Word Problems
Faith went to a pet shop. He bought 15 gold fish, 7 blue fish and 3 packages of fish food. How many fish did he buy?
22 fish
I woke up at 5am. It takes me 45 minutes to get ready for work. What time was I ready for work?
5:45
There are 9 cars in the parking lot. 2 cars are parked on the left and the other cars are parked on the right.
What fraction of the cars are parked on the right?
7/9
Remember: top number is the PART; bottom number is the WHOLE
Jack had $10. He bought a pair of socks for $2.30 and a pair of gloves for $5.50. How much money did he have left?
$2.20
$10 - $2.30 - $5.50 = $2.20
$10 - $2.30 = $7.70
$7.70 - $5.50 = $2.20
I read 21 pages of my English book yesterday in just 45 minutes. Today, I read 117 pages. What is the total number of pages that I read?
138
45 patients made appointments on Monday but only 28 patients showed up. How many patients missed their appointments?
17
I got home at 5:15. Mom said I can play video games for 1 hour. What time do I have to put up the video games?
6:15
There are 9 cars in the parking lot. 2 cars are parked on the left and the other cars are parked on the right. If 4 cars are white, what fraction of the cars are white?
4/9
Remember: top number is the PART; bottom number is the WHOLE
Coffee mugs cost $2.50 each. How much do 5 coffee mugs cost?
$12.50
5 x $2.50 = $12.50
78 customers came into the bookstore, and 53 of them were regular customers. How many new customers came into the bookstore today?
25
Mrs. Conley has 4 students in this class. Ms. Conley measured 4 cups of flour for each student. How many cups of flour does she measured for all the students?
16
I started cooking dinner at 6pm. It takes 30 minutes to make. What time was dinner ready?
6:30
There are 15 students in a class. 7 of them are boys. What fraction of the class are girls?
8/15
Remember: top number is the PART; bottom number is the WHOLE
Mr. Jackman gives $32 to his four children to share equally. How much will each of his children get?
$8
$32 ÷ 4 = $8
There are 5 groups of 4 students. Each group should have 2 pairs of scissors. How many pairs of scissors are needed in total?
10
There are 5 groups of 4 students. How many students are there in the class?
20
The hour hand is on the 5 and the minute hand is on the 8. What time is it?
5:40
There are 15 students in a class. 7 of them are boys. If 11 students ordered pizza, what fraction of the class ordered pizza?
11/15
Remember: top number is the PART; bottom number is the WHOLE
A can of soft drinks is $1.50, and a bottle of juice is $2.80. What would it cost to buy two cans of soft drinks and a bottle of juice?
$5.80
(1.50 x 2) + 2.80
1.50 x 2 = 3
3 + 2.80 = 5.80
Lexie’s spent 2 hours gathering all of her watercolor paintings. She thought of placing an equal number of paintings in four of the rooms in the house. If Lexie has 32 watercolor paintings, how many paintings will be pla ced in each of the four rooms?
8
She counted her crayons and found out that she has 80 crayons which she will place in crayon boxes. Every crayon box can contain 8 crayons. How many crayon boxes does she need?
10
Practice starts at 5:15. It takes me 15 minutes to get to practice. What time should I leave?
5
Janna’s short story book has 9 pages. So far, she has read 5 pages of it. Two pages in the story book were ripped. What fraction of the pages were NOT ripped?
7/9
Remember: top number is the PART; bottom number is the WHOLE
You have $20 for dinner. A hamburger meal costs $10. Do you have enough money? How much change should you get back?
Yes. $10.
$20 - $10 = $10
Lexie’s younger brother helped pick up all the paper clips in Lexie’s room. He was able to collect 81 paper clips. If he wants to distribute the paper clips in 9 boxes, write an equation showing how many paper clips each box will contain.
9