Halloween Word Problems

Tony wanted to buy enough candy for Halloween. He bought thirty-one bars of Kit Kats, ten Snicker bars and twelve Almond Joys. What is the probability that the first kid at his house will grab a candy bar with nuts?

• 22/53

• 31/53

• 41/53

• 12/53

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

The school cafeteria ordered twenty-five red candy apples and forty green caramel apples for student’s lunches. On Thursday, they sold 44 apples for $1.00. They sold the rest on Friday for $0.50. How much $ did they make on the apples?

• $69.00
• $54.50
• $34.50
• $69.00

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

For Halloween Ally and Aubrey combined the candy they received. Ally had thirty-two pieces of candy while Aubrey had twenty. They ate twelve pieces the first night. If they each eat five pieces of candy each night, how many days will it take to finish the candy?

• 3 days

• 4 days

• 5 days

• 6 days

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Mrs. Frusciante needs to buy Guardian of the Galaxy Costumes for her whole family.  The Peter Quill costume costs $56.25  A Gamora costume costs $25.80 and the Baby Groot costume cost $32.50.  If she has a budget of $150.00, how much money does she have left to purchase her own Rocket costume?

• $35.45
• $56.50
• $37.00
• $35.50

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Chloe started her homework in school because she had plans with her friends to go out on Halloween. She had twenty math problems and forty-four science problems for homework. She finished twenty-eight of the problems at school. If each problem takes her 3 minutes to complete, how long will it take her to finish her homework at home?

• 3 hours and 12 minutes

• 2 hours and 12 minutes

• 1 hour 48 minutes

• 1 hour

Tags

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Joe needed to do some laundry so he could get what he needed for his Halloween Costume. The washer takes 30 minutes to complete a cycle and the dryer takes 45 minutes. How long did it take him to wash three loads of clothes?

• 1 hour and 15 minutes

• 1 hour and 45 minutes

• 2 hours 30 minutes

• 3 hours and 45 minutes

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3