Math Word Problems

How many workers were needed to build the Panama Canal?
Hint: The Panam Canal is 50 miles long. It took 840 workers for every mile of the canal.

• 890 workers
• 16 workers
• 42,000 workers
• 40,000 workers

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

How many gallons was the largest milkshake?
Hint: A total of 2,000 people gathered and each drank 2 gallons, there were still 333 gallons of shake left.

• 1,333 gallons
• 3,667 gallons
• 4,333
• 667 gallons

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

How many dimples are on a golf ball?
Hint: If you have 2 dimples, a golf ball has 168 times as many dimples as you.

• 336
• 326
• 84
• 86

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CCSS.4.OA.A.2

How many bones are babies born with?
Hint: There are 13 babies in a room at Strong Hospital. There are a total of 4,550 bones in the room.

• 530 bones
• 350 bones
• 59,150 bones
• 305 bones

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

How long was the largest salami? 
Hint: Tara's house is 50 feet long, her bike is 4 feet long, and Tara is 4 feet 9 inches tall. Combined, Tara, her house, and her bike are still 10 feet shorter than the largest salami.

• 68 feet, 9 inches
• 48 feet, 9 inches
• 77 feet 
• 57 feet

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

How much money did The Lion King make?
Hint: Aladdin made $479 million. Toy Story made $354 million. Together they made just $61 million more than The Lion King. 

• $0
• $894 million
• $792 million
• $772 million

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

At what age did the world's oldest person die?
Hint: They were born in 1875 and died in 1997.

• 122 years old 
• 132 years old
• 178 years old
• 112 years old

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

How many inches long were the largest dinosaur footprints ever found?
Hint: Anna is 4 feet, 1 inch tall. She could lie in one of these foot prints with 4 inches to spare. 

• 3 feet, 9 inches
• 4 feet, 6 inches 
• 3 feet, 8 inches 
• 4 feet, 5 inches 

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CCSS.4.MD.B.4

How many McDonald's are there in the United States?
Hint: If you purchased a 6-piece chicken McNugget from every McDonald's in the United States, you would have 84,000 pieces.  

• 504,000 McDonald's
• 21,000 McDonald's 
• 14,000 McDonald's 
• 16,000 McDonald's

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

How many weeks does it take a human to shed one layer of skin?
Hint: A human sheds 13 layers of skin every year. 

• 4 weeks
• 2 weeks 
• 28 weeks 
• 26 weeks 

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B