Word Problems
Emma has 25 hockey cards. She trades away 8 cards.
How many hockey cards does Emma have left?
17 cards
Brody starts hanging out with Gerald at 3:00 PM. They play basketball for 2 hours. What time do they finish?
3:00 PM + 2 hours = 5:00 PM
A fish tank is shaped like a rectangle. It is 6 feet long and 2 feet wide. What is the area?
12 square feet
A rectangular garden is 5 feet long and 3 feet wide.
What is the perimeter of the garden?
16 feet
Start at 7 and move 3 steps backward. Where do you land?
4
Luke writes 3 songs each day. How many songs does he write in 5 days?
If Luke writes 3 songs per day, how many songs does he write in 5 days?
15 songs
Gerald arrives at Brody’s house at 1:30 PM. They play video games for 1 hour and 30 minutes. What time do they stop playing?
1:30 PM + 1 hour 30 min = 3:00 PM
Donkey’s waffle stand floor is 8 feet long and 7 feet wide. What is the area?
Answer: 8 × 7 = 56 square feet
Jessica draws a square poster with each side measuring 6 inches. What is the perimeter of Luke’s square poster?
24 inches
Princess Fiona spends 2 hours and 45 minutes cleaning the castle in the morning and 1 hour and 35 minutes in the afternoon.
4 hours 20 minutes
In Shrek’s swamp, Shrek plants 18 rows of onions. Each row has 24 onions. Later, he harvests 36 more onions from a different patch.
How many onions does Shrek have in total?
468
Brody and Gerald meet at the park at 4:15 PM. They stay for 45 minutes. What time do they leave?
4:15 + 45 min = 5:00 PM
Shrek builds a rectangular fence around part of his swamp that is 15 feet long and 12 feet wide.
What is the area of the fenced-in swamp?
180 square feet
A fence surrounds a rectangular yard that is 12 meters long and 6 meters wide. How much fencing is needed?
36 meters
Start at 12 and move 5 steps backward. Where do you land?
A duck swims 12 meters in 3 minutes at a constant speed. How far will it swim in 15 minutes?
12 ÷ 3 = 4 meters per minute
4 × 15 = 60 meters
Brody starts hanging out with Gerald at 2:50 PM. They watch movies for 3 hours. What time do they finish?
2:50 PM + 3 hours = 5:50 PM
Shrek builds a mud pen that is 9 meters long and 6 meters wide. What is the area?
9 × 6 = 54 square meters
Luke builds a rectangular stage. The length is twice the width. If the width is 5 feet, what is the perimeter?
Question: If the width is 5 feet and the length is 10 feet, what is the perimeter of the stage?
30 feet
Start at 15 and move 6 steps backward. Where do you land?
9
A duck farm collects 18 eggs per duck per month. If there are 25 ducks, how many eggs are collected in one month?
18 × 25 = 450 eggs
Brody and Gerald meet at 11:20 AM. They hang out for 1 hour 40 minutes, then take a 30-minute snack break, and then hang out for 50 more minutes. What time do they finish?
11:20 + 1:40 = 1:00 PM
1:00 + 0:30 = 1:30 PM
1:30 + 0:50 = 2:20 PM
Shrek has a swamp field split into 2 equal rectangles: Each section is 8 × 3
What is the total area?
Answer: 24 + 24 = 48 square units
A playground is shaped like a rectangle with a length of 15 m and a width of 9 m.
What is the perimeter of the playground?
48 meters
Start at 20 and move 9 steps backward. Where do you land?
11