Word Problems 1
Aubrey is finishing up her day selling cupcakes for a school fundraiser. She has already raised 24 dollars. How much money will she have raised in total if she sells the remaining 8 cupcakes for 3 dollars each?
Stella had 112 markers. Kayleigh gave her 38 more. Then, Stella lost 21 of the markers she had. About how many markers does Stella have now?
130 markers
Kalani decides to go on a picnic with her friend. Kalani decides to bring a pack of 25 strawberries for the 2 of them to share but eats 7 of the strawberries on the walk to her friend’s house. If they want to split the remaining strawberries evenly between them, how many strawberries does each friend get?
9 strawberries
Cam has collected 60 comic books. He gives away 20 of the books away to his friends, and then puts the remaining comic books on his bookshelf in piles of 5. How many piles of comic books does Cam now have?
8 piles
A grocery store had 142 yellow apples and 94 red apples. On Monday, the store sold 36 apples. About how many apples did the store have left?
190 Apples
Emma is playing with a group of classmates at recess. There are 23 third graders and 12 fourth graders. If they want to break up into groups of 5, how many groups will there be?
7 groups
Colton is looking to buy 5 bundles of chocolate bars. Each bundle costs 6 dollars. If he has 73 dollars and buys the 5 bundles, how much money does he have left?
$43
A delivery person needed to deliver 248 packages. She delivered 116 on Monday and 72 on Tuesday. Estimate the amount of packages that she still needs to deliver.
About 60 packages
Ivanna just got a new puppy and wants to make sure she has enough dog food for the next 7 days. She feeds the puppy 2 cups of food a day and has 18 cups of food on hand right now. How much food will she have left after the 7 days?
4 cups
Last Halloween, Aiden got 53 candies after trick-or-treating. He ate 5 candies that night. If he eats 2 candies every day, how many days will the candy last until it is all gone?
24 days
On Monday, Ms. Mersman's bakery had 157 chocolate muffins for sale. 98 muffins were sold in the morning and 32 in the afternoon. Approximately how many chocolate muffins were left?
About 30 muffins
Owen has a box of 64 crayons. He wanted to share them with his 4 siblings. He set aside 32 crayons for himself and divided the remaining crayons into 4 piles for his siblings. How many crayons were in each pile?
8 crayons