Word Problems
Sara has 24 apples. She puts them equally into 6 bags.
How many apples are in each bag?
Answer: 4
Lily had 15 stickers. She bought 10 more. Then she gave away 8.
How many does she have now?
Answer: 17
School starts at 8:00 and ends at 3:00.
How many hours?
Answer: 7 hours
What fraction is equal to 1/2?
A) 2/4
B) 3/4
C) 1/3
Answer: 2/4
Which fruit was chosen the most?
Answer: Apples
There are 35 students. 18 are girls.
How many are boys?
Answer: 17
There are 4 boxes with 6 pencils in each. Then 5 more pencils are added.
How many pencils total?
Answer: 29
A movie starts at 2:15 and ends at 4:15.
How long is the movie?
Answer: 2 hours
Is 3/6 equal to 1/2?
Answer: Yes
How many students chose bananas?
Answer: 5
A box has 9 rows of 5 cookies.
How many cookies total?
Answer: 45
Jake read 12 pages Monday and 18 pages Tuesday. He wants to read 40 pages total.
How many more pages does he need?
Answer: 10
Practice starts at 3:30 and ends at 5:00.
How long is practice?
Answer: 1 hour 30 minutes
What fraction is equal to 2/3?
A) 4/6
B) 2/6
C) 3/4
Answer: 4/6
How many more students chose apples than oranges?
Answer: 5
Tom buys 3 toys for $7 each.
How much does he spend?
Answer: $21
A farm has 5 chickens and 3 cows. Each animal has 4 legs.
How many legs total?
Answer: 32
Dinner starts at 6:45 and ends at 7:30.
How long is dinner?
Answer: 45 minutes
Fill in the blank:
1/4 = ___ / 8
Answer: 2/8
How many students were surveyed total?
Answer: 22
There are 56 markers. They are shared equally among 8 students.
How many markers does each student get?
Answer: 7
There are 8 tables with 4 chairs at each table. Then 6 extra chairs are added.
How many chairs total?
Answer: 38
A trip begins at 9:20 a.m. and ends at 12:05 p.m.
How long is the trip?
Answer: 2 hours 45 minutes
Which are equivalent?
A) 3/5 and 6/10
B) 3/5 and 5/6
Answer: 3/5 and 6/10
How many more students chose grapes and bananas combined than oranges?
Answer: 8