Word Problems 1

What do you need to use to solve this problem?

Mrs. Fairley had 4 students in her class last week. Dondre', Lily, and Lilyanna (3 more) came to school the next week. How many total students are in Mrs. Fairley's class now?

• add (7 students)

• subtract (1 student)

• multiply (12 students)

• divide (1.33 students)

What do you need to do to solve this problem?

Juan had 20 Jolly Ranchers candy pieces. He shared them among 4 friends plus himself (so 5 people). How many pieces does each person get?

• add (25 pieces each)

• subtract (15 pieces each)

• multiply (100 pieces each)

• divide (4 pieces each)

What do you need to do to solve this problem?

Ian had 125 baseball cards. He gave away 13 to his friend Brayden. How many cards does Ian have left?

• add (138 cards)

• subtract (112 cards)

• multiply (1,625 cards)

• divide (9.61 cards)

What do you need to do to solve this problem?

Ally had a party with 10 guests. She got them each a balloon that cost $2 each. How much did she spend on balloons?

• add ($12)

• subtract ( $8)

• multiply ($20)

• divide ($5)

What do you need to do to solve this problem?

Jack had 25 Pokemon cards. He gave 5 away to his friend Carlos. The, his other friend, Quinton, gave Jack 7 more cards. How many cards does Jack have now?

• add (25 + 5 +7 =37 cards)

• subtract (25- 5 -7 =13 cards)

• subtract, then add (25- 5 = 20, 20 + 7 = 27 cards)

• divide (25/5 = 5 cards)

Mrs. McGill had 20 students and she bought them each a fancy pencil that costs $2 each. She had $70 to spend. How much change will she get back?

• add, then subtract (20 + $2 = $22, $70-$22 = $48)

• multiply, then add (20 x $2 = $40, $70 + $40= $110)

• multiply, then subtract (20 x $2 = $40, $70- $40 = $30)

Cami started with 7 mini-bone treats. She ate 3 in the morning. How many does she have left over?

Which answer is reasonable?

• Sam thinks it will be more than 7 treats.

• Erica thinks it will be less than 7 treats.

• Ben thinks it will be 7 treats.

Donte started with 130 followers on You Tube. 20 more followed him on Monday and 30 more on Tuesday.

Which person is reasonable?

• Parker this it will be more than 130 followers.

• Delaney thinks it will be less than 130 followers.

Aidan had 60 pieces of gum. He shared them among 30 of his classmates, including himself. How many will each person get? Who is more reasonable?

• Aidan thinks each person will get 60 pieces.

• Leah thinks each person will get 30 pieces.

• Emily thinks each person will get 2 pieces

• Zach thinks each person will get 1 piece.