Story Problems
Calendar/Time/Money
Fractions
Perfect Squares/Square Roots
Surprise
100

Create a story problem for the number sentence 11 + 9 = ?

Answers may vary

100

Today is Wednesday, October 12th. What will the day of the week be in two weeks?

Wednesday

100

3/6 is equal to what fraction?

1/2

100

  2² = ?

4

100

Write $423.35 as you would on a check.

Four hundred twenty-three and 35/100~~~ dollars

200

Mrs. Harrison has $42. Mrs. Ternahan gave her $39. How much money does Mrs. Harrison have now? (Write a # sentence)

$42 + $39 = $81

200

Write three combinations to make 45 cents without using pennies.

Answers may vary: 

4 dimes & 1 nickel, 3 dimes & 3 nickels, 9 nickels

200

Is 1/3 greater than, equal to or less than 1/6?

Greater than

200

1, 4, 9, 16, 25, __, 49, 64

What is the missing number?

36

200

The letter A is the sixth letter in an eight-letter word. How many letters are before A? How many letters are after A?

5 letters come before and 2 come after.

300

Colt scored 523 points, Allen scored 482 points, Darius scored 345 points and Noah scored 542 points. How many points did Noah and Darius score altogether? (Write a # sentence)

542 points + 345 points = 887 points

300

How can you make 25 cents with 3 coins?

2 dimes and 1 nickel

300

1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 = ?

3/6 or 1/2

300

√9 (The square root of 9) = ?

3

300

There are a dozen people in line. You are sixth. Draw a picture of the people circle yourself. How many people are before you? How many people are after you?

5 people are before you and 6 people are after you.

400

Paige bought 4 smoothies and 6 sandwiches. If the cost of each smoothie is $7, how much did she pay for the smoothies? (Write a # sentence)

4 x $7 = $28

400

It is 2:45 p.m. what was the time three hours ago?

11:45 a.m.

400

2/3 – 1/3 = ?

1/3

400

√81(The square root of 81) = ?

9

400

Write 27 using Roman Numerals.

XXVII

500

Remy visited her grandmother in Florida for 5 weeks last summer. How many days was Remy in Florida? (Write a # sentence)

5 x 7 days = 35 days

500

It is 4:30 p.m. what will the time be two hours and 15 minutes from now?

6:45 p.m.

500

1/3 is equal to how many sixths?

2/6

500

 5²  +  4² = ?

41

500

Fill in the correct symbols 

(+, -, x or ÷)

0__ 10 = 10        10__10 = 100

10__10 = 1        10__10 = 0

0 + 10 = 10        10 x 10 = 100

10 ÷ 10 = 1        10 - 10 = 0