Tough problems
Comparison
100

Eli reads 6 pages in a book each night.  Shelby reads 8 pages each night.  How many pages altogether will Eli and Shelby read in one week?

98 pages

100

Ben has 4 times fewer Pokémon cards than Mr.Keef.  What mulitiplication equation compares the Pokemon cards that Mr.Keef and Ben have?  Write a multiplication and division equation. 

Multiplication: 4B = M 

Division:  M/5 = B

200

Min Soo is ordering 5 pizzas for a party.  Each pizza will be cut into 8 slices.  Three pizzas will have multiple toppings, and the other will be plain cheese.  How many slices of plain cheese pizza is Min Soo ordering for the party?

16 slices

200

Jeremy found 256 baseball cards he wanted at Sweet Lou’s card shop.  Freddie found 4 times as many cards that he wanted.  How many cards did Freddie want?

1024

300

Jasmine and Mori each received the same number of party favor bags last month.  Each bag contained 8 favors.  If Jasmine and Mori received a total of 48 favors, how many party favor bags did they each receive?

3 bags

300

Matt has 84 band stickers.  That is 6 times as many band stickers as Mr.Keef.  How many band stickers does Mr.Keef have?

14 stickers

400

In art class, Ernesto made some fruit bowls for his mother and brother.  Nine apples can be placed in each bowl.  Ernesto's brother placed 18 apples in the bowls he was given, and Ernesto's mother placed 36 apples in the bowls she was given.  How many fruit bowls did Ernesto make?

6 bowls

400

There are 45,243 people at the volleyball tournament.  That is 2,465 less people than were at the volleyball tournament last year.  How many people were at the volleyball tournament last year?

47,708 people

500

On Tuesday, a bicycle shop employee replaced all of the tires on 6 bicycles.  On Wednesday, all of the tires on 5 tricycles were replaced.  What is the total number of tires that were replaced on those days?

27 tires

500

The number of multiplication problems on a test is 5 times fewer than the number of subtraction problems on the test.  Write an equation that compares the Multiplication (m) and subtraction (s) on the test.

5m=s


m= s/5