Word Problems

An art teacher had 342 paint brushes.

-She threw away 87 broken paint brushes .

-Then she bought 150 more paint brushes.

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

• 342 - 87 - 150 =

• 342 - 87 + 150 =

• 342 + 87 + 150 =

• 342 + 87 - 150 =

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?

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Brad and his two 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?

• 8

• 12

• 72

• 48

Will has 54 books to put on 6 shelves. He wants to put the same number of books on each shelf.

How many books should Scott put on each shelf?

• 60, because 6 + 54 = 60

• 324, because 54 x 6 = 324

• 9, because 6 x 9 = 54

• 48, because 54 - 48 = 6

In math class 5 students split up 65 flash cards to practice their math facts. The picture shows the total number of flash cards. Each student took the same number of flash cards.

What is the number of flash cards each student took?

• 13

• 15

• 70

• 60

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?

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Rebekah planted 21 flowers in her garden. She planted the flowers in 3 rows withthe same number of flowers in each row. How many flowers did she plant in eachrow?

• 24

• 7

• 18

• 63

Roger went to a pet shop. He bought 515 gold fish and 315 blue fish. How many fish did he buy? 

• 715 fish in all 

• 815 fish in all 

• 830 fish in all 

• 745 fish in all 

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

• 25 degrees

• 30 degrees

• 130 degrees

• 20 degrees

There are 53 regular pencils and some colored pencils in the bin. There are a total of 91 pencils in the bin. How many colored pencils are in the bin?

• 124

• 37

• 144

• 38