Word Problems-
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Word Problems-
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Place Value
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Math Facts with decimals
100
John went to school with 18 pencils. His friends all asked for some. John kept 3 for himself and split the rest evenly between five friends. How many did each friend get? What operations do you need to do and what is the answer?
Subtraction and Division 18-3 for John = 15 15/5= 3 Each friend got 3 pencils
100
What type of problem will you apply: "decreased by"
Subtraction
100
What is the place value of the 5 in the number 426,521,222?
hundred thousand
100
Write three thousand five hundred twelve in number form
3,512
100
What is 21.525- 13.78?
7.745
200
Darlene's cupcake pans can each hold a dozen cupcakes. If she needs to bake 400 cupcakes for school, how many trays will she need to bake? Will she have any cupcakes left for her family?
400/12=33 r4 She will need to bake 34 trays and will have 8 leftover for her family.
200
What operation would you use? "per"
Multiplication
200
What is the place value of the number 9 in the number: 793,000,000?
ten millions
200
Write 3,402.2 in word form
three thousand four hundred two and two tenths
200
What is 4.607 + 82 + .11=
86.717
300
There are 357 non-fiction books, 344 fiction books, 56 CDs, and 20 paperback books in the library. How many total books are there?
Addition: 357+344+20= 721 books CD's are not books.
300
What (multiple) operations would you use (and solve): Four "doubled" plus ten "halved"=
4 x 2= 8 10/2= 5 8+5=13
300
What is the place value of the 7 in the number: 4,569.097
thousandths
300
Write the number 4,500,611 in expanded form
4,000,000 + 500,000 + 600 +10 +1
300
What is 9.90 / .5 =
19.8
400
Amy runs three and five tenths miles five times a week, how far does she run in total for one week?
Multiplication 3.5 x 5=17.5 miles
400
The boys shared 33 trucks equally. If they each got 3 trucks, how many boys were there? What operation do you use? Solve.
Division 33/3= 11
400
What is the place value of the 3 in the number: 1,000,654.0003
ten thousandths
400
Write twelve million four and four hundredths in standard form
4,000,004.04
400
What is 345.8 x 2.2
760.76
500
If Sam ate half a pizza, Megan ate a quarter, and Bill ate 1/8. How much is left?
1/2 +1/4 + 1/8= (Find the LCD= 8) 4/8 + 2/8 + 1/8 = 7/8 8/8 (or 1)- 7/8 = 1/8 There was 1/8 of the pizza left.
500
A tin of popcorn that weighs 9.375 lbs costs $23.99. A 5.5 lb tin of caramel corn costs $14.49 per lb. Which tin is cheaper by the pound? What operation? Solve
Division: $23.99/9.375=2.56 lb $14.49/5.5=2.63 lb Tin #1 is cheaper
500
Write a number with a 3 in the millions, thousands, tens and tenths place.
3,_ _ 3, _ 3 _.3
500
Sam and Tom roll dice to see who can make the greatest number. Sam rolled a 7, 4, 6, 2, 1, 1 and Tom rolled a 4, 4, 4, 1, 1, 9 Who wins and what number is in each person's thousands place?
Tom wins with 944,411 (4 in thousands place) Sam loses with 764, 211 (4 in the thousands place)
500
What would you be paid for working 4.5 hours at a rate of $6.80 an hour?
$30.60