Story Problems
Fractions
Operations
Area/Perimeter
Geometry
100
There are 400 seats in a movie theater. There are 258 people sitting in the seats. How many seats are empty?
142 seats
100
What fraction is represented?
3/8
100
Tanya baked 250 cookies for a bake sale. Mark baked 84 fewer cookies than Tanya. How many cookies did they bake in all?
416 cookies
100
What is the area and perimeter of the shape shone?
Area = 40 cm
Perimeter = 26 cm
100
What quadrilateral has equal sides and right angles?
Square
200
There were 627 people attending a baseball game after 59 people left. How many people were at the game before the people left?
686 people
200
6/8 = ?
3/4
200
Carlos and his friends collected 56 rocks. Each person collected 8 rocks. How many people collected rocks?
7 people
200
A rectangle has a perimeter of 60 inches. One side is 16 inches, what is the length of the other side?
14 inches
200
What quadrilateral has two sets of parallel lines?
parallelogram
300
Lacey has a bookcase with 5 shelves. She used only 3 of the shelves. She put 10 books on each shelf. What is another way Lacey could put the same number of books in the bookcase, but this time, using all of the shelves?
6 books on each shelf.
300
A
What fraction is at the A on the number line? (List with the smallest denominator.)
3/4
300
Daniel’s goal is to walk 100 miles. He walks 10 miles every day. He has walked for 5 days. Daniel still needs to walk k more miles for his goal. What equation could be used to find how many more miles Daniel will have to walk to meet his goal?
100 = 10 x 5 + k
300
What is the difference between area and perimeter?
The area is the measurement of the space inside of a space and the perimeter is the length it takes to go around a shape.
300
What quadrilateral has 4 right angles?
rectangle
400
Jacquelyn’s mom drove 372 miles on Thursday and 284 miles on Friday. She has 245 miles more to drive on Saturday. About how many miles will she drive in all?
900 miles
400
2/6 > ?/6
1/6
400
A farmer planted 6 different types of tomatoes. He planted 20 of each type. How many tomatoes did the farmer plant?
120 tomatoes
400
A figure has a length of 8 and a width of 2. What would be the length of a square with the same area.
4
400
What quadrilateral has equal sides?
rhombus
500
A truck rental company charges $50 per day plus a one time fee of $30 to rent a truck. A person needs to rent a truck for 7 days. How much will the person pay to rent the truck?
$380
500
What fraction is shown? (State with the smallest denominator.)
1/3
500
What value for M makes this equation true?
M ÷ 9 = 9
81
500
Ellen is comparing two rectangles. Rectangle P is 4 inches long and 3 inch wide. Rectangle Q is 5 inches long and 2 inches wide. How do the areas and perimeters of the rectangles compare?
Rectangle P has a greater area, but the perimeters are equal.
500
What quadrilateral has exactly 1 set of parallel lines?
trapezoid