$$$ Money Word Problems $$$
Patrick earns $5 a week for doing chores at home. Patrick has been saving his money for 13 weeks.
How much money does Patrick have all together?
5 X 13 = 65
$65
16 + –19 + 15 =
12
5____9
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5 < 9
Lindsey owns 5 buses. There are 30 wheels all together. How many wheels are there per bus?
30 / 5 = 6
6 Wheels
5 X -2
-10
Aidan wants to buy a new drum set. The drum set costs $720. If Aidan earns $120 a week, how many weeks will it take Aidan to save up enough money?
720 / 120 = 6
6 Weeks
Ella is wrapping presents. She uses 8cm of tape for each present. If she used 72 cm of tape total, how many presents did she wrap?
72 / 8 = 9
9 presents
-3 ____ 0
-3 < 0
Johnathan owns 40 trains. There are 320 wheels all together. How many wheels per train are there?
320 /40 =8
8 wheels per train
a - 12 = 10
a = 22
22-12 =10
Dara is having a party. She has $180 to buy ice cream. If each carton of ice cream costs $6, how many cartons can Dara buy?
30 cartons
180/6= 30
Austin owns an island. On the island there is a big earthquake. It causes 36,192 houses to lose electricity, but the other 71,906 houses on the island remain unharmed. How many houses are there on Austin's island?
108,098
-15 ____ -20
-15 > -20
Evan made 64 cookies. The next day he made 150% more cookies. How many cookies did he bake on the second day?
64/2= 32
62 + 32= 96
96 Cookies
Hannah is $50 in debt. She earns $75 in a week for delivering newspapers. What is her new account balance?
$25
-50 + 75= 25
Alex bought a boat for a total of $40,014. Alex borrowed $1,511 from Mrs. Farzetta. How much money did Alex have on his own?
$38,503
40,014-1,511= 38,503
–2 + –13 + 10 + –7 =
-12
4 + 3 ____ 10 - 3
4+3 = 10 - 3
7=7
Ally was sifting through shells at the beach. On her first day she found 358 shells. Once she took them home and cleaned the shells she kept 287.
How many shells did Ally get rid of?
358-287= 71
71 Shells
14.7+28.9
43.6
Landen has $54 in the bank. He receives a $10 refund from a store. He then goes on a shopping spree and spends $74.
How much money is in Landen's account now?
-$10
54+10= 64
64- 74= -10
Ray bought 2 giant jars of candy. Each jar contains 647,127 pieces of candy. How many piece of candy are there all together?
1,294,254 pieces of candy
647,127 x 2 = 1,294,254
20 (-2) _____ 3 (-10)
20 (-2) < 3 (-10)
-40 < -30
A petri dish originally contained 6,038 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow and now there are 9,538 of them. How many more bacteria are there now?
3,500
4s + 3 = 23
s= 5
4 (5) + 3 = 23