Word Problems Column 1
After finishing the treehouse, Charlie’s mother served them freshly baked cookies. If Charlie ate 8 cookies, and his father ate 6, how many cookies were eaten in total?
14 Cookies
Before the post office opened on Monday morning, there were 80 packs of stamps. At the end of the day, there were 50 packs of stamps left. How many packs of stamps were sold on Monday?
30 packs of stamps
There are 5 groups of 4 students.
How many students are there in the class?
20
Since Jasmine loves fruits, she went to the fruits section first. She bought apples and oranges worth $15. From the original $95 given by her mom, how much money was left?
$80
The treehouse is almost done; all they need is to paint it. His father estimated that they will use 20 ounces of white paint and 9 ounces of green paint. How many ounces of paint would they buy in total?
29 Ounces of Paint
On Wednesday, 48 packages were sent in for pick up. 15 of the packages required the recipient’s signature. How many packages did not require signature?
33
Students get 3 stickers on their reward chart for each correct answer. If a student gets 7 correct answers, how many stickers will he get?
21
Because of an upcoming exam, Robyn will not be able to sell cookies on Tuesday. To make up for it, Lucy decided to do double her work to catch up. She sold 34 cookies on her first round. In her second round she sold 78 cookies. How many cookies were sold by Lucy?
112 cookies
On the actual day of Annie’s birthday, almost everyone in her class came to surprise her. If Annie has 9 girl classmates and 14 boy classmates in her class, write and equation showing how many people attended her birthday party.
23 people attended
45 patients made appointments on Monday but only 28 patients showed up. How many patients missed their appointments?
17
There are 6 houses on a small street. Each house has a family with 4 children.
How many children are there living on this street?
24
Each person at the party eats 2 cupcakes. There are 9 people at the party. How many cupcakes were eaten by the people at the party?
18 cupcakes
Jessica, Annie’s best friend, is hosting the party. She plans on making pizza for everyone. If she bought 15 pieces of pepperoni and 37 pieces of bacon as ingredients, how many pieces of meat did she buy in total?
52 Pieces of Meat
60 appointments were made on Wednesday. By lunch time, 38 patients visited the office. How many patients came after the lunch time?
22
Last Sunday, 4 of the houses had some cars parked outside. If there were 4 cars outside each house, how many cars were there in total?
16
They have a week before the month ends and they are doing their best to get a badge from selling cookies. Working overtime, Robyn sold 47 packs of cookies while Lucy sold 29. How many packs of cookies were they able to sell that day in all?
76
In order to start constructing the house, Charlie and his father needed to gather some wood from the forest. If they initially have 276 extra planks of wood in the house and Charlie and his father got 368 more planks of wood, how many pieces of wood do they have in total?
644 planks of wood
Cade had 87 marbles. Dylan had 54 marbles. How many more marbles did Cade have than Dylan?
33 marbles
8 students came in the library and each of them borrowed 3 fiction books. How many fiction books did they borrow in total?
24
On their latest meeting, they found out that Tom has 2 times as many animal robots than Michael. If Michael has 8 animal robots, how many animal robots does Tom have?
16