Word Problems
Kara has a potato farm. She has 20 rows planted, each with 123 potato plants. How many plants does she have total?
2,460 potatoes
8,537 x 2 = x
x = 17,074
Where is Mount Rushmore?
South Dakota
12 more than 8.2 times a number (n)
12 + 8.2n
What is a sum?
The answer to an addition problem
A fish store has 137 fish tanks, each with 15 fish for sale. How many fish do thy have in stock in total?
2,055 fish for sale
371 x 62 = m
m = 23,002
What started World War 1?
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
3 less than the quotient of 18 and a number x
(18 -:- x) - 3
or 18/x - 3
What is a coefficient?
The number attached to a variable
Jhonen had 10 cookies, then got another 25 boxes, each with 20 cookies. He ate 9. How many cookies does he have for later?
501 cookies
Bob is so cool. he can multiply 213 by 85. He got 17, 466. Is he right?
No, he should have gotten 18,105. He's still cool though.
About how long is Jurrasic World: Fallen Kingdom?
Two hours (and 9 minutes)
5.6 times the sum of 4 and a number k
5.6 (4 + p)
What is the name for the symbols that group functions in an equation or expression?
parenthesis (or brackets)
Bob has 7 apples. He needs 9 times that amount to make his famous apple pies. How many apples is that total?
63 apples.
7,790
What is the smallest continent?
Europe
the quotient of 2 and a number y, times 3
(2 -:- y) x 3
or
(2/y)3
Name one of Ms. Kaelle's pets
Willow, Lee, or Sookie
Ben has some number of oranges (y) and then gets another 12 from his friends. If you take the total and multiply by 5, can you solve this problem?
No, because we don't know what y means.
What is one of today's national holidays?
It's national pasta day!
What planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
What does it mean to find something less than another thing?
Subtraction