Mixed Word problems
Ms. Oberlin drank 84 ounces of coffee in 4 different mugs. How many ounces of coffee are in each mug?
84 / 4 = 21 ounces
Ms. Oberlin's mugs hold 21 ounces each.
2 groups of 6 =
12
10 squares. 2 equal groups. How many in each group?
5
There are 27 clowns at the circus. Each clown is holding 5 balloons. How many balloons are the clowns holding altogether?
135 balloons
Mayson has 160 crayons in the box. If she split them into 2 equal groups, how many crayons will be in each group?
80 crayons
Mrs. Hinchliffe's daughter sold 138 boxes of girl scout cookies. If each box is $4. How much money should Mrs. Hinchliffe's daughter collect?
138 x 4 = $552
Mrs. Hinchliffe's daughter should collect $552.
3 rows of 5
15
16 squares. 4 equal groups. How many are in each group?
4
Angela went to the store to buy 36 tomatoes. Each tomato cost $3.00. How much did Angela spend?
$108.00
Angela brought 126 colored pens for her and 2 friends. How many pens will each kid get?
126 / 3 = 42
Each kid will get 42 pens.
Julie sold 194 girl scout cookies. Her girl scout service unit (which is about 30 troops) sold 57 times the amount Julie sold. How many boxes of cookies did the service unit sell?
194 x 57 = 11,058
The service unit sold 11,058 boxes of cookies.
8 groups of 2
16
50 squares. 5 equal groups. How many are in each group?
10
Briarra and her 9 friends each bought 3 pieces of pizza that cost $2.00 each. How much did they spend altogether?
3 x 2.00 = 6.00
6.00 x 10 people = $60
Altogether the they spent $60.
Briarra divided 3,209 books equally to put in 5 classrooms. How many books are on each classroom and how many books would be left over?
3,209 / 5 = 641 r 4
Each classroom would get 641 books and 4 books would be left over.
Ian spent 2,880 minutes playing video games during the month of December. How many hours did Ian play? (HInt there are 60 minutes in 1 hour)
2,880 / 60 = 48 hours
Ian spent 48 hours playing video games.
7 groups of 4
28
24 squares. 6 equal groups. How many are in each group?
4
Ian won 175 points each time he completed a level in a game. He completed 14 levels. How many points did he win?
2,450 points
Mayson collected 8,925 bottle caps for a school project. She needs to put the bottle caps in groups of 25. How many bottle caps will be in each group?
8,925 / 25 = 357
There are 357 bottle caps in each group.
There are 483 raisins in a jar. Emma needs to separate the raisins into bins where 65 raisins are in them. How many bins of raisins are needed?
483 / 65 = 7 r 28 which means that 8 bins would be needed.
9 groups of 6
54
36 squares. 4 equal groups. How many are in each group?
9
Julie and her 4 friends spent $6 each on a ticket to the carnival. Then they spent $25 each on ride tickets. How much did they spend altogether?
Julie and 4 friends spent $30.00 on a ticket to the carnival and then an additional $125 on the ride tickets. Therefore, they spent $155 altogether.
Emma spent $1,902 on 28 tickets to the concert. How much did each ticket cost?
$1,902 / 28 = $39
Emma spent $39 on each ticket.