Word Problems

A theater can seat 460 people at one time. If the theater fills every seat for 3 weeks, how many tickets were sold?

• 1,380
• 9,660
• 9,200
• 13,800

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.5

A farmer has 26 employees. He pays each employee $410 per week. After paying his workers for one week, he has $162 left. How much did the farmer have at first?

• $162
• $572
• At first the farmer had $3,280.
• At first the farmer had $10,822.

Tags

CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Sami, Joeli, Angel, and Eli bought 88 green slimy candy bars. They wanted to divide the candy evenly. How many candy bars would each kid get, and how many would be left over?

• Each kid would get 22 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.
• Each kid would get 352 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.
• Each kid would get 2 green slimy candy bars and 8  would be left over.
• Each kid would get 20 green slimy candy bars and 2 would be left over.

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

Burger city will need to hire 648 new employees for all the restaurants it plans on opening next year.  If 24 employees are needed to run each restaurant, how many restaurants are being opened next year?

• 24
• 37
• 30
• 27

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

Snow fell in Newton twice in one day. The town received 3/8 inch of snow in the morning and another 1/2 inch of snow in the afternoon. How many total inches of snow fell in Newton on that day?

• 1/8
• 3/10
• 5/8
• 7/8

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

A batch of oatmeal cookies calls for 3/4 cup of oatmeal. Ellen is making 4 1/2 batches of cookies. How many cups of oatmeal will she need?

• 3
• 3  1/8
• 3  3/8
• 4   4/6

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

There are red, blue, and green ribbons on the table.  There are a total of 48 ribbons.  Two-sixths of the ribbons are red.  How many ribbons are red?

• 6
• 12
• 16
• 8

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

For every $5 Carl spends on movies, he spends $15 on video games. Last month, she spent $60 on video games. How much did he spend on movies?

• $50

• $30

• $20

• $25

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.B.7

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.3

Mai runs around a 400-meter track at a constant speed of 250 meters per minute. How many minutes does it take Mai to complete 4 laps of the track? Explain or show your reasoning.

• $\frac{32}{5}$

• 5 $\frac{1}{5}$

• $\frac{28}{5}$

• 6 $\frac{2}{5}$

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Miss Vail walks 0.2 of a mile to and from school everyday. For the month of January, how many miles will she have walked to school?

• 12.4 miles

• 7.6 miles

• 13 miles

• 10.2 miles

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.3