Word Problems
Diagrams and Number Lines
Tables and Graphs
Mystery Category
100
A bag of marbles can be shared equally among 3, 5, or 6 students with none left over. What’s the least amount of marbles that can be in the bag?
30
100
Simon threw a party on New Year’s Eve. He bought 5 boxes with 12 party hats each. He split the hats evenly among 3 baskets and put them out for his guests to take. How many hats were in each basket?
20
100
How many more visitors were there at 8:30 than there were at 6:30?
125
100
12 + ( - 17 ) - ( - 4 ) + ( - 11 ) - ( - 22 ) +4+ ( - 12 ) - ( - 21 ) = ?
23
200
Clara took out $7,000 from her bank account. She then deposited $8,575. If the initial amount in her account was $12,000, find the balance left after her transactions.
$13,575
200
Look at the double number line above. How many cups of sugar would be used for 36 cups of flour?
24 cups of sugar
200
What are the main differences between Bar Graphs and Histograms?
Distance between the bars
X-axis is quantitative for Histograms, and categorical for Bar Graphs
200
Name all 4 of the positive/negative combinations that will ALWAYS produce a negative number when multiplying and dividing
Positive x Negative
Negative x Positive
Positive ÷ Negative
Negative ÷ Positive
300
Max started with $60. While at the flea market, Max ________ some old comic books for $40. How much money does he have after leaving the flea market? What is a keyword that could go in the blank to make this an addition problem? What is a keyword that could go in the blank to make this a subtraction problem?
Addition: Sold
Subtraction: Bought
300
What is the probability of spinning red, blue, blue?
16/125
300
How many hot dogs were sold on Thursday and Friday combined?
96
300
What are the two ways to handle mixed numbers when you need to add/subtract them?
Convert to improper fractions
Deal with whole numbers and fractions separately
400
For the following word problem, what is the main mathematical operation? (Only choose 1). This week Samantha earned double her usual allowance of $20, plus she earned an extra $10 for helping her neighbor mow their lawn. She spent $8 on a new book, and $12 on a movie ticket. How much money does she have left?
Subtraction
((2 x 20) + 10) - (8 + 12)
400
50 people at Comic-Con were interviewed about who their favorite superhero is (Superman, Spiderman, and/or Squirrel Girl). If we know:
Overall, 20 people liked Superman. 8 of those chose only Superman.
Four people chose both Superman and Spiderman.
There were 7 people who chose all 3 superheros.
Overall, 26 people liked Spiderman.
Five people chose both Squirrel Girl and Spiderman.
1. How many people chose both Squirrel Girl and Superman?
2. How many people chose only Spiderman?
3. How many people chose only Squirrel Girl?
1. One
2. Ten
3. Fifteen
400
If we were to convert this bar graph to a pie chart, Wednesday would take up what fraction of the circle?
20% or 1/5
400
9(1/11) x (6/7) ÷ (6/44) - (10/14) = ?
HINT: Parentheses = Fraction
395/7 or 56 and 3/7