Quiz about Halloween Math Word Problems

Question 1

It takes Joe 135 minutes to carve a Jack O' Lantern.  It takes Suzy 78 minutes.  How many minutes less does it take Suzy?

Accepted Answer

57

Answer

63

Answer

213

Answer

5

Question 2

Mary gets 268 pieces of candy while Trick or Treating.  Billy gets 195 pieces.  How many pieces did they get in all?

Accepted Answer

463

Answer

73

Answer

268

Answer

453

Question 3

The human skeleton has 208 bones.  The skeleton costume only shows 56.  How many bones are not shown?

Accepted Answer

152

Answer

264

Answer

252

Answer

59

Question 4

The pumpkin patch has 400 pumpkins.  267 are sold.  How many pumpkins are left?

Accepted Answer

133

Answer

667

Answer

267

Answer

233

Question 5

At the Halloween party, there are 182 kids dressed as superheroes, 246 kids dressed as witches, and 84 dressed as vampires.  How many kids are at the party?

Accepted Answer

512

Answer

502

Answer

624

Answer

11

Question 6

1.  On a cloudy afternoon, three friends were getting ready to go trick or treating. One friend drew 12 whiskers on her face. Another friend drew 6 freckles, and the third friend drew a red nose. How many things did they draw altogether?

Accepted Answer

19

Answer

18

Answer

6

Answer

5

Question 7

3.  After a long night trick or treating Mike went home to rest. He went home to rest. He counted his candy and had 93 pieces in all. 38 pieces were chocolate. How many pieces were not chocolate?

Accepted Answer

55

Answer

131

Answer

121

Answer

65

Question 8

5.  It was so hard to find a costume that Ted tried on 7 different ones. His older brother decided not to try on any costumes. How many costumes did they try on?

Accepted Answer

7

Answer

8

Answer

0

Question 9

6.  Amanda went to 42 houses on Halloween night. Her friend, walked to 25 houses. How many more houses did Amanda visit?

Accepted Answer

17

Answer

23

Answer

67

Answer

63

Question 10

7. Dave had 143 kids come to his house to trick or treat. Kathy had 186 kids come to her house on Halloween. How many kids came to visit both of their houses?

Accepted Answer

329

Answer

229

Answer

43

Answer

58

Question 11

8.  A group of friends was walking down the street. One friend saw 3 spiders walking across the sidewalk. Another friend saw 5 ants carrying a crumb. A third friend watched 9 beetles scurrying in the grass. How many insects did they see in total?

Accepted Answer

17

Answer

8

Answer

14

Answer

12

Question 12

11.  Ryan hung up 12 friendly ghosts in his yard to decorate for Halloween. His sister hung up 9 spiders from the trees. How many ghosts did they hang up in all?

Accepted Answer

12

Answer

21

Answer

3

Answer

9

Question 13

12.  After a chilly night of trick or treating, Sarah, Chris, and Leah went home to have hot chocolate. Sarah put 6 marshmallows in her hot chocolate and Chris put 8 marshmallows in his. Leah decided she only wanted 3 marshmallows. How many marshmallows did they use altogether?

Accepted Answer

17

Answer

14

Answer

11

Answer

9

Question 14

Tickets to the Haunted House are $6.50 for adults and $4.30 for children. How much would it cost for 2 adults and 4 children?

Accepted Answer

$30.20

Answer

$3.20

Question 15

Mrs. Brown bought tickets for 2 adults & 2 children for $21.60. She paid with a $50 bill.  How much change did she receive?

Accepted Answer

$28.40

Answer

$38.40

Question 16

Lucy made a pumpkin pie to sell at a bake sale. She cut it into 6 slices & sold each slice for $1.25. How much will she make if she sells the whole pie?

Accepted Answer

$7.50

Answer

$10.000

Answer

$75.00

Question 17

Monique needs 2.75 cups of sugar for a pie.  She wants to make 5 pies. How many cups of sugar will she need?

Accepted Answer

13.75

Answer

1.375

Answer

137.5

Question 18

Dave & his sister picked out pumpkins at the patch. David's pumpkin weighed 13.24 pounds & his sister's weighed 10.6 pounds.  How much do the pumpkins weigh altogether?

