Practical Problems

Making change

100

Ellen bought a slice of pizza for $4.35. She paid with a five dollar bill. How much change should she get back? A. $9.35
B. $1.65
C. $0.65
D. $0.70

C. $0.65

200

Danielle bought an apples for $0.64. She paid using $1.00. How much money should she get back?
A. $1.64
B. $0.46
C. $1.36
D. $0.36

D. $0.36

300

Maggie has $4.00 in her wallet. She spent $2.39 at the store. How much money does she have in her wallet now?
A. $6.39
B. $2.00
C. $2.71
D. $1.61

D. $1.61

400

Greg has $4.37 in his wallet. He bought a drink for $2.48. How much money does Greg have left in his wallet?

$1.89

500

Mary went to the grocery store and bought some apples for $3.45 and some bananas for $1.52. She gave the cashier $5.00, how much change will Mary get back? 

$0.03 

Addition/Subtraction

100

Jason has 594 lines to memorize for the school play. He has memorized 385 lines already. How many more lines does he need to memorize?

209 lines 

200

Brandon makes 1,394 muffins for his bakery. He sells 947 muffins during breakfast. How many muffins does he have left?
A. 2,341 muffins
B. 655 muffins
C. 1,653 muffins
D. 447 muffins

D. 447 Muffins 

300

Vince is watching a movie that is 1,394 minutes long. He has watched 485 minutes of the movie so far. How many more minutes are left in the movie?
A. 909 minutes
B. 1,880 minutes
C. 919 minutes
D. 1,111 minutes

A. 909 Minutes 

400

Harmony is reading a book with 3,495 pages. She has already read 879 pages. How many more pages does she have to read?

2,616 pages

500

Marcus read 384 pages of his book in one week. He read another 1,384 the following week. How many pages did he read in total?

1,768 Pages

Multiplication/Division

100

Phoebe is making signs to run for class president. She spend $2 on every sign she makes. If she makes 24 signs, then how much money will she spend?
A. $26
B. $48
C. $22
D. $46

B. $48

200

Buster bought candy to make goodie bags. He bought 54 pieces of candy to make 9 goodie bags. If he puts the same amount of candy in each bag, then how many pieces of candy are in one bag?
A. 45 pieces
B. 5 pieces
C. 6 pieces
D. 486 pieces

C. 6 Pieces 

300

Douglas is buying pencils for his class. He buys 4 packs of pencils. Each pack has 14 pencils in it. How many pencils did he buy in all?
A. 18 pencils
B. 46 pencils
C. 10 pencils
D. 56 pencils

D. 56 Pencils 

400

Rachel bought 3 boxes of doughnuts. Each box has 10 doughnuts. How many doughnuts did Rachel buy in all?
A. 13 doughnuts
B. 30 doughnuts
C. 7 doughnuts
D. 29 doughnuts

B. 30 Doughnuts 

500

Regan has a total of 24 lollipops. She is going to give the lollipops to eight of her friends. If she gives the same amount of lollipops to each friends, then how many lollipops will each friend get?
A. 8 lollipops
B. 32 lollipops
C. 6 lollipops
D. 3 lollipops

D. 3 Lollipops

Time

100

Gio finished his homework at 4:50 PM. He spent exactly 3 hours working. What time did he start doing his homework?
A. 1:50 PM
B. 6:50 PM
C. 7:50 PM
D. 8:50 PM

A. 1:50 PM

200

Tara put a cake in the oven at 12:45 PM. It takes the cake exactly 3 hours to finish baking. What time will the cake finish baking?
A. 9:45 PM
B. 1:45 PM
C. 3:45 PM
D. 2:45 PM

C. 3:45 PM

300

Kara left the mall at 3:25 PM. She was there for two hours. What time did she arrive at the mall?

1:25 PM

400

Levi started studying at 3:45 PM. He finished studying at 8:45 PM. How long did he study for?

5 hours

500

Taylor went to a birthday party at 12:45 PM. She stayed at the party for 6 hours. What time did she leave the party?

6:45 PM