Word Problems

Wendy was playing a video game and had 43 lives. In a hard part of the
game she lost 8 lives. If she got 39 more lives in the next level, how many
lives would she have?

• 74
• 73
• 90
• 12

There are 112  more boys than girls that attend Wilkerson Elementary School. The number of girls that attend is 239. What is the total number of students that attend Wilkerson?

• 351
• 451
• 590
• 341

Perry saved $32 in September. He saved $48 in October and $10 in November. Then Perry spent $30 on a video game. How much money does Perry have left?

• 52
• 60
• 62
• 120

Jenna saved up $26. Then she got $16 for her allowance. Jenna spent $10 on a pair of gloves, $6 on a winter hat, and $11 on a scarf. How much money does Jenna have left?

• 36
• 15
• 69
• 49

A painter needed to paint 9 rooms in a building. Each room takes 8 hours to
paint. How long will it take to paint the rooms?

• 17
• 72
• 64
• 18

Five trout had a total length of 85 inches. If the fish were all the same length, which number sentence tells how to find the length of each fish? 

• 85 + 5 = 90 
• 85 – 5 = 80 
• 85 x 5 = 425
• 85 ÷ 5 = 17

The chairs in Molly’s classroom were arranged in 4 rows. There were 6 chairs in each row. Which equation could be used to determine how many chairs are in Molly’s classroom?

• 1 x 24 = 24
• 4+6=10 
• 3 x 8 = 24
• 4 x 6 = 24 

Mr. Guzman bought 36 doughnuts packed equally into 6 boxes. How many doughnuts were in each box?

• 42
• 6
• 30
• 8

Jason is trying to figure out how many buses pick up students at his school each day. He knows that each bus has 6 wheels. If there are a total of 30 wheels in the parking lot, how many buses are waiting in the lot? 

• 36
• 24
• 5
• 6

Jill has to store her winter shirts in 4 different boxes. She has 24 shirts. How many shirts will Jill put in each box if each box is filled with the same number of shirts?

• 96
• 28
• 20
• 6