Word Problems
Mr. Hill's class has 20 students. If he wants to give each student 8 pencils, how many total pencils will he need?
160 pencils
9/6
A rollercoaster has 10 cars. Each car has 5 rows with 2 seats in each row. What is the total number of passengers each rollercoaster can hold at a time? Show the equation you used to solve.
10 (cars) x 5 (rows) x 2 (seats per row) = 100 passengers.
What number can make both equations true?
___ x 3 = 27
27 divided by 3 = ____
9
What is the next number in the pattern,
21 , 18 , 15 , 12 , 9 .....?
6
Maya plants 40 flowers a day. How many flowers does she plant in a whole 7-day week?
280 flowers
How many times should 1/4 be added to equal 9/4?
9 times.
Joe has some posters to hang on the 4 walls in his room. If he puts 3 posters on each wall, how many posters will Joe hang in total?
12 posters.
What number makes both equations true?
45 divided by 9 = ____
9 x ___ = 45
5
Which is the next number in the pattern,
4 , 8 , 12 , 16 , 20 ......?
24
Sophie gives each of her 6 friends a basket of cookies. Each basket holds 20 cookies. How many cookies in total does she give to her friends?
120 cookies.
Write these fractions in order from greatest to least.
1/3 , 6/3 , 3/3
6/3, 3/3, 1/3
The band room has 56 chairs that need to be placed into equal rows. If there are 8 chairs in each row, how many rows are there in the band room?
7 rows
What number makes this equation true?
3 x 2 x 7 = 7 x ___
6
Carter started at 10 and skip counted until he got to 22. Which is the number he used to skip count by?
2
5 pictures.
Susan and Jamal are reading Harry Potter. Susan has read 3/8 of the book and Jamal has read 3/4 of the book. Who has read more of the book at this point?
Jamal because 3/4 is greater than 3/8.
Barbara has envelopes. She separates them into 7 equal groups. How many envelopes are one each group?
7 envelopes.
What number makes this equation true?
6 x 8 = 4 x ___
12
What pattern must you follow in order to extend/continue this pattern...
3 , 5 , 7 , 9 ......
Add 2
Sunshine Elementary has a total of 50 classrooms. In each classroom, there are 20 desks and 20 chairs. In total, how many pieces of furniture (desks and chairs) are there in the entire school?
1,000 desks and 1,000 chairs. 2,000 pieces of furniture in total.
Kiara says that the following 2 fractions are equivalent.
1/4 and 2/8
Is Kiara correct or incorrect?
Kiara is correct. 1/4 and 2/8 are equal.
Jennifer bought 24 packs of candy to share equally at her birthday party. If she has 8 guests at her party, how many pieces of candy did they each get?
What number makes this equation true? ( / means divide)
60 / ___ = 24 / 2
5
What is the missing number from this pattern and the rule being used?
36 , 42 , ___ , 54 , 60
48 and add 6 is the rule.