Word Problems
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What kind of story is it?
100
Erik has 4 football cards to give equally to 2 friends. How many football cards does he give to each friend?
What is 2 because 4 / 2 = 2?
100
Jay has 12 pencils. He wants to place the same number of pencils in each of 3 boxes. How many pencils should Jay put in each box?
What is 4 because 12 / 3 = 4?
100
Jack counted 24 tennis balls. There are 3 tennis balls in each can. How many cans of balls are there?
What is 8 because 24 / 3 = 8?
100
Andrew buys 24 doughnuts and 6 jars of apple juice for his class. How many items does Andrew buy altogether?
What is 4 because 24 / 6 = 4?
100
Kenny has 24 cans of juice. He gives 6 cans to his brother. How many cans of juice does Kenny have left?
What is subtraction, because 24 - 6 = 18?
200
Erik has 10 football cards to give equally to 2 friends. How many football cards does he give to each friend?
What is 5 because 10 / 2 = 5?
200
Jay has 15 pencils. He wants to place the same number of pencils in each of 5 boxes. How many pencils should Jay put in each box?
What is 3 because 15 / 5 = 3?
200
Jack counted 35 tennis balls. There are 7 tennis balls in each can. How many cans of balls are there?
What is 5 because 35 / 7 = 5?
200
Tammy has 21 beads. She gives Renee 7 beads to make a necklace. How many beads does Tammy have left? You would solve using...
What is subtraction because 21 - 7 = 14?
200
Kenny has 24 cans of juice. There are 6 cans in each pack. How many packs of juice does Kenny have?
What is division, because 24 / 6 = 4?
300
Erik has 48 football cards to give equally to 6 friends. How many football cards does he give to each friend?
What is 8 because 48 / 6 = 8?
300
Alex has 20 marshmallows to put in 5 cups of hot cocoa. He wants to put the same number of marshmallows in each cup. How many marshmallows should he put in each cup?
What is 4 marshmallows because 20 / 5 = 4?
300
Jack counted 30 tennis balls. There are 10 tennis balls in each can. How many cans of balls are there?
What is 3 because 30 / 10 = 3?
300
Each bracelet has 7 beads. Tammy makes 21 bracelets. How many beads does Tammy have? You would solve using...
What is multiplication, because 21 x 7 = 147?
300
Kenny has 24 cans of juice. He gets 6 more from his friend. How many cans of juice does Kenny have altogether?
What is addition, because 24 + 6 = 30?
400
Erik has 24 football cards to give equally to 8 friends. How many football cards does he give to each friend?
What is 24 / 8 = 3?
400
Bill wants to find out how many groups of 3 are in 12. If he uses repeated subtraction, what is his first step?
What is 12-3=9?
400
Helen walks for 20 hours each week. She walks 4 hours each day. How many days does Helen exercise each week?
What is 5 days because 20 / 4 = 5?
400
Tammy has 21 beads. If she needs 7 beads for each bracelet, how many bracelets can Tammy make? You would solve using...
What is division because 21 / 7 = 3?
400
Kenny has 6 cases of juice. There are 24 cans in each case. How many cans of juice does Kenny have?
What is multiplication, because 6 x 24 = 144?
500
Erik has 72 football cards to give equally to 9 friends. How many football cards does he give to each friend?
What is 8 because 72 / 9 = 8?
500
Kendra has $80 to buy nail polish. If each bottle of nail polish costs $5, how many bottles of nail polish can she buy?
What is 16 because 80 / 5 = 16?
500
Helen walks for 40 hours each week. She walks 8 hours each day. How many days does Helen exercise each week?
What is 5 because 40 / 8 = 5?
500
Tammy has 21 beads. Renee gives her 7 beads. How many beads does Tammy have? You would solve using...
What is subtraction because 21 - 7 = 14?
500
Lan has 9 bottles of water. She wants to put the same number of bottles of water in each of 3 paper bags. How many bottles of water will go into each bag?
What is division, because 9 / 3 = 3?