Construction
A construction crew pours 145 bags of concrete on Monday and 187 bags on Tuesday. How many bags of concrete did they pour in total over the two days?
332 Bags
Carlos manages a local café and recently ordered a shipment of 240 paper cups for customer drinks. The total cost of the shipment was $48. To help with budgeting, Carlos wants to know how much each cup costs.
What is the cost per cup in this shipment?
$0.20 per cup
Jordan manages a photography studio and set aside $1,200 to upgrade some of his equipment. After buying a new camera for $875, he wants to see how much money he has left in his equipment budget.
How much of his budget remains after the purchase?
$325
A fine-dining restaurant rents tablecloths for $3 each. If they use 180 tablecloths per month,
how much does the restaurant spend on tablecloth rentals each month?
$540
Ethan is an avid reader and has a collection of 75 books on his bookshelf. Recently, he decided to donate some books to a local library to make space for new ones. After donating 29 books, he wants to know how many books he still has at home.
How many books remain in Ethan’s collection?
46 books
A builder starts the week with 950 wooden planks. After building frames for several houses, only 385 planks are left. How many planks were used?
565 Planks
Jasmine owns a small craft business where she makes and sells scented candles. Each candle is priced at $12. After attending a weekend craft fair, she counted that she had sold 25 candles in total.
How much money did Jasmine earn from selling candles at the fair?
$300
A business spent $3,600 on employee training for a team-building retreat. If the cost was split equally among 12 employees,
how much did the training cost per employee?
$300
A smoothie bar makes a large batch of fruit mix that costs $60 to prepare. The batch makes 30 smoothies.
What is the cost of the fruit mix per smoothie?
$2
Maya is getting ready to plant a large vegetable garden this spring. On Monday, she bought 18 bags of soil from the garden center. The next day, realizing she needed more soil to cover a bigger area, she went back and bought an additional 25 bags.
How many bags of soil did Maya buy in total over the two days?
43 bags of soil
Each wall of a building requires 1,200 bricks. If a crew is building 4 identical walls, how many bricks will they need in total?
4800 Bricks
Liam runs an online store that sells custom notebooks. At the beginning of the week, he had 120 notebooks ready to ship. After a successful promotion, he received several orders and shipped out 45 notebooks to customers.
How many notebooks does Liam have left in his inventory?
75 notebooks
Amira runs a small bakery that rents a commercial kitchen space for $850 per month. She signed a lease for 6 months and wants to calculate the total cost in advance so she can plan accordingly.
How much will Amira spend on rent over the 6-month lease period?
$5100
Camila owns a restaurant that was hired to cater a birthday party. She spent $145 on ingredients for appetizers and $210 on ingredients for the main dishes.
$355
Four friends order a large pizza for lunch, which is cut into 12 equal slices. They want to share the pizza fairly so that everyone gets the same number of slices.
How many slices will each friend get if they divide the pizza evenly?
3 Slices
A construction site has 48 workers that need to be divided evenly into 6 teams. How many workers will be in each team?
8 workers per team
Maria owns a small juice bar downtown. On Monday, she made $150 in sales, mostly from morning customers. On Tuesday, there was a local event nearby, so her sales increased to $185.
How much total revenue did Maria earn from juice sales over these two days?
$335
Elena owns a small flower shop. One week, she spent $75 on fresh flowers and $48 on decorative wrapping supplies. These were both necessary for upcoming wedding orders.
How much did Elena spend in total on supplies that week?
$123
Marcus set aside $2,000 to upgrade appliances in his restaurant kitchen. He purchased a new refrigerator for $1,450.
$550
A group of friends decided to go see a new movie on opening night. They purchased 7 tickets in total, and each ticket cost $11. They want to figure out how much money they spent altogether on movie tickets for the evening.
How much did the group spend on the movie tickets?
$77
A contractor buys 8 bags of cement, each costing $27. If he pays with $250, how much money will he have left after the purchase?
$34
Nina owns a phone accessories business. She bought 30 phone cases from a supplier at $5 each. She then sold all the cases at a retail price of $12 each. In addition to the cost of the phone cases, she also spent $60 on online advertising to promote the sale.
After subtracting the cost of the phone cases and the advertising, how much profit did Nina make?
$150
Noah owns a mobile detailing business. In one month, he spent:
$200 on cleaning supplies,
$150 on gas,
$75 on advertising, and
$25 per car for 20 cars (he buys special wax for each service).
What were Noah’s total business expenses for the month?
$925
Tina runs a food truck that operates six days a week. Each day, she spends $90 on ingredients and $25 on gas. She also pays her assistant $12 per hour for 5 hours of work each day.
What are Tina’s total expenses for one week of operation?
$1225
Lily is planning a three-day road trip with her friends. During the trip, she expects to spend $120 on gas to cover all the driving. She also plans to spend $45 on snacks for the group and $25 on tolls along the way. In addition, Lily rents a car for the trip at a rate of $40 per day.
What will be the total cost Lily spends on gas, snacks, tolls, and car rental for the entire road trip?
$310