Quiz about Word Problems

Question 1

Tom had 114 baseball cards. He kept 10 and shared the rest evenly among his 8 friends. How many baseball cards did each friend get?

Accepted Answer

13

Answer

15

Answer

18

Answer

12

Question 2

Kaya has 20 photos of dogs and 30 photos of cats. She displayed an equal number of them on 10 posters for a fund raiser for an animal shelter. How many photos were on each poster?

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

150

Answer

60

Answer

20

Question 3

Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Sahil bough 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

24

Answer

17

Answer

5

Question 4

Sunrise Goat Farm has 5 pens.
Each pen has 9 goats. How many goats are on the farm?

Accepted Answer

45

Answer

59

Answer

15

Answer

96

Question 5

Maddie, Hayley, Lexi, and Alyssa each brought 6 guests to the school play.  How many guests were at the school play?

Accepted Answer

24

Answer

6

Answer

18

Answer

10

Question 6

A basketball team has 9 players.  Each player has a white shirt and a blue shirt.  How many shirts does the basketball team have?

Accepted Answer

18

Answer

11

Answer

16

Answer

14

Question 7

Jeff had sixteen dollars. For his birthday he got twenty-eight more dollars but spent twenty-five on a new game. How much money does he have now?

Accepted Answer

19

Answer

44

Answer

3

Answer

12

Question 8

Pop Pop has 25 posters.  He bought 15 more.  How many does he have now?

Accepted Answer

40 posters

Answer

10 posters

Answer

30 posters

Answer

15 posters

Question 9

Danny has 297 marbles. He bought 468 more marbles. How many marbles does Danny have now?

Accepted Answer

765 marbles

Answer

655 marbles

Answer

764 marbles

Answer

171 marbles

Question 10

Patty has 817 marbles. She gave away 529 of her marbles. How many marbles does she have left?

Accepted Answer

288 marbles

Answer

1,446 marbles

Answer

312 marbles

Answer

298 marbles

Question 11

Diane already has 3 flower in her garden, and she can also grow 4 flowers with every seed packet she uses. How many seed packets does Diane need to have a total of 15 flowers in her garden? Write and solve an equation to find the answer.

Accepted Answer

3 packets

Answer

4 packets

Answer

2 packets

Answer

5 packets

Question 12

Before beginning voice lessons, Emma already knew how to sing 6 pieces, and she expects to learn 1 new piece during each week of lessons. After 4 weeks of voice lessons, how many pieces will Emma be able to sing, in total? Write and solve an equation to find the answer.

Accepted Answer

10 pieces

Answer

11 pieces

Answer

4 pieces

Answer

9 pieces

Question 13

I am thinking of a number that when multiplied by 10 and added to 5 gives me 105.  What is my number?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

0

Answer

5

Answer

1

Question 14

I am thinking of a number.  When you multiply it by 7 and add 6, you will get 62.  What is my number?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

9

Answer

7

Answer

6

Question 15

I'm thinking of a number.  If you multiply it by 5 and subtract 20, you get 40.  What is my number

Accepted Answer

12

Answer

8

Answer

10

Answer

6

Question 16

Eli wants to divide $350 between himself and Dakoda.  He would like to keep 100 dollars more than Dakoda.  How much money will they both get?

Accepted Answer

Eli: $225
Dakoda: $125

Answer

Eli $200
Dakoda 100

Question 17

Kristin spent $131 on shirts. Fancy shirts cost $28 and plain shirts cost $15.  If she bought a total of 7 then how many of each kind did she buy?

Accepted Answer

2 fancy 5 plain

Answer

3 fancy 4 plain

Answer

5 fancy 2 plain

Answer

4 fancy and 3 plain

Question 18

There are 13 animals in the barn.  Some are chickens and some are pigs.  There are 40 legs in all. How many of each animal are there?

Accepted Answer

6 chickens and 7 pigs

Answer

10 pigs and no chickens

Answer

5 pigs and 8 chickens

Answer

7 chickens and 6 pigs

Question 19

A farmhouse shelters 10 animals. Some are horses and some are ducks.  Altogether there are 36 legs. How much of each animal are there?

Accepted Answer

8 horses and 2 ducks

Answer

7 horses and 3 ducks

Answer

6 horses and 4 ducks

Answer

5 horses and 5 ducks

Question 20

A teacher bought 12 packets of crayons. Seven of the packets had 9 crayons and the other five packets had 10 crayons How many crayons did the teacher buy in all?

Accepted Answer

113

Answer

50

Answer

63

Answer

120

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