CUBES Strategy for Word Problems

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Qu. 1

On Monday, Aria read 23 pages in her book.
On Tuesday, she read 19.
How many pages did she read altogether?

Qu. 2

Taj had 46 chickens on his farm.
They each had a baby.
How many chickens does Taj have now?

Qu. 3

Eddie went Trick or Treating and was given 89
pieces of candy.
He ate 23 that night.
How many pieces of candy did he had left?

Qu. 4

Justin and Tyreese love collecting toy cars.
Justin has 39 and Tyreese has 42.
How many toy cars do they have altogether?

Qu. 5

Robby had 97 marbles and he gave 65 to his little
sister. How many marbles did he have left?

Qu. 6

Dad bought 2 pizzas. Each had 8 slices.
How many pieces of pizza were there
altogether?

Qu. 7

Mr Bracken bought 40 pencils to give to his
students. If he has 20 students, how many
pencils do they each get?

Qu. 8

Mom spent $123 on my new school shoes and
$213 on my new uniform.
How much money did she spend in total?

Qu. 9

In the last 5 years, my teacher has taught 311
students. If she teaches another 311 students in
the next 5 years, how many will she have taught
altogether?

Qu. 10

Grandpa had $88.30 and spent $54.25.
How much money did he have left?

Qu. 11

Share 88 toys between 11 friends.

Qu. 12

I had 60 peas on my dinner plate. I split them into
two groups. How many peas were in each
group?

Qu. 13

Harrison read 47 pages in his book.
If there are 72 pages altogether, how many
pages does he have left to read?

Qu. 14

Farmer Steve has 129 pigs on his farm and 38 ran
away. How many does he have left?

Qu. 15

There are 15 children in my class.
How many hands are there in total?

Qu. 16

Nan spent $234.56 on groceries last week and
$132.45 this week.
How much did she spend in total?

Qu. 17

Mrs Hall bought 7 bunches of flowers for her
home. There are 5 flowers in each bunch.
How many flowers are there altogether?

Qu. 18

I had 350GB of data and used 208GB.
How much data do I have left?

Qu. 19

There are 112 students in Grade 1, 114 students in
Grade 2 and 123 in Grade 4.
How many students are there altogether?

Qu. 20

The shop received a delivery of 672 apples and
235 bananas. How many pieces of fruit did they
receive?

Qu. 21

Share 120 pieces of fruit between 40 people.

Qu. 22

Nate has 315 songs on his playlist and removes
67. How many songs does he now have on his
playlist?

Qu. 23

I get $40 pocket money each Saturday after I do
the gardening. How much money would I earn
over the whole year?

Qu. 24

On our road trip, we drove the following amount:
Monday: 6 hours
Tuesday: 5 hours
Wednesday: 6 hours
Thursday: 4 hours
Friday: 7 hours.
How many hours did we travel in total?

Qu. 25

Phillipe travelled 432 miles to visit his
grandmother. How many miles will he have
travelled by the time he gets back home?

Qu. 26

Jess has 19 stuffed toys, Mark has 17 and Eloise
has 14. How many stuffed toys do they have
between all of them?