Accepted Answer

23.84

Answer

23.0

Answer

238.4

Question 19

David's pumpkin weighed 13 pounds. The pumpkin cost $0.47 per pound. How much did his pumpkin cost?

Accepted Answer

$6.11

Answer

$61.00

Question 20

Wanda is dressing as a witch for Halloween. She is making her own costume. She bought 10 yards of fabric but only needs 8.3 yards. How much fabric will she have left over?

Accepted Answer

1.7

Answer

17

Question 21

Mr. Neal purchased apple cider for himself and three friends. He spent $8. How much was each glass of cider?

Accepted Answer

$2

Answer

$2.50

Answer

$3

Question 22

There were 7 children treat or treating together. How many feet were there in all?

Accepted Answer

14 feet

Answer

70 feets

Answer

9 feet

Answer

12 feet

Question 23

Spooky Lane had 7 houses decorated for Halloween. Each house had 4 carved pumpkins. How many carved pumpkins were there in all on Spooky Lane?

Accepted Answer

28 carved pumpkins

Answer

21 carved pumpkins

Answer

31 carved pumpkins

Answer

14 carved pumpkins

Question 24

There were 10 pieces of candy in 6 ghost buckets. How many pieces of candy are there in all?

Accepted Answer

60 pieces of candy

Answer

160 pieces of candy

Answer

30 pieces of candy

Answer

16 pieces of candy

Question 25

Mrs. Elliott has 3 witches hats at home. Each hat has 4 stripes on them. How many stripes do all the hats have together?

Accepted Answer

12 stripes

Answer

7 stripes

Answer

16 stripes

Answer

9 stripes

Question 26

Mr. Rauch wants to share a bag of candy with his favorite 5 students. Each student would get 1/5 of the bag. What decimal should he give each student

Accepted Answer

0.2 of the bag

Answer

0.5 of the bag

Answer

0.25 of the bag

Answer

0.3 of the bag

Question 27

Zack, Aidan, James, and Mr. Rauch went trick or treating.  They combined all of their candy.  They got a total of 31 pieces.  They decided to share it evenly.  How many pieces will each person get?

Accepted Answer

7.75 pieces each

Answer

7 pieces each

Answer

7.3 pieces each

Answer

7.25 pieces each

Question 28

Mr. Rauch bought 5 bags of candy spending a total of $20.35. If each bag cost the same, what is the price per bag?

Accepted Answer

$4.07

Answer

$4.47

Answer

$4.70

Answer

$4.17

Question 29

A bag of candy that had 55 pieces of candy in it cost $8.80. How much was 1 piece of candy.

Accepted Answer

$0.16

Answer

$0.15

Answer

0.14

Answer

None of these

Question 30

Mr Rauch's favorite candy is Snickers and Reese's if his favorite students gave him 1.375 lbs of snickers and 1.5 lbs of Reese's. How much total candy did he receive written as a fraction?

Accepted Answer

2   7/8 lbs of candy

Answer

1   7/8 lbs of candy

Answer

2   4/5 lbs of candy

Answer

2    3/4 lbs of candy

Question 31

Mr Rauch has a bag of candy with 24 Snickers and another with 60 Reese's Cups. If he wanted to give goody bags with equal amounts in each, what is the greatest number of goody bags he could make?

Accepted Answer

12 bags

Answer

6 bags

Answer

3 bags

Answer

24 bags

Question 32

A bag of Reese's cost 8.99 and it has 36 Reese's in it. What is the approximate cost of one Reese's?

Accepted Answer

About $0.25

Answer

About $0.33

Answer

About $0.20

Answer

About $0.40

Question 33

If a friend gave you 1/8 of his candy, what would that be as a decimal?

Accepted Answer

0.125

Answer

0.25

Answer

0.18

Answer

0.12

Question 34

King Size Reese's have 4 cups in each pack, and Kit Kats in packs of 6. How many packs of each does one must buy to have the same number of each?

Accepted Answer

3 Reese's 2 KitKats

Answer

4 Reese's 6 KitKats

Answer

6 Reese's 4 KitKats

Answer

2 Reese's 3 KitKats

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