Quiz about Word Problems

Question 1

When you see words like "in all" or "altogether" in a word problem, what do you do?

(example: Bill has $3. I have $5. How much money do we have in all?)

Accepted Answer

Add +

Answer

Subtract -

Answer

Multiply x

Question 2

Jordan read 35 pages last month and 21 pages this month. How many pages did Jordan read altogether?

Accepted Answer

56 pages

Answer

24 pages

Answer

877 pages

Question 3

Crystal has 25 lollipops. Angie has 12 lollipops. How many lollipops do the girls have all together?

Accepted Answer

37

Answer

62

Answer

13

Question 4

44 flowers bloomed in the front garden. 26 flowers bloomed in the back garden. How many flowers bloomed in all?

Accepted Answer

70

Answer

18

Answer

890

Question 5

When you see a word problem when things are being removed or taken away and you need to find out how many are left, what do you do?

(Example: I had 5 cookies but I ate 2 of them. How many cookies do I have left?)

Accepted Answer

Subtract -

Answer

Add +

Answer

Multiply x

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

34 ducks

Answer

44 ducks

Answer

54 ducks

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

69 baseballs

Answer

59 baseballs

Answer

70 baseballs

Question 8

Timothy wants to buy a camera that costs $75. He has saved $23, as shown in the model.

Which equation can be used to find how much more money Timothy needs in order to buy the camera?

Accepted Answer

Option C is correct

Answer

A.

Answer

B.

Question 9

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?

Accepted Answer

18

Answer

64

Answer

46

Question 10

What do you do when you have the same amount many times, like when you are buying multiple copies of the same thing?

(Example: A cheeseburger costs $5. How much does it cost to buy 3 cheeseburgers?)

Accepted Answer

Multiply x

Answer

Add +

Answer

Subtract -

Question 11

What would you do if the problem had things being separated into groups, and it asked you how much are in each?

Example: We have 40 students. They are separated evenly into 10 tables. How many students are at each table?

Accepted Answer

Divide

Answer

Add +

Answer

Subtract -

Question 12

3 brothers shared a plate of cookies. There were 24 cookies on the plate. Each boy ate the same number of cookies.

What is the number of cookies each boy ate?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

12

Answer

72

Question 13

Amira has 42 lollipops to put into 6 goody bags. She wants to put the same number of lollipops in each goody bag.

Which strip diagram shows how to find the number of lollipops that Amira should put in each goody bag?

Accepted Answer

Option A is correct

Answer

B.

Answer

C.

Question 14

What do you do when a word problem has you compare two numbers to find out how much bigger one number is than the other?

(Example: I have $5. Suzy has $2. How much more money do I have than Suzy?

Accepted Answer

Subtract -

Answer

Add +

Answer

Multiple x

Question 15

The temperature was 80 degrees in the afternoon. It was 50 degrees in the evening. How much did the temperature change?

Accepted Answer

30 degrees

Answer

25 degrees

Answer

130 degrees

Question 16

Max is 183 cm tall. Ruby is 169 cm tall. How much taller is Max than Ruby?

Accepted Answer

14 cm

Answer

12 cm

Answer

16cm

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

15 minutes

Answer

12 minutes

Answer

14 minutes

Question 18

Okay, now we are going to ask some questions where you have to do 2 things. Maybe you will multiply 2 numbers and add the third number, or maybe you will divide two numbers and subtract the third number. But, in each of these questions you are going to be doing 2 things (add, subtract, multiply, divide). Are you ready?

Accepted Answer

No, but I'm brave and I will try

Answer

Yes

Question 19

An art teacher started with 342 paint brushes.

-She threw away 87 broken paint brushes .

-Then she bought 150 more paint brushes.

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

Accepted Answer

342 - 87 + 150 =

Answer

342 - 87 - 150 =

Answer

342 + 87 + 150 =

Question 20

There are two different flavors of cupcakes at a bakery.

-There are 4 rows that have 9 strawberry cupcakes in each row.

-There are also 57 lemon cupcakes.

How many cupcakes are there at the bakery in all?

(Hint: You need to do 2 things to solve this)

Accepted Answer

93

Answer

70

Answer

102

Question 21

There are 27 large T-shirts and 15 small T-shirts in a box. Each T-shirt costs $9.

What is the cost of all the T-shirts in the box?

(Hint: You need to do 2 things to solve this)

Accepted Answer

$378

Answer

$51

Answer

$58

Question 22

Mrs. Daigle had 21 students in her class. 2 students moved away. Then 6 new students joined the class. How many students are in Mrs. Daigle's class now?

Accepted Answer

17

Answer

27

Answer

25

Question 23

Holden had 3 packs of baseball cards with 6 cards in each pack. He gives his friend Clay 4 cards. Which shows one way to find the number of cards Holden has left?

Accepted Answer

3 x 6 - 4

Answer

2 x 3 - 6

Answer

3 x 6 + 4

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