Word Problems

R.J. and O-Ren were making posters. R.J. made 52 posters. O-Ren made six times as many. Which equation can be used to find the total number of posters that were made by BOTH people?

• 52 x 6 =
• (52 x 6) + 6 =
• (52 x 6) + 52 =
• 52 + 6

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CCSS.4.OA.A.1

Fiona is trying to save money for drama school.  If she saves $2,876 each year for the next four years, how much will she have saved?

• $11,504
• $11,294
• $11,490
• $2,880

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CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

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

• 37
• 62
• 49
• 13

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A box of pencils has 40 pencils. Chloe wants to split them equally between herself and 4 friends. How many pencils will each friend get?

• 10

• 8

• 44

• 160

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A pack of gum has 24 pieces. Rick splits it into 4 equal groups. How many are in each group?

• 20

• 6

• 8

• 3

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Raul spent 10 minutes doing homework for each of 5 subjects and 15 minutes for another subject. How many minutes did Raul spend on his homework? 

• 30
• 75
• 35
• 65

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.1

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

At Sonya's cello recital, there were 8 rows of chairs, with 6 chairs in each row. There was a person in each chair, and there were 17 more people standing. How many people were in the audience altogether? 

• 3
• 65
• 31
• 19

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A store sells bananas in bunches of 6. Sait buys 5 bunches and Daniel buys 4 bunches. How many bananas did Sait and Daniel buy all together?

• 15

• 20

• 30

• 54

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.C.4

Wanda bought three boxes of cookies. Two boxes had 10 cookies. The third box had 8 cookies. Which equation shows the total number of cookies, c, Wanda bought?

• 2 + 10 + 8 = c

• 2 × 10 + 8 = c

• 2 × 10 × 8 = c

• 2 + 10 × 8 = c

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Heather is 5 years older than Jason. Hillary is 7 years younger than Heather. Jason is 12 years old. How old is Hillary?

• 10

• 11

• 12

• 17

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8