Problem Solving SetB

Gerardo bought 3 packages of mint gum and 2 packages of bubble gum. Each package had 8 pieces of gum.

How many pieces of gum did Gerardo buy?

• 5

• 24

• 16

• 40

Sarah put a total of 42 cupcakes into packages. She put 6 cupcakes into each package.

What is the total number of packages Sarah used for these cupcakes?

• 7

• 48

• 36

• 252

Stacy used 21 feet of ribbon to make bows. She used 3 feet of ribbon for each bow.

Which equation can be used to find the number of bows Stacy made with this ribbon?

• 21 X 3 = 63

• 21 / 3 = 7

• 21 + 3 = 24

• 21 - 3 = 18

Roger has two boxes of nails. One box has 438 nails, and the other box has 375 nails.

How many nails does Roger have in these two boxes?

• 803

• 813

• 163

• 703

Samantha, Gordon, and Diego each brought an ice chest to a picnic.

• The weight of Samantha’s ice chest was 83 pounds.

• The weight of Gordon’s ice chest was 28 pounds.

• The weight of Diego’s ice chest was 37 pounds.

What was the difference in pounds between the weight of Samantha’s ice chest and the combined weight of Gordon’s and Diego’s ice chests?

• 65

• 55

• 18

• 46

There are 3 basketball teams practicing together in a gym.

• Each team has 10 players.

• All of the players are used to make 6 groups during the practice.

• There is an equal number of players in each group.

How many players are in each group?

• 30

• 12

• 5

• 24

A group of 46 children and 26 adults will travel to a soccer tournament in vans. There will be 8 people in each van.

How many vans will be needed to take the group to the soccer tournament?

• 20

• 72

• 9

• 64

Erika’s goal is to practice playing her guitar for 300 minutes this week.

• On Sunday she practiced for 117 minutes.

• On Tuesday she practiced for 58 minutes.

How many more minutes does Erika need to practice in order to meet her goal?

• 175

• 183

• 242

• 125

Scott has 28 toy cars to put on 4 shelves. He wants to put the same number of cars on each shelf.

How many toy cars should Scott put on each shelf?

• 24

• 7

• 32

• 112

Rita had two boxes of ribbons.

• She had 37 large ribbons in the first box.

• She had 56 small ribbons in the second box.

• She gave 28 of the large ribbons to her sister.

Which number sentence can be used to find the number of ribbons Rita had left in the two boxes?

• 56 + 28 + 37

• 56 - 37 - 28

• 37 X 56 - 28

• 37 - 28 + 56