Math Word Problems

Johnny has 8 bags with 2 pieces of candy in each and Julius has 12 pieces of candy. How many more pieces does Johnny have than Julius?

• 2
• 4
• 10
• 12

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.C.4

Johnny has 8 bags with 2 pieces of candy in each and Julius has 12 pieces of candy. How many more pieces does Johnny have than Julius?

• 2
• 4
• 10
• 12

There are 21 books on each of the 4 library tables. The librarian puts half of the books on shelves. How many books are left on the tables?

• 84
• 44
• 42
• 25

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Kerry runs 4 miles each day of the week. She has already run 24 miles this week. How many more times will Kerry run this week?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Ben had 4 boxes filled with toy cars. The boxes had 3 rows with 5 cars in each row. Which of the following number sentences could be used to find the number of toy cars he had?

• 4 x __ = 3 x 5
• 4 + 3 + 5 = __
• 4 + __ = 3 + 5
• 4 x 3 x 5 = ___

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Ms. Pang had a jar with 55 paper clips on her desk. Sophie borrowed 7 paper clips and Terell borrowed 12 paper clips. How many paper clips are left in the jar?

• 36
• 43
• 44
• 46

Tags

CCSS.1.OA.A.1

Debbie started reading a book with 117 pages. She read 18 pages of the book on Monday and 31 pages on Tuesday. How many pages does she have left to read?

• 49
• 166
• 68

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Lynne had 13 cookies. She gave the same number to each of her 6 friends after she ate one herself. How many cookies did each friend get?

• 2
• 7
• 19
• 4

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Sahil bough 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get? 

• 24
• 4
• 17
• 5

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

James bough four 8-ounce bottles of water for a hiking trip. He drank 28 ounces. How many ounces of water are left?

• 20
• 32
• 4
• 36

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.2

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2