Word Problems

Mary has 11 bananas and 8 apples. How many pieces of fruit does she have altogether?

• 11

• 8

• 19

• 20

Jack uses 7 jump ropes and 4 hula hoops for field day. How many total pieces of equipment does he use?

• 11

• 7

• 4

• 23

Jason spent 8 hours reading his favorite book. He then ate dinner. After dinner, he read for another 2 hours. What was the total hours of time Jason spent reading?

• 20

• 24

• 10

• 12

A school has 18 different spirit sticks to sell. Kenny buys 5 of them Sarah buys 17. How many spirit sticks in all did Kenny and Sarah buy?

• 16

• 18

• 20

• 22

Mr. Nelson wants to buy a slice of pie at a bakery. It costs $0.83. He has one quarter, two dimes, and a nickel. Does he have enough money to buy the pie?

• No

• Yes

• I don't know

• Maybe

There are 21 cars at the zoo. After lunch, 10 cars leave. How many cars are left at the zoo?

• 21

• 10

• 22

• 11

A dog has four legs and an octopus has eight legs. How many legs does one dog and one octopus have combined?

• 44

• 12

• 16

• 8

A hot dog at the baseball game costs $0.50 and Ivan wants to buy 2 of them. How much money will Ivan need in order to buy two hot dogs?

• $1.00

• $1.50

• $1.75

• $0.75

Hannah loves to ride her horse after school. On Monday, she rides for 2 hours. On Tuesday, she rides for 6 hours. How many hours combined does she ride her horse?

• 10

• 1

• 8

• 4

You have solved 10 word problems today. Tomorrow, you plan to solve 20 more word problems. How many word problems altogether will you solve by tomorrow?

• 100

• 50

• 25

• 30