4 distance.
400
A vampire had 12.35 drops of blood and then got 1.08 more drops. How much did he have in total?
What is 13.43 drops of blood.
400
42z=7 z=zombies How many zombies are there?
What is 6 zombies.
400
There were 294 ghosts spotted in each 529 towns. How many ghosts were spotted in total?
What is 155,526 spotted in total.
400
Frankenstein wanted to know, The prime numbers between 20 and 29 ______.
What is are 23 and 29.
500
One spooky night, 5 little monsters go to scare up some fun. For every 4 chocolates they have 6 fruity candies in their tick-or-treat bags. If one monster has 54 fruity candies, how much chocolate does he have?
What is 36 chocolates
500
Frankenstein used 9 tenths roll of toilet paper to make his pants and 1 tenth to make his socks. How much toilet paper did he use in all?
What is 1 toilet paper roll in all.
500
5v = 175 v=vampires How many vampires are there?
What is 35 vampires.
500
In the Halloween costume store there are 741 different costumes and 168 stores. How many total costumes are there?
What is 124,488 total costumes.
500
Gretchen the little girl from the candy house in the forest wanted to know, "The prime numbers between 10 and 19 are ______"
What is 11, 13, 17 and 19.