Word Problems

Sybil had three boxes of pencils.  Each box contains eight pencils.  Sybil divides all of the pencils evenly between four of her friends.  How many pencils does each of her friends get?

• 24
• 6
• 4 R 4

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Quentin was gathering spending money before his 5 day trip to Disney World.  He found $21 in his bank and $3 stuffed in his wallet.  His grandmother sent him $35 for the trip, and he spend $14 of that money on a new camera.  If he split his money evenly among each day of his trip, how much would he be able to spend on day 4?

• $59
• $45
• $5
• $9

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

A family sent 4,312 text messages in the month of October, 5,798 text messages in November, and 8,458 text messages in December.  About how many text messages did they send in those three months?

• 18,000
• 19,000

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Suzy bought 2 pounds of grapes for $2.49 per pound and 3 muffins for $0.75 per muffin.  How much did she pay for the grapes and the muffins?

• $3.24

• $7.23
• $6.48
• $10.72

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Michelle buys 3 packs of gum for $0.48 per pack, and 4 candy bars for $0.73 per bar. How much money does Michelle spend on the gum and candy bars?

• $4.36
• $4.51
• $8.21
• $8.47

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CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

After two games of the 5th grade basketball season, the team has a 1 win, 1 loss record. In their win, the team scored 56 points. For their loss, they scored 27 points. How many more points did the team score in their first game than their second game? 

• 19 points
• 39 points
• 29 points 
• 49 points 

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

My little brother is trying to figure out how many days are in winter. December has 11 days, January has 31 days, February has 28 days, and March has 21 days of winter. How many total days are there in winter? 

• 90 Days 
• 100 Days 
• 91 Days 
• 190 Days 

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A puppy has now grown to its full adult size. The puppy weighed 8 lbs when it was born. Now the adult dog weighs 92 lbs. How much did the dog grow in its life? 

• 100 lbs
• 84 lbs
• 74 lbs
• 64 lbs 

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

The Gulf of Mexico is 32,000 feet long. If there is one person fishing for every one hundred feet of length, how many people are fishing? (think about powers of 10 here)

• 32
• 320
• 3,200
• 32,000

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.5.NBT.A.2

Degan has 617 students. Each class has between 28 and 32 students. Which of the following is a reasonable estimate of the number of classes in the school?

• 30
• 14
• 60
• 20

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.6