Word Problems
John has 8 drink glasses. He pours 9 ounces of orange juice into each glass. What is the total ounces of orange juice John poured?
72 ounces of orange juice
Tom splits a watermelon equally among his 8 friends. What fraction of the whole of the watermelon does each friend receive?
1/8 of the watermelon
A rectangular figure has a length of 7 cm and a width of 9 cm. What is the area of this figure?
63 cm
90
75 divided by 5 equals?
15
Maya has 56 stickers. She wants to give an equal amount of stickers to each of her 7 friends. How many stickers will each friend receive?
8 stickers
Which fraction is greater?
2/8 or 2/6
2/6 is greater
There are 6 rows of corn with 7 stalks in each row. What is the area where the corn will grow?
Area is 7 x 6 = 42
What is 123 rounded to the nearest ten?
120
4,000 x 8 equals?
32,000
27 x 9 = $243
Define an improper fraction. What is it and give an example.
An improper fraction is when the numerator is greater than the denominator which always make the fraction greater than one whole. Example 10/6, 8/4, 4/1
Tara and Mia are arguing over the correct area of a figure. Two sides length are 5 cm and two sides length are 7 cm. Tara says this shape is a square and Mia says no. Who is correct and what is the TOTAL AREA?
Mia is correct. The shape is a rectangle because all the sides are not equal. Area = 7 x 5 = 35cm
What is 394 rounded to the nearest hundred?
400
39 x 7 equals?
273
Jake and his 5 friends will share a $54 bill for dinner equally among them. How much does each person pay?
$9
Maria painted 6/6 of her bedroom wall. Her friend Sarah painted 6/1 of her room. Who painted more of her room? Why?
Sarah painted more of her room because 6/6 equals one whole as opposed to 6/1 which equals 6
What is the area of a figure that has a length of 15 ft and a width of 7 feet?
15 x7 = 105 ft
What is 705 rounded to the nearest hundred?
700
397 + 643
1,040
Nancy and her 5 friends want to share equally 29 cookies and 7 brownies. How many cookies and brownies will each friend receive?
6 friends divided by 36 cookies and brownies (29 +7) = 6 cookies and brownies for each friend
Which set of fractions are eqivalent?
A 2/3. 2/8
B 2/6. 1/3
C 3/6. 1/4
B 2/6 is equivalent to 1/3
Henry is trying to find out the area of his square shaped carpet. He measured the length to be 6 feet.
What is the total area of his carpet?
36 feet
What is 3,803 rounded to the nearest thousand?
4,000
706 - 248
458