Single step word problems
Jeremy read the first two hundred ten pages of a book. There are seventy-eight pages left to read. How many pages does the book have?
288
313 divided by 4
78 r 1
Each vase is twelve centimeters tall and can hold nine flowers. With 52 roses and 56 tulips, how many vases can be filled with flowers?
12 vases
5/7 - 2/3
1/21
What value of x makes these ratios equivalent?
x:6 = 12:18
4
There are six hundred seventy-five people at the beach today. 85 of them are swimming in the water, while the rest are sunbathing on the sand. How many people are on the sand?
590 people
207 divided by 9
23
The school is organizing a field trip to the zoo. Each bus can hold seven students, and there are nineteen girls and 23 boys going. It will take forty minutes to reach the zoo. How many busses will they need?
6 buses
8/12 - 1/5
7/15
What value of x makes these ratios equivalent?
x/12 = 9/36
3
The park's sprinklers can spray 23 liters of water on the grass in one minute. How many liters can they spray in nine minutes?
207 liters
208 divided by 17
12 r 4
A window washing team needs three hours to wash the outside windows of a single floor of a building. The twenty story building they are working on already has 5 floors done. How much longer do they need to finish the building?
45 hours
6/10 + 4/8
44/40
What value of x makes these ratios equivalent?
x/6 = 8/12
4
The auto factory can build 31 new trucks each day. How many trucks can it build in the next twenty days?
620 trucks
835 divided by 64
13 r 3
At the company picnic, ten accountants and 20 engineers wanted to have a volleyball tournament. How many teams could they have if there were six people on each team?
5 teams
1/4 + 6/8
8/8 or 1
What value of x makes these ratios equivalent?
6/10 = 18/x
30
Paper Depot is delivering 1188 cases of paper today. Thirty-three trucks are being loaded with an equal number of cases of paper. How many cases will each truck carry?
36 cases of paper
851 divided by 48
17 r 35
Paul was building 8 dog houses. He bought nine boxes of nails, and each box contained 80 nails. How many nails can be used for each dog house?
90 nails
2/7 + 1/4
15/28
What value of x makes these ratios equivalent?
3:8 = 15:x
40