Story Problems

Alex had 10 rocks. On the rock he saw 12 bugs. How many bugs did he see in all?

• 160
• 130
• 350
• 120

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Fifth grade is going on a field trip to a Royals game. If there are 108 students going to the game and tickets cost $18 for each student, how much will it cost for all the students to get to go to the game?

• $2124

• $1944

• $972

• $1864

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

There are 570 students at a school. If each classroom holds 30 students, how many classrooms are needed at the school? 

• 15
• 19
• 17,100
• 600

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

There were a total of 252 soccer games in the season. The season is played for 14 months. How many soccer games were played each month, if each month has the same number of games? 

• 18
• 22
• 3,528
• 238

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

For Christmas I asked for fifty-six presents from my mom, seventy-five presents from my dad, and one hundred twenty-four presents from Santa. How many presents did I ask for in all?

• 256 presents
• 155 presents
• 255 presents
• 356 presents

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CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

Mrs. McKinley wanted to save $250,000 to buy a new house.  So far, she has saved $159,500. How much money does she have left to save to buy her new house?

• $91,500
• $90,500
• $100,000
• $92,500

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

In 2015, there were 549,080 people that visited the Henry Doorly Zoo.  In 2014, there were 368,492 people that visited the Henry Doorly Zoo.  How many more people visited the zoo in 2015 than in 2014?

• 180,588 people
• 917,572 people
• 229,349 people
• 181,499

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Mrs. Benson went to the store on Friday and bought 2,589 pieces of candy for a party.  She went back to the store on Saturday and bought 689 more pieces of candy.  How many pieces of candy did she buy altogether?

• 3,387 pieces of candy
• 2,600 pieces of candy
• 1,900 pieces of candy
• 3,278 pieces of candy

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3