On the Job
Mr. Gray is the janitor at an elementary school. Over the summer, he cleans all of the classroom rugs. On Monday he cleaned 9 rugs. On Tuesday he cleaned 12 rugs. On Wednesday he cleaned 11 rugs. How many rugs did he clean in total.
32 rugs
Benjamin went grocery shopping yesterday. He spent $18 on frozen food, $20 on meat, and $19 on fruit. In total, how much did Benjamin spend?
$57
The Grisham family visited the theme park last weekend. At the beginning of the weekend, they had $200 in cash. They spent $46 on food and $58 at the gift shop. How much cash did they have left?
$96
Sophie made cookies to bring to the family reunion. She made 12 chocolate chip cookies, 9 oatmeal raisin cookies and 15 peanut butter cookies. How many cookies did Sophie make?
36 cookies
Austin just completed a 3-mile race. It took him exactly 8 minutes to complete the first mile, 10 minutes to complete the second mile, and 9 minutes to complete the last mile. How long did it take Austin to finish the race.
27 minutes
Ava, a mechanic, bought a car part for $67. Then she spent $24 on oil and $20 on a wrench. How much money did Ava spend altogether?
$111
The Ramirez family decided to track how much they were spending each week at the grocery store. In the first week, the Ramirez family spent $198. The next week, they spent $150. This week, they spent $123. What was the total cost of groceries for all three weeks?
$471
402 people rode the Ferris wheel on Saturday, and 367 people rode the Ferris wheel on Sunday. On Monday, only 59 people rode the Ferris wheel. How many people rode the Ferris wheel Saturday - Monday?
828 people
Rachel made deviled eggs for her family reunion. 12 of them were eaten on Saturday. Twice as many were eaten on Sunday. Altogether, how many deviled eggs were eaten on Saturday and Sunday?
36 deviled eggs
Autumn is training for a race. She ran for 24 minutes yesterday. Today she ran for 17 more minutes than yesterday. Tomorrow she wants to run for 10 more minutes than today. How many minutes does Autumn need to run tomorrow?
51 minutes
Dr. Renee, a vet, had 46 patients last week. Of those patients, 24 were dogs and 16 were cats. The rest were birds. How many of Dr. Renee's patients were birds?
6 were birds
Alyssa had 21 frozen waffles in her freezer. When she had a sleepover, her friends and her ate a total of 12 waffles. Then Alyssa bought 36 more waffles from the grocery store. How many waffles does Alyssa have now?
45 waffles
450 children visited the theme park on Tuesday. They were all under 13 years old. 46 of them were 12 years old, and 87 of them were 11 years old. How many of the children who visited the theme park were under 11 years old?
317 children
Juan needs to drive 538 miles to attend his family reunion. He drove 199 miles on Thursday and 176 miles on Friday. How many miles does Juan need to drive on Saturday?
163 miles
Brandon is training for a race so he wants to run 30 miles in March. During the first three weeks of the month he ran 8 miles per week. How many miles does he need to run during the last week of March?
6 miles
Ross runs a bakery. He has four boxes of strawberries. There are 9 strawberries in each box. He needs 42 strawberries for the strawberry shortcake he plans to make. How many more strawberries does he need?
6 strawberries
Evan needs to buy 24 snack bars to bring to his class at school. A pack of 6 snack bars costs $5. How much money will Evan need to buy 24 bars?
$20
The theme park sells two flavors of cotton candy - watermelon and strawberry. On Tuesday, 84 people bought watermelon cotton candy. Half as many people bough strawberry cotton candy. How many people bought cotton candy on Tuesday?
126 people
Peter bought 9 packs of hamburger buns for his family reunion. Each pack contains 8 buns. Peter needs 58 buns for the reunion. How many extra buns will he have?
14 buns
Maddie just completed a 4-mile race. She bought 8 ounces of water for every mile. She drank 20 ounces of water during the race. How many ounces of water does she have left?
12 ounces
Trent works at a hotel. He orders 3 boxes of shampoo. Each box contains 15 bottles of shampoo. There are 100 rooms in the hotel, and each room needs one bottle of shampoo. How many more bottles of shampoo does Trent need?
55 bottles of shampoo
Tyler bought 16 pounds of oats at the grocery store. He bought half as many pounds of nuts. He bought 5 more pounds of chocolate chips than nuts. How many pounds of chocolate chips did he buy?
29 pounds of chocolate chips
Isaiah has been saving money for his trip to the theme park. He started with $0. He saved $16 a week for 5 weeks. Then he spent $45 at the theme park. How much money does he have left?
$35
Kayla's family is going on a week-long road trip for their family reunion. Kayla's mom bought 5 bags of trail mix for the trip. Each bag contains 8 ounces of trail mix. Kayla's mom wants to share the trail mix equally among all 4 family members. How many ounces of trail mix will each person get?
10 ounces
Alex is training for a marathon. He runs 12 miles a week for all 4 weeks of September. Then he runs 45 miles in October. How many fewer miles did he run in October than in September?
3 miles