Word Problems
A Golfcrest Shop sells dresses for $10 each. In January, they sold 3,522 dresses. How much money did the Golfcrest Shop make in January from these sales?
$35,220.00
Jayden bought a new box of pencils to start the school year. In one month, he used 17/24 of the pencils. Which is closest to the fraction of the pencils he had left?
Is about 1/4 of the pencils were left?
Jayden's walking stick is 35.6 centimeters long. Which mixed number is equivalent to 35.6?
a. 35 1/6
b. 35 1/60
c. 35 6/10
d 35 6/100
What is 35 6/10?
The visitors to several cities in 2020 are listed below.
Houston - 250,266,379
New York - 258,389,246
Los Angeles - 250,265,215
Chicago - 250,265,299
Which city would be second on the list if they are listed from least to greatest?
What is Chicago with 250,265,299?
Mr. Blanco wrote a number in expanded notation:
(2 x 1,000,000) + (8 x 10,000) + (7 x 100) + (4 x 1)
Ms. Vanega wrote a number in expanded notation:
(2 x 1,000,000) + (8 x 10,000) + (3 x 1,000) x (4 x 1)
Who wrote the larger number? Explain your thinking.
Who is Ms. Vanega because she has more in the thousands place value.
Using the table below which shows the number of bags of chips the cafeteria sold each week last month.
Week Number of Bags Sold
1 879
2 653
3 713
4 531
Which of these is the best estimate of the number of bags of chips the cafeteria sold last month?
Is 2,800 the number of bags of chips sold?
Micah bought a huge caramel pretzel. In 30 minutes, he ate 5/9 of the huge caramel pretzel. Which is closest to the fraction of the caramel pretzel he had left?
Is the fraction of the caramel pretzel Micah had left was about 1/2?
Which statement is true about the number 627,381.28 are true?
a. The value of the digit 2 is (2 x 1,000).
b. The value of the digit 8 is (8 x 0.1).
c. The value of the digit 6 is (6 x 10,000).
d. The value of the 2 is (2 x 0.1).
What is 2 x 0.1?
Adriel and Anthony bought bags of chips for the entire third through fourth grade classes at Golfcrest.
Adriel bought 89 bags of chips.
Anthony bought 10 times as many bags of chips as Adriel.
How many bags of chips did Anthony buy for Golfcrest?
a. 8,900
b. 890
c. 89,000
d. 89.10
What is 890?
Raquel's family took a drive of 360 miles over three days on a trip to Corpus Christi, Texas. The family drove in four days for the same distance each day.
How many miles did Raquel's family drive over one day?
What is 90 miles?
Raquel has 59 emoji cards in her collection. Alicyn has three times as many emoji cards as Raquel. Alicyn buys 50 more emoji cards.
What equation can be used to find c, the number of emoji cards Alicyn has in her collection now?
Is the equation 59 x 3 + 50?
A stadium sold 33,300 tickets to a concert. What statement about the number is true?
a. The value of the digit in the tens place is 10 times the value of the digit in the hundreds place.
b. The value of the digit in the thousands place is 1/10 the value of the digit in the ten thousands place.
c. The value of the digit in the hundreds place is 10 times the value of the digit in the thousands place.
d. The value of the digit in the ten thousands place is 1/10 the value of the digit in the hundreds place.
Is the value of the digit in the hundreds place 10 times the value of the digit in the thousands place?
What are the points between 0 and 0.1 in this invisible number line counting by?
0 0.1
a. tens
b. tenths
c. hundreds
d hundredths
What are hundredths?
Jorge described a number using these clues.
* the value of the digit 7 is (7 x 10).
* the value of the digit 3 is (3 x 1,000).
* the value of the digit 1 is (1 x100).
Which number could fit Jorge's description?
a. 3,175.02
b. 93, 075.01
c. 3,651.70
d. 9,372.01
What is 3,175.02?
There are 1,421 seats at the Golfcrest Movie Theater. The theater has 7 sections. Each section has the same number of seats.
How many seats are in each section?
What is 203?
A factory produces 650 computers every day. The factory makes 250 more computers than tablets per day.
Which equation can be used to find x, the total number of computers and tablets the factory makes in one day?
Is the equation x = 650 + 650 + 250?
Cameron's pen is 13.7 centimeters long. Which mixed number is equivalent to 13.7?
a. 13 1/7
b 13 1/70
c 13 7/10
d 13 7/100
Is 13 7/10 equivalent to 13.7?
What is the invisible number line counting by between 0 and 1 with 9 tick marks on the line between 0 and 1?
0 1
a. hundreds
b. tens
c. hundredths
d. tenths
What are tenths?
Which statement about the number 726,483.19 is true?
f. The digit 9 has a value of (9 x 100).
g. The digit 4 has a value of (4 x 100).
h. The digit 8 has a value of (8 x 0.1).
j. The digit 2 has a value of (2 x 10).
What is the digit 4 has a value of (4 x 100)?
A bag of snack mix weighs 8 9/100 ounces. What decimal is equivalent to 8 9/100?
What is 8.09?
Jorge wants to buy pants for $19.29 and a backpack for $11.48. He will pay for both items with a $50 bill.
How much change should Jorge receive back?
Is $19.23 the amount Jorge should receive back from a $50 bill?
The thickness of Alexis' cell phone is 3/8 inch. The thickness of Adriel's cell phone is less than Alexis'.
Which measurement could be the thickness of Adriel's cell phone?
a. 2/5 inch
b. 4/7 inch
c. 1/3 inch
d 5/6 inch
What is 1/3 inch?
Given the number 52.43; what is the value of the 4 if it's 10 times greater than the value of the 4 in 52.43, but in a random set of numbers?
a. 56.43
b. 54.33
c. 42.56
d. 52.34
What is 54.33?
In the number shown, which statement is true about the second 7?
77,000
a. Its value is 10 times greater than the value of the 1st 7.
b. Its value is 1/10 the value of the 1st 7.
c. Its value is 70 times the value of the 1st 7.
d. Its value is 1/70 the value of the 1st 7.
What is the 1/10?
An office had three baskets of letters ready to be mailed. The first basket was 2/10 full, the second basket was 3/6 full, and the third basket was 1/5 full. Which comparison is true?
a. 1/5 > 3/6
b. 2/10 = 1/5
c. 3/6 < 2/10
d. 1/5 > 2/10
What is 2/10 = 1/5?