Word Problems
Mrs. Bell’s class checked out 48 books from the library. Over the next week, 3 students returned 5 books each. How many books are still checked out?
33 books
5 x 9
45
10/5
2
Sunny eats 1/2 of a can for breakfast and 1/2 of a can for dinner. How many cans does he eat in a week?
7 cans
A school bus has 12 rows of seats. Each row has 4 seats. How many students can sit on the bus?
48 students
Maria bought 3 packs of pencils. Each pack has 12 pencils. She gave 15 pencils to her classmates. How many pencils does she have left?
21 pencils
7 x 8
56
24/6
4
2/5 + 1/5
3/5
Emma bought 8 apples for $3 each and 5 bananas for $2 each. How much did she spend in total?
$34
A class sold 128 raffle tickets on Monday and 157 tickets on Tuesday. They sold 15 fewer tickets on Wednesday than on Monday. How many total tickets did they sell in the three days?
398 tickets
11 x 5
55
36/6
6
Make an equivalent fraction for 3/9
2/6 ect.
A teacher has 90 stickers for her class. She gives each student 5 stickers. How many students can get stickers?
18 students
A coach bought 4 new basketballs for $19.50 each. She also bought a ball pump that cost $14.75. How much did she spend altogether?
$92.75
23 x 7
161
63/9
7
5/6 - 4/6
1/6
A farmer has 54 eggs. He packs them into cartons that hold 6 eggs each. How many full cartons can he make?
9 full cartons
Sarah brought a tray of brownies cut into 12 equal pieces. Her friends ate 3/12 of the brownies at lunch and 1/4 of the brownies at recess. How many pieces are left?
6 pieces of brownie
56 x 4
224
49/7
7
Which sign would you use
3/8 ___ 3/7
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Jason needs 4 packs of crayons for his classroom. Each pack has 8 crayons. How many crayons are there in total?
32 crayons