Word Problem (Mixed Operations)

Sandra read 5 books, Deacon read 6 books and Breanna read 7 books. One book was read by all three children, but every other book was different. How many different books did the children read?

• 16 different books

• 4 different books

• 52 different books

• 19 different books

Answer explanation

1 common book + 4 more read by Sandra (5 -1) + 5 more read by Deacon (6 – 1) + 6 more read by Breanna (7 – 1) = 16 different books

Branson and his sister Beatrice combined their allowance of $7 each, so they could buy a movie for $12. They bought $1 containers of fruit salad with the remaining money and split the containers evenly between them. How many containers of fruit salad did they each get?

• 14 containers each

• 2 containers each

• 1 container each

• 12 containers each

Answer explanation

$7 + $7 = $14 combined allowance; $14 - $12 = $2 remaining money; $2 divided by $1 per container = 2 containers of fruit salad; 2 containers divided by 2 people = 1 container each

Benny found 91 seashells on the beach, he gave Sally some of his seashells. He has 15 seashell left. How many seashells did he give to Sally ?

• 6 seashells

• 80 seashells

• 106 seashells

• 76 seashells

Answer explanation

91 seashells - 15 seashells = 76 seashells

Tim has 29 books in his library. He bought several books at a yard sale over the weekend. He now has 76 books in his library. How many books did he buy at the yard sale?

• 47 books

• 105 books

• 76 books

• 29 books

Answer explanation

76 books - 29 books = 47 books

Mike found 7 seashells and Tom found 6 seashells on the beach. How many seashells did they find together?

• 7 shells

• 6 shells

• 1 shell

• 13 shells

Answer explanation

7 shells + 6 shells = 13 shells

Joseph has 66 books, Gilda has 31 books and Mark has twice the number of books that Gilda has. How many books do they have together?

• 31 books

• 97 books

• 66 books

• 35 books

Answer explanation

Joseph's 66 books + Gilda's 31 books = 97 books total

John bought a book for $9 and three chocolate bars. He spent a total of $18. How much did each chocolate bar cost?

• $18 each

• $3 each

• $9 each

• $50 each

Answer explanation

Total spent $18 - Book $9 = $9 left

$9 / 3 chocolate bars = $3 per bar

I had a jar of jelly beans that weighed 56 ounces. I added 16 more ounces of jelly beans to the jar. Then I divided the jelly beans evenly into bags that each weighed 8 ounces. How many bags of jelly beans did I make?

• 56 bags

• 9 bags

• 16 bags

• 8 bags

Answer explanation

56 ounces + 16 ounces = 72 ounces

72 ounces / 8 ounces (8 ounces in each bag) = 9 bags