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March Madness Word Problems (Students)
March Madness Word Problems (Adults)
100

List 5 multiples of 4

(WITHOUT LOOKING AT A MULTIPLICATION CHART)

4,8,12,16,20

100
5.75 divided by 5 =_____
What is 1.15?
100
305 divided by .5 =_____
What is 610?
100

Mrs. Rachel was practicing her foul shooting over the weekend. Mrs. Rachel made 10/12 foul shots. Write a decimal AND percent to show her accuracy at the foul line. 

0.83

100

Mrs. Myers spends $5 every morning on pre-workout before basketball practice. How many days would it take her to spend $100?

20 days

200

List 5 multiples of 9

(WITHOUT LOOKING AT A MULTIPLICATION CHART)

9,18,27,36,45

200
.546 divided by 7 = _____
What is .078?
200
369 divided by .6 = _____
What is 615?
200

Ariannah's team was beating Mr. Mock's team by 12 points. Mr. Mock's team then made three three-pointers and a foul shot. How many more points would it take for Mr. Mock's team to beat Ariannah's team?

3 more points to WIN 

200

Mrs. Hicks plays basketball with Hank for a total of 30 minutes per day. How many days would it take her to play with Hank for 8 hours?

30 minutes x 2 = 1 hour per 2 days

1:2 days = 8:16 days

300

List 5 multiples of 8

(WITHOUT LOOKING AT A MULTIPLICATION CHART)

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8,16,24,32,40

300
30.63 divided by 6 = _____
What is 5.105?
300
78 divided by .3 = _____
What is 260?
300

Mason scored 10 points in his first game and then 15 points in his second game. In his third game, Mason made four three-point shots and 2 foul shots (worth 1 point each). How many points did Mason score in total in three games?

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39 points total

300

Mr. Mock spends 6 hours in the gym per week working on his dunking. How many weeks would it take him to have a total gym time of 3 days?

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3 days = 24 x 3 = 72 hours

72 hours divided by 6 hours per week = 12 weeks

400

List 5 multiples of 12

(WITHOUT LOOKING AT A MULTIPLICATION CHART)

12,24,36,48,60

400

367.2 divided by 16 = _____

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What is 22.95?

400

78 divided by .03 = _____

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What is 2,600?

400

Gabriel's team was winning 54-48 vs Mr. Hicks' team with 2:00 minutes left. Then Mr. Hicks' team made a three-point shot (worth 3 points) and two layups (worth 2 points each). At the buzzer, Gabriel made a layup (worth 2 points) What was the final score of the game? Who won?

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48+7=55 points Mr. Hicks

54+2=56 points Gabriel WINS

400

Mrs. Boyce spends 4 hours working on her three-pointer each month. How many months would it take her to work on her three-pointer for a full day?

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4 x 6 = 24 hours

24 hours in 1 day

6 months final answer

500

List 5 multiples of 15.

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15,30,45,60,75

500

12.80 divided by 8 = _____

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What is 1.60?

500

_______ x .04 = 98

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What is 2,450?

500

Grace made 5 three-point shots, 3 lay ups (worth 2 points each), and 3 foul shots (1 point each). How many points did Grace score in total?

5x3=15 points

3x2=6 points

3x1=3 points

15+6+3=24 points

500

If Mr. Hicks made 9 jump shots each day for two years (normal years) straight, how many jump shots would he have made?

365 x 2 = 730 days

730 x 9 = 6570 Jump shots