Word Problem Witches
A witch brews 4 cauldrons of potion. Each holds 8 cups. How many cups total?
32 cups
The pumpkin patch has 6,345 pumpkins. What is the value of the 6?
6,000
A raven drops 32 candy corns. Round to the nearest ten.
30
A candy bar costs $1.25. You pay $2. How much change?
$0.75
Hogwarts starts at 8:00 and ends at 2:00. How many hours long is wizardry school?
6 hours
There are 6 ghosts in each haunted room. If there are 5 rooms, how many ghosts?
30 ghosts
The witch labeled her potion bottles 24,318. What digit is in the hundreds place?
3
The witch’s spell lasted 178 seconds. Round to the nearest ten.
180
You buy 3 pumpkins for $5 each. Total cost?
$15
The haunted house opens at 6:30 and closes at 9:15. How long is it open?
2 hours 45 minutes
A vampire collects 42 bats. He gives away 19. How many does he have left?
23 bats
Count Dracula carved 7,000 + 400 + 50 + 2 pumpkins. What number is that?
7,452
The haunted mansion has 4,568 cobwebs. Round to the nearest hundred.
4,600
You have $10 and spend $3.45 at the candy shop. How much do you have left?
$6.55
The witches potion takes 20 minutes to brew and 10 minutes to cool. Total time?
30 minutes
A mummy wraps 12 feet of bandages each day for 7 days. How many feet total?
84 feet
Frankie Frankenstein built two robots numbered 2,390 and 2,903. Which one has a 9 in the tens place?
2,390
The spooky parade had 9,951 monsters. Round to the nearest thousand.
10,000
Two cups of Apple Cider cost $1.89 each at the fall festival.
$3.78
The trick-or-treaters leave the first house at 7:45 PM and reach the end of the street at 8:20 PM.
🕒 How long did their candy-collecting adventure take?
35 minutes
A werewolf runs 6 miles in the morning and 4.5 in the evening. How far in all?
10.5 miles
The Haunted Hayride can carry 8,965 passengers. If 30 more climb aboard, what’s the new total?
8,995
The graveyard has 15,729 bones buried. Round to the nearest hundred.
15,700
You buy a witches broom for $12.50 and a hat for $9.99. Total?
$22.49
A Halloween movie starts at 5:50 and ends at 7:15. How long is it?
1 hour 25 minutes