Word Problems
A rectangular garden has an area of 175 square feet. The garden is 25 feet long on one side. How long is the other side?
7 feet
25 x 35
875
150 / 3
50
At a deli, 7 kids agreed to share 5 sandwiches. They want to be sure each one gets the same amount of sandwich. How much sandwich will each kid get?
5/7 of a sandwich
A bakery baked 770 cookies for a party. If they put 22 cookies in each box, how many boxes will they need?
35 boxes
39 x 43
1677
175 / 25
7
A recipe for a batch of cookies calls for 1/10 cup of frosting for each cookie. If Sharon made 15 cookies, how much frosting does she need?
15/10, 3/2 or 1 and 1/2 cups of frosting
The recreation department bought 268 bags of water balloons for the 4th of July balloon toss. Each bag has 359 balloons. How many water balloons did the recreation department buy for the balloon toss?
96,212 water balloons
292 x 303
88,476
793 / 61
13
Marco wants to feed each of his friends 1/3 of a sandwich at lunch. If he has 9 friends, how many sandwiches should he make?
3 sandwiches
Amber built a giant wall from Lego bricks. The wall was 160 bricks high and 285 bricks long. How many Lego bricks did Amber use?
45,600 lego bricks
234 x 222
51,948
550 / 25
22
It takes 1/4 stick of clay to make a flower pot. Daniel made 14 flower pots. How much clay did he use?
3 1/2 sticks of clay
A farmer planted 182 rows of corn in a field. Each row of corn has 521 plants. How many corn plants did the farmer plant in the field?
94,822 corn plants
178 x 150
26,700
992 / 62
16
David painted 18 chairs. It takes 1/2 can of paint to paint a chair. How much paint did David use?
9 cans of paint