Word Problems
Whitney and Georgia are at the snack bar buying food for their family. Sandwiches cost $4 each. Salads cost $2 each. How much money will it cost them to buy 5 sandwiches and 7 salads?
$34
(5x4) + (2x7) = m
Students traveled to the natural history museum in 4 buses. There were 54 students on each bus. When they arrived at the museum, 32 students went directly to the dinosaur exhibit. The other students were divided into 8 equal groups for guided tours. How many students were in each tour group?
23 students
(4 × 54 - 32) ÷ 8 = s
A.J. took 74 pictures during the school year and 130 pictures on his summer vacation. He wants to make a photo album with 6 pictures on each page. How many pages will he need?
34 pages
(74 + 130) ÷ 6 = p
8 - 1 × 3 = w
w=5
5 × 7 + 9 = t
t=44
Lisa put tulips and roses into vases. Each vase has 12 flowers. The red vase has 7 tulips. The blue vase has twice as many roses as the red vase. How many roses are in the blue vase?
10 roses
Wendy makes stuffed animals to sell at craft fairs. She can make 2 bears from each yard of brown fabric, and 3 rabbits from each yard of gray fabric. She uses 2 plastic eyes for each animal. She has 16 yards of brown fabric and 12 yards of gray fabric. If she makes all the animals she can from this fabric, how many plastic eyes will she need?
136 plastic eyes
(16 × 2 + 12 × 3) × 2
The auditorium at Coleman Elementary School has 24 rows of seats with 36 seats in each row. When all the students in the school are seated in the auditorium, there are 55 empty seats. How many students go to the school?
809 students
24 × 36 - 55 = s
(8 - 1) × (2 + 4) = v
v= 42
7 - 2 × 2 = k
k=3
Clay works on a farm. He packaged eggs into containers that hold 1 dozen eggs each. He filled 4 containers with white eggs and 5 containers with brown eggs. How many eggs did Clay collect? Hint: one dozen eggs = 12 eggs
108 eggs
(4x12) + (5x12) = e
There are 288 children at camp. There are 2 counselors for every 9 children. There are 12 additional counselors to help with canoeing classes and swimming lessons. How many counselors are there in all?
76 counselors
288 ÷ 9 × 2 + 12 = c
Of the 156 girls who signed up for volleyball camp, 24 did not show up. The remaining girls were divided into teams of 6. How many teams were there?
22 teams
(156 - 24) ÷ 6 = t
4 × (7 + 2) = t
t=36
9 × (1 + 3) = m
m=36
An audio book is made up of 8 CDs. Each of the first 7 CDs is 42 minutes long and the final CD is 26 minutes long. Mark plans to listen to the book the same number of minutes for 8 days. How many minutes each day will Mark listen to the audio book?
40 minutes
(7 × 42 + 26) ÷ 8 = m
Large smoothies cost $5 each. Small smoothies cost $3 each. Coach Jackson buys 5 large smoothies and 8 small smoothies for his team. How much did he spend on smoothies?
$49
(5x5) + (3x8) = s
A bike store pays $4,860 for 36 bikes. Then the store sells the bikes for $187 each. How much profit does the store make from selling the bikes?
$1,872
36 x 187 - 4,860 = p
(5 × 5) + (7 × 7) = k
k=74
(7 × 2) + (4 × 9) = w
w=50
Emilia and Jake collect stamps. Emilia has 78 U.S. stamps and 36 stamps from other countries. Jake has 32 U.S. stamps and 53 stamps from other countries. How many more stamps does Emilia have than Jake?
29 more stamps
(78 + 36) - (32 + 53) = s
A bagel shop sold 8 dozen egg bagels. They sold twice as many raisin bagels. How many raisin bagels did the shop sell?
8 x 12 x 2 = r
A family of 5 people went to an amusement park. Admission tickets cost $29 each. The family also spent $78 on food, drinks, and souvenirs. What total amount did the family spend for their day at the amusement park?
$223
5 × 29 + 78 = t
4× (15 - 6) = r
r=36
8 × (12 - 7) = v
v=40