word problems 1a

Melvin has twice as many pencils as Sam. Zachary has four times as many pencils as Sam. If Sam has 3 pencils, how many pencils do the three boys have in all?

• 12
• 6
• 21
• 24

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CCSS.4.OA.A.2

Li Wen bought some lollipops. He gave 4 lollipops to his friend. He then put the rest of the lollipops into 3 bags. There were 5 lollipops in each bag. How many lollipops did Li Wen buy?

• 20
• 12
• 23
• 19

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Five years ago Eric was 16 years old. How old will he be in 2 years’ time?

• 18
• 23
• 14
• 21

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Kevin has $1,498 in his savings account. He has $529 more than Albert. How much money do the have altogether?

• $969
• $2,027
• $3,525
• $2,467

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Mackenzie has 8 markers. Ty has three times as many. If they combine their markers, how many do they have? 

• 32
• 24
• 18
• 38

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CCSS.4.OA.A.2

Harold ran a total of 4,464 miles the last 9 months.  How many miles did he ride each month?

• 40,176 miles
• 496 miles
• 495 remainder 10 miles
• 40, 173 miles

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

Emily was helping her mom pick apples from the tree in their yard. Together they picked 14 apples in total. If 6 of the apples weren't ripe yet, how many good (ripe) apples did they pick?

• 14 + 6

• 14 x 6

• 14 ÷ 6

• 14 - 6

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Chloe had 83 beads. She gave away 27 of the beads. She placed the extra beads equally into seven bags. How many beads were in each bag?
Step 1: Find out how many beads she has after she gave away 27 beads.
Step 2: Find out how many beads were in each of 7 bags.

• 7 beads
• 8 beads
• 3 beads
• 144 beads

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Ben baked 48 cookies. He placed the cookies into bags with 4 cookies in a bag and sold the bags for $2 each at a bake sale. How much money did he earn?
Step 1: How many bags of cookies did Ben have?
Step 2: If he sold each bag for $2 how much money did he earn?

• $12
• $2
• $4
• $24

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Ryan had 6 dogs and each dog had 4 puppies. Each of the puppies had 3 stripes. How many total stripes did the puppies have? 
Step 1: ????
Step 2: Find how many total stripes all the puppies had

• 72 stripes
• 24 stripes
• 18 stripes
• 12 stripes

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3