Word Problems

An art teacher had 342 paint brushes.

-She threw away 87 broken paint brushes .

-Then she bought 150 more paint brushes.

Which equation shows how to find the number of crayons the art teacher has now?

• 342 - 87 - 150 =

• 342 - 87 + 150 =

• 342 + 87 + 150 =

• 342 + 87 - 150 =

Tags

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Max's goal is to practice playing drums for 300 minutes this week.

On Sunday he practiced for 127 minutes. On Tuesday he practiced for 38 minutes.

How many more minutes does Max need to practice in order to meet his goal?

• 135

• 465

• 165

• 145

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.1

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A music teacher bought 9 boxes of recorders. Each box contained 36 recorders.

How many recorders did the the music teacher buy?

• 45

• 27

• 274

• 324

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.B.5

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

Maggie practiced her flute for 100 minutes. Julia practiced her flute for 85 minutes. How much longer did Maggie practice?

• 12 minutes
• 14 minutes
• 17 minutes
• 15 minutes

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.1

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

David's assignment this weekend is to read a book with 64 pages. On Saturday he read 46 pages. How many pages does he need to read on Sunday? 

• 64
• 18
• 46
• 110

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

The bakery has 381 chocolate cupcakes and 346 vanilla cupcakes. How many total cupcakes does the bakery have?

• 727 cupcakes
• 725 cupcakes
• 720 cupcakes
• 729 cupcakes

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

The store has 150 baseballs. At the end of the month, there were 81 baseballs left. How many baseballs did the store sell?

• 69 baseballs
• 59 baseballs
• 70 baseballs
• 68 baseballs

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

There are 112 ducks at the pond. 78 ducks flew away. How many ducks are still at the pond?

• 44 ducks
• 34 ducks
• 54 ducks
• 64 ducks

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Grace saw 328 butterflies at the conservatory.  Bailey saw 3 times as much as Grace.  How many butterflies did Bailey see?

• 940
• 984
• 624
• 684

Tags

CCSS.4.OA.A.2

A pet store sold 74 puppies in one week. If each of the puppies cost 65 dollars , how much money would they have made?

• 440

• 139

• 4,810

• 814

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.5