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Word Problem Mix Review
Subtraction and Addition
Multiplication
Division
Challenging Word Problems
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A window has a height of 3 feet and a width of 1 and 1/4 feet. Will the area of the poster be greater than or less than 3 square feet? Explain your thinking!
What is greater than, to find area we will multiply 3 x 1 and 1/4. Since 1 and 1/4 has a greater value than 1, the product must also be greater than 3 square feet.
100
In a taste test, 4,275 people preferred Brand X juice and 5,644 preferred Brand Y juice. How many more people preferred Brand Y juice?
What is 1,369?
100
There are 15 students in the art club. They all purchased 4 paintbrushes at $3 each. How many paintbrushes did the purchase?
What is 60?
100
Rochelle wants to put her vacation photographs in a photo album. She has 72 photographs. There are 3 photographs of her dog. She can place 8 photographs on a page. How many pages will Rochelle use for her photographs?
What is 9?
100
Which equation should be used to solve the problem? Mr. Boyd buys books at the store. He buys 20 rows of books, for a total of 560 books. How many rows does he buy? a. 20 x 20 = r b. 560 x 4 = 30 c. 30 x r = 560 d. 560 x 30 = r
What is c. 30 x r = 560
200
Mr. Flaten made 6 and 1/4 gallons of punch for bingo night. His classroom drank 4/5 of the punch. How much punch did his classroom drink?
What is 5 gallons
200
Ted is buying a car for $23,625. If he sells his old car to the dealer for $8,294, what is the difference that Ted needs to pay?
What is $15,331?
200
Sands Elementary School purchased math workbooks for each student. They purchased 18 boxes of workbooks. There were 24 workbooks in each box. How many workbooks did the school purchase?
What is 432?
200
William's mother bought him 3 packages of notebook paper for a total of 618 sheets of paper. If William's average use is 6 sheets per day, how long will his notebook paper last?
What is 103 days?
200
Noah drives 136 miles every day. How many miles does he drive in 12 days?
What is 1632 miles
300
Falynn made cookies for the fifth grade. The recipe requires 2/5 of a cup of butter. She has to make 8 times to amount called for in the recipe to have enough for the entire fifth grade. How much better does she need?
What is 16/5 cups or 3 and 1/5 cups
300
Susan rented a moving van that can carry a maximum weight of 2,500 pounds. She has four large boxes, weighing 526 pounds, 388 pounds, 179 pounds, and 640 pounds. Susan weighs 140 pounds. What is the total weight the van will carry after the boxes are loaded?
What is 686?
300
The Sport Store sells all tennis shoes for $32 a pair. On Saturday they sold 67 pairs of tennis shoes. How much money did they collect?
What is $2,144?
300
The Mendez family drove 720 miles to visit 6 relatives in El Paso, Texas. If they averaged 60 miles per hour, how many hours did they spend traveling?
What is 12?
300
Mrs. Delgado and Mrs. Duda are both going on vacation. Mrs. Duda's vacation costs $2,345 and Mrs. Delgado's vacation costs 4 times as much. How much is Mrs. Delgado's vacation?
What is $9380
400
Alijah bought 12 Kit-Kat bars. He split the Kit-Kat bars into 1/4 pieces. How many pieces of Kit-Kat did Alijah make?
What is 48 pieces
400
Dr. Lamont saw 50 more patients in June than he saw in July. He saw 20 fewer patients in July than he saw in August. If he saw 210 patients in June and July, how many patients did he see in August?
What is 100?
400
Annie purchased five 12-packs of soda. Each 12-pack was on sale for $2.99. Each can of soda contained 12 ounces of soda. How many ounces of soda did Annie buy?
What is 720 ounces?
400
Mrs. Ramirez baked 28 cookies for her son's Boy Scout meeting. There were 8 boys at the meeting. If each boy ate the same number of whole cookies, how many cookies were left?
What is 4?
400
Seamus has 12 tacos from Taco Bell, and Hunter has 3/9 as many tacos as Seamus. How many tacos does Hunter have?
What is 4 tacos
500
Anthony filled his Steelers cup with 1/4 of a quart of Kool-Aid. He dumped the same amount of Kool-Aid onto Meredith, Allison, Morgan and himself. how much Kool-Aid did Anthony pour onto each student?
What is 1/8 of a quart
500
There are 127 students on two buses. Bus A has 3 fewer students than Bus B. How many students are on Bus A?
What is 62?
500
Juan bought a used Ford Mustang from his uncle. His uncle decided not to charge Juan interest. Juan paid his uncle $206 each month for 2 years. What was the total amount Juan paid for the car?
What is $4,944?
500
Ms. Epstein has 5 children, 13 grand-children, and 21 great-grandchildren. She gives each of them the same amount of money each year on their birthday. If the total amount she gives in birthday money is $975, how much does she give to each child?
What is $25?
500
Which is a word problem for the equation? 1/10 x 5 = 1/2 a. A recipe calls for 1/2 cup of beans. To make 5 times as many servings, 1/10 cup of beans is needed. b. A recipe calls for 1/10 cup of beans. To make 5 times as many servings, 1/2 cup of beans is needed. c. A recipe calls for 1/2 cup of beans. To make 5 times as many servings, 5 cups of beans are needed. d. A recipe calls for 1/10 cup of beans. To make 5 times as many servings, 5 cups of beans are needed.
What is b. A recipe calls for 1/10 cup of beans. To make 5 times as many servings, 1/2 cup of beans is needed.