Word Problems

Collin has 247 marbles and 5 jars.  If each jar has about the same number of marbles, what is the best estimate of the number of marbles in each jar?

• 25 marbles
• 48 marbles 
• 50 marbles 
• 60

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Which number sentence is true?

• 0.5 = 5.0
• 0.5 = 0.05
• 0.5 = 0.50
• 0.5 = 50.0

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.3

Ronnie needs 101 cupcakes for a birthday party. He already has 21 chocolate cupcakes and 33 vanilla cupcakes. How many more cupcakes should Ronnie buy?

• 80
• 113
• 47
• 68

Tags

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Janet's mother gave her $76 to go to the store. Janet bought 2 loaves of bread and 4 cartons of orange juice. Each loaf of bread cost $5 and each carton of orange juice cost $3. How much money does Janet have left?

• 68
• 54
• 84
• 20

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Mike had 15 video games but 9 of them weren't working. If he wanted to sell the working games for $5 each, how much money could he earn?

• 25
• 45
• 29
• 30

Tags

TEKS.MATH.3.4A

TEKS.MATH.3.5B

Katie had 4 math problems to complete. She spent about 8 minutes on each problem and then she spent 7 minutes checking her answers. How many minutes did she spend total?

• 39
• 60
• 19
• 28

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Andrew worked 3 hours on Monday, 2 hours on Tuesday and 2 hours on Wednesday. If his boss pays him $9.00 each hour, how much money has he earned?

• $11

• $7

• $16

• $63

Tags

TEKS.MATH.3.4A

TEKS.MATH.3.5B

For Halloween Faye scored 47 pieces of candy. She ate 25 pieces the first night and then her sister gave her 40 more pieces. How many pieces of candy does Faye have now?

• 75 pieces

• 193 pieces

• 112 pieces

• 62 pieces

Tags

TEKS.MATH.3.4A

TEKS.MATH.3.5B

Bella’s book is 872 pages long. She has already read 188 pages of her book. Bella plans to finish reading her book during the next 3 weeks. If she reads an equal number of pages each week, how many pages will she be reading each week?

• 353 pages

• 228 pages

• 2,052 pages

• 219 pages

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8