Word Problems Jeopardy

Whole Numbers

100

Vance sold 8 small pizzas for $5 each, 3 medium pizzas for $8 each, and 4 large pizzas for $10 each. How much money did Vance collect?

$104

200

There are 8 times as many bananas as pineapples at the fruit stand. There are 25 pineapples. How many bananas are there? How many bananas and pineapples are there in all?

200 bananas. 225 bananas and pineapples.

300

The school store had 5 cases of pencils and 4 cases of pens. Pencils come in cases of 20. Pens come in cases of 25. How many pencils and pens does the school store have in all?

200 pencils and pens in all.

400

The chef ordered 250 baking potatoes every week for 5 weeks. Then he changed the order to 300 potatoes a week for 7 weeks. How many total potatoes did the chef order during the 12 weeks?

3,350 total potatoes

500

A van Gogh painting soled for $82,500,000. A Renoir painting sold for $11,500,000 less. A Cezanne painting sold for $16,000,000 less than the Renoir painting. What was the total selling prices for the 3 masterpieces?

$208,500,000

Decimals

100

Ms. Martin ran a total of 28.5 meters in 1 week. She ran 8 meters on Saturday and 3.7 meters on Sunday. The rest she ran on the weekdays before school. How many meters did she run before school?

16.8 meters

200

Mrs. Allen bought 4.2 pounds of green peppers, 10.3 pounds of potatoes, 2.9 pounds of carrots, and 1.8 pounds of onions. The vegetables cost $1.25 a pound. What was her total bill?

$24

300

If one apple tree provides 0.5 kilograms of apples, how many apple trees are needed for 12.5 kilograms of apples?

2.5 trees or 3 trees

400

Bri bought 3 baseball caps for $12.45 each and 4 jerseys for $27.75 each. What was her total bill?

$148.35

500

Kyler and Vance are mowing lawns this summer. They charge $14.25 for small lawns, and twice that much for large lawns. Last week they mowed 8 small lawns and 7 large lawns. How much money did they earn in all?

$313.50