Word Problem Quiz

A farmer plants 5 rows of trees. Each row has 10 trees in it. How many trees did the farmer plant?

• 10 x 5 = 50 trees

• 10 + 5 = 15 trees

• 10 - 5 = 5 trees

6 students can fit a every table in a cafeteria. There are 4 full tables. How many students are in the cafeteria?

• 6 x 4 = 24 students

• 6 + 4 = 10 students

• 6 - 4 = 2 students

Every night, Kayla reads 12 pages in her book. She reads for 7 nights. How many pages did she read?

• 12 + 7 = 19 pages

• 12 x 7 = 84 pages

• 12 - 7 = 5 pages

Sean has some baseball cards. He gets 8 more from his friend. Now he has 15 baseball cards. How many baseball cards did Sean start with?

• 15 x 8 = 120 baseball cards

• 15 - 8 = 7 baseball cards

• 15 + 8 = 23 baseball cards

There are 14 worms on the sidewalk. A bird swoops down and eats some. Now there are 10 worms. How many worms did the bird eat?

• 14 x 10 = 140 worms

• 14 - 10 = 4 worms

• 14 + 10 = 14 worms

A bakery has 12 chocolate chip cookies and 5 oatmeal cookies. How many cookies are at the bakery?

• 12 x 5 = 60 cookies

• 12 - 5 = 7 cookies

• 12 + 5 = 17 cookies

Samaha writes 7 paragraphs in her journal on Monday morning. Then she writes 6 more paragraphs at night. How many paragraphs did Samaha write?

• 7 x 6 = 42 paragraphs

• 7 - 6 = 1 paragraph

• 7 + 6 + 13 paragraphs

A box of fruit snacks comes with 8 bags. Mara buys 4 boxes. How many bags of fruit snacks did she buy?

• 8 + 4 = 12 bags

• 8 - 4 = 4 bags

• 8 x 4 = 32 bags

A pizzaria makes 12 pies. They sell some of them. Now there are 6 left. How many pies did they sell?

• 12 x 6 = 72 pies

• 12 - 6 = 6 pies

• 12 + 6 = 18 pies

There are 15 dogs at a dog park. 4 dogs are big and the rest are small. How many dogs are small?

• 15 - 4 = 11 dogs

• 15 x 4 = 60 dogs

• 15 + 4 = 19 dogs