Multi Step Word Problems
There are 86,400 seconds in one day. If Mr. Liegel is at work for 28,800 seconds a day, how many seconds a day is he away from work?
57,600
6, 3 1 1
+ 2 6 8
6,579
2 , 4 6 0
– 1 , 3 7 0
1,090
9 hundred thousand O 5 hundred thousand + 4 hundred thousand
9 hundred thousand = 5 hundred thousand + 4 hundred thousand
Unit Form
20,000 + 400 + 80 + 2
2 ten thousands, 4 hundreds, 8 tens, 2 ones
A baseball stadium sold some burgers. 2,806 were cheeseburgers. 1,679 burgers didn’t have cheese. How many burgers did they sell in all?
4,485
6, 3 1 1
+ 1, 2 6 8
7,579
2 , 4 6 0
– 1 , 4 7 2
988
2 hundred thousands - 1 thousand O 300,000
2 hundred thousands - 1 thousand < 300,000
Unit Form
62,789
6 ten thousands 2 thousands 7 hundreds 8 tens 9 ones
The office supply closet had 25,473 large paper clips, 13,648 medium paper clips, and 15,306 small paper clips. How many paper clips were in the closet?
54,427
1 2, 3 7 8
+ 5, 4 6 3
17,841
9 7 , 6 8 4
– 4 9 , 7 0 0
47,984
608 thousands - 1 hundred thousand O 607 thousands
608 thousands - 1 hundred thousand < 607 thousands
Standard Form
400 thousands + 600 thousands
1,000,000
At the zoo, Brooke learned that one of the rhinos weighs 4,897 pounds, one of the giraffes weighs 2,667 pounds, one of the African elephants weighs 12,456 pounds, and one of the Komodo dragons weighs 123 pounds. What is the combined weight of the zoo’s African elephant and the giraffe?
elephant:12,456
giraffe: 2,667
Answer: 15,123
3 4, 6 9 8
+ 7 1, 8 4 0
106, 538
1 2 4 , 3 0 6
– 3 1 , 1 1 7
93,189
371 thousands + 9 ten thousands O 380,000
371 thousands + 9 ten thousands > 380,000
Standard Form
4 ten thousands 6 hundreds
40,600
Tallahassee, FL, has a population of 483,493. New York, NY, has 345,876 more people than Tallahassee. Phoenix, AZ has 279,426 fewer people than New York. What is the total population of all three cities?
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38,193 + 6,376 + 241,457
286,026
1 2 4 , 0 0 6
– 1 2 1 , 1 1 7
2,889
Compare the values of the 5 in 552,299. Use a picture, numbers, or words to explain.
500,000
50,000
Standard Form
5 thousands + 7 thousands
12,000