Key Words in Problem Solving

The Gonzalez family loves apples and eat 35 a week. They went apple picking and have 21 in their bushel. How many more do they need?

• 56 apples

• 15 apples

• 14 apples

• 66 apples

The wind speed at the start of Hurricane Irma was 105 mph and then increased by 20 mph by 5 pm. What was the wind speed at 5 pm?

• 85 mph

• 115 mph

• 125 mph

• 5 mph

Attilio's Pizza made 255 pizzas on Super Bowl Sunday. 109 pizzas had toppings and the rest were plain. How many did not have toppings?

• 146 pizzas

• 364 pizzas

• 145 pizzas

• 156 pizzas

The price of Wegmans Toasted O's is $1.89, but the price of the same size box of Cheerios is $2.99. How much cheaper is the Wegmans cereal than the Cheerios?

• $4.88

• $1.00

• $110

• $1.10

Ms. Oakwood needs 8,391 strawberries to bake her pies. She has picked 374 strawberries. How many more strawberries does Ms. Oakwood need?

• 8,765 strawberries

• 8,027 strawberries

• 8,017 strawberries

• 8,023 strawberries

Keisha must sell 3,624 Girl Scout cookies to win a trip. She has sold 875 cookies How many more cookies does Keisha need to sell?

• 4,741 cookies

• 2,749 cookies

• 6,499 cookies

• 5,749 cookies

A new parking garage in Asbury Park has a total of 224 parking spaces. If there are 4 levels in the garage, and each level has an equal number of parking spaces, how many parking spaces are on each level?

• 54 spaces

• 896 spaces

• 56 spaces

• 220 spaces

Mrs. Lyons spends $424 each week at Shoprite. Mrs. Antonelli spends 1/4 of this amount each week. How much does Mrs. Antonelli spend each week?

• $104

• $896

• $106

• $420

Marcus scored 23 points in his basketball game on Friday and 19 points in his basketball game on Saturday. How many points did Marcus score in both games?

• 14 points

• 24 points

• 42 points

• 43 points

Mrs. Severs LOVES Chobani yogurt, but she only likes one flavor so she decided to stock up! She purchased 48 containers at $1.04 each. How much did she spend on Chobani?

• $0.56

• $4,892

• $49.82

• $49.